Baron Hill: How Democrats can win in Indiana again—matter!
Recruiting good candidates, registering new voters, and raising money are time-consuming and hard but fundamentally important. Nothing worthwhile comes easily.
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Jennifer Ping: The only poll that matters happens on Election Day
The Braun campaign energized volunteers. Volunteers worked hard to get out the vote. And voters voted.
Adrianne Slash: Republican Party is driving out people like me
I can’t align myself with hate and shouldn’t be asked to.
A lesson in racial politics from Florida
Now that, finally, the elections in Florida have reached a conclusion, there are lessons worth learning. One is on the subject of race. There was a fateful anomaly in racial voting in the governor’s race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Rick DeSantis, now Florida’s governor-elect. Given that Gillum, formerly mayor of Tallahassee, was running […]
Anne Hathaway: How SNL taught us to ‘never forget’
We all want what is best for our country and her people.
Curt Smith: Trump team mishandled flap, but decorum matters
People like Acosta risk causing less access for all journalists by being such bloviating bores.
John Krull: Donald Trump loves silly fights—and this is one of them
The pity is that too many journalists, including Acosta, end up playing along.
Robin Winston: Focus on issues leads to big 2018 turnout
The constant debate over pre-existing conditions, jobs and immigration mattered.
Brad Rateike: Voters are smart enough to see through rhetoric
Political campaigns shouldn’t get a free pass on their tactics, nor should they automatically be condemned because they can be controversial.
Randall Shepard: Indiana’s growing world connection
There are perhaps 70,000 or 80,000 licensed lawyers of Asian or Pacific heritage, and more than half work in law firms or corporations advising individual clients, governments and businesses.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: A tribute to writer and commentator Matt Tully
Matt never hesitated to get out of the office and go interact with people to bring his readers a complete picture of what was going on.
Bill Oesterle: Matt Tully was great reporter, even better Hoosier
Matt did what great journalists do; he got the truth out.
Jim Shella: Election coverage reflects lack of voter interest
The failures on election night are the result of a lack of coverage in the weeks and months leading up to it because of a fear that viewers will change the channel.
Deborah Daniels: Words matter—especially when you’re president
While we all need to do our part, one person in the country has considerably more influence than the rest of us through his words and example.
Jennifer Wagner: Donnelly might have lost, but he served state well
He took care of every Hoosier whether they voted for him or not.
Andrew Ireland: Paul Ryan’s speakership ends with a whimper
Instead of going down in history for impressive legislative accomplishments, his legacy is likely to be defined by a failure to deliver.
Tom LoBianco: 2018, through the looking glass
Energizing the ideological wings of each party worked wonders for Democrats and Trump on election night—count on more of the same in the future.
Curt Smith: Kavanaugh vote was key to GOP’s keeping Senate
The American people were disgusted with what happened before the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by California Democrat Diane Feinstein.
Riley Parr: It’s not always what you say, it’s how you say it
Particularly for those right of center, successfully convincing the electorate of the benefits of conservative policies often depends on how an issue is presented.
Michael Leppert: Indiana Democrats need to look in their own mirrors
Ignoring portions of one’s own base shouldn’t work.