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A replay of Politics, Pacers & Hoosiers on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

We have politics, Pacers and Hoosiers Wednesday on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT from 3-6 pm:

Kip Tew, former Dem. State Chair, gives us an update on Indiana politics from the left side of the aisle.

Tom Curry, national affairs reporter for msnbc.com, talks Fed Chair Ben Bernanke and his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and Ron Paul.

Brian Howey, publisher of HoweyPolitics.com, gives us the latest from the Indiana political grapevine.

Jay Graves, publisher of The Jay Graves Report, wraps the Pacers big win over the Warriors.

Jimmy Cavanaugh, official IU sports intern, breaks down the Hoosiers' big win over Sparky!

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As Olympia Snowe goes, so does Republican control of Senate

The TEA Party today is busy celebrating the retirement of Senator Olympia Snowe of maine as win for their movement.  "Ding, Dong the RINO is gone," heralded throughout TEA Party land.  Let's look at reality:  Without Olympia Snowe, Democrats are likely to take that seat.  Combine that with former Senator Bob Kerry reconsidering a run for the senate seat he once held in Nebraska ((Democrat Ben Nelson retiring) and winning control of the Senate becomes even more difficult. Without Republicans controlling the Senate, a Republican president and/or a Republican lead House will get very little done.

But hey, the TEA Party got rid of a "RINO!"

Hoosiers, Pacer get big wins on The GSS Sports wrap

NBA

Pacers come together, roll to victory over Warriors

College Basketball

No. 18 Indiana holds off No. 5 Michigan St. 70-55

Smith leads Butler over Wright State 70-52

NHL

Capitals rally to beat Isles 3-2 in OT

Wings rally to beat Blue Jackets 5-2

CHL

K's come back, beat QC again

State Treasurer Mourdock's 66% Absenteeism Focus of new ads

A replay of Jonathan Allen on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

Jonathan Allen of Politico.com joins The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT from 3-5:30 pm:

Pete Seat, former White House spokesman and current Communication Guru of the indiana State Republican Party, talks Republican Presidential politics.

Jonathan Allen, Politico.com reporter, discusses his latest article, " Dick Lugar, the grandfather of the Indiana GOP, fights for reelection".

Brian Howey, publisher of Howeypolitics.com, gives us the latest from the Indiana political grapevine.

Pete LaFaucia, host of RadioSpeedTalk.com, wraps the wild firey night in Daytona!

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Brooks: it’s time for Republicans to get it together

Gary Snyder Show contributor Mike O'Brien has a great take on his Capital & Washington blog today, I think he nails it using New york Times columnist David Brooks.  We'll ask Mike about the article on Thursday.

New York Times columnist David Brooks pens an excellent op-ed today, “The Possum Republicans“.  At a time when the Republican Party is struggling to define itself and convince voters we can be trusted again with the nation’s highest office, Brooks argues the right wing has trashed the party while mainstream Republicans have done nothing, lest we offend our fragile base.

Since I dared to suggest last week in my post, “Dan Parker’s favorite Republican“, that the Tea Party should stop tearing down Republicans using Democrat talking points this primary season, I’ve been on the receiving end of some angry e-mails.  I’ve been instructed that “the most important election this year is on May 8th.”  News to me.  I’ve also been told that I’m “the problem with the Republican party.”  Right.  Because if there’s one democraphic that Republicans can do without, it’s white professional males age 18-40.  Screw those guys.

Continue reading Brooks: it’s time for Republicans to get it together

Is the family business in Huntington about to end?

More than four years after launching his push for local government reforms, Gov. Mitch Daniels is close to getting one small but important victory by cracking down on nepotism and conflicts of interest.

Under House Bill 1005, which passed the Senate on Monday by a 30-19 vote, local government employees such as police officers, firefighters and deputies would still be able to run for a seat on their council, but if they win, they would have to give up that job.

In addition, a local officeholder cannot directly oversee a relative, though there are some exceptions. Volunteer firefighters would be exempt from that nepotism provision; sheriffs could still hire their spouses to be jail matrons; a coroner whose term has expired can serve as a deputy coroner even if that job is filled by a relative; and township trustees whose offices are in their homes can hire one family member as an employee, with the salary capped at $5,000 annually.

Continue reading Bill to curb nepotism is nearing passage in Indiana General Assembly

Why does the TEA Party hate President Ronald Reagan?

We just passed what would have been President Ronald Reagan's 101st birthday and that got me thinking, why does the TEA Party hate Ronald Reagan so much?  Think about it, if Ronald Reagan was running President today, he would have the likes of TEA Party people Gregg Fettig (RINO Hunter) and Monica Boyer (I'm important but can't even get my husband elected) leading the charge against him.

Can you see Fettig and Boyer dressed up in their militia costumes with their fringe minions behind them calling out President Ronald Reagan  on:

• Bailing out the auto industry
• Raising taxes to help cut the deficit
• Compromising with Democrats
• Immunity of illegals
• Nominating extreme left-wing judges like Sandra Day O'Conner
• Talking to our enemies
• Supporting Senators like Dick Lugar

A replay of politics & police on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

It's all about police, politics and NASCAR Monday from 3-6 pm on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT - Where Indiana talks politics & sports!

Jim Shella, political reporter for WISH TV 8 and host of " This Week in Indiana" gives us the latest from indiana political grapevine.

Captain Justin Faw, MPD, with his segment MPD Blue sponsored by Narc Doggie K-9 Scent Detection, as we speak with Sgt. Robin Young about polygraphs.

Abby Phillip, Money & Politics reporter for Politico.com, preview the Michigan and Arizona primaries.

Jimmy Cavanaugh, official IU sports intern of The Gary Snyder Show, wraps IU's blowout win at Minnesota.

John Brodigan with Brodigan

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Dick Lugar, the grandfather of the Indiana GOP, fights for reelection

Here's a good atricle by Jonathan Allen of Politico.com and quotes Gary Snyder Show contributor Mike O'Brien in the post.

CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — Sen. Dick Lugar's glaring weakness and his enduring strength are one and the same: He’s the grandfather of the Indiana Republican Party.

Nearing 80, Lugar is facing his first serious challenge in decades — a two-step in which he has to fend off conservative state Treasurer Richard Mourdock in the May 8 primary followed by Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly in November if he hopes to win an Indiana-record seventh term. The charge from both camps: Lugar’s a nice man who lost touch with his Hoosier roots somewhere inside the Washington Beltway.

Continue reading Dick Lugar, the grandfather of the Indiana GOP, fights for reelection

Will residency attacks on Senator Lugar backfire?

Will the residency attacks on Senator Richard Lugar by his Republican Primary opponent and part-time Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock backfire?

Hard to tell, but judging from callers to my show Friday and speaking with friends (yes TEA Party minions, I have friends), this could very well be the case.  "Everyone knows Senator Lugar is a Hoosier, he was even the Mayor of Indianapolis once," proclaimed one caller.  "I can't say I'm for Lugar, but what this other guy is doing to him makes me want to vote Lugar anyway," said another caller.

Even at dinner Friday night, the subject of the "other guy" came up while waiting to be seated.  "You're that Gary Snyder guy with the radio show, right?" one man asked.  "Depends," I cautiously responded.  "I was at the Senator Lugar meet and greet in Huntington today and what they are doing to Senator Lugar is just wrong," said the man.  

Audio: Indiana Election Commission's Dan Dumezich on ballot decisions

Indiana Election Commission Chairman Dan Dumezich joined The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT Friday, February 24th to discuss the commission's decisions to remove Jim Wallace from the ballot and keep Senator Richard Lugar, Rick Santorum and President Obama on May's primary ballot.  Mr. Dumezich also talks about the request from the TEA Party activists that he recuse himself from the hearings.  Don't miss this one!

Dan Dumezich interview (click to listen)

 

A replay of Dan Dumezich on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

It's all about the Indiana Election Commission, the week in entertainment and the Daytona 500 Friday on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT from 3-6 pm:

3:35 - Ed Robertson, syndicated radio talk show host of TV Confidential, wraps the week in television and entertainment.

4:07 - Mike O'Brien, publisher of Capital & Washington, give us the latest from the Indiana Senate and Governor's race.

4:35 - Dan Dumezich, President of the Indiana Election Commission, joins us to talk about the decisions handed down by the board on Friday (Jim Wallace, Rick Santorum and Senator Lugar) and addresses the calls from some for him to recuse himself.

5:07 - Nick Maraldo, official NHL correspondent for the Gary Snyder Show, takes a look at the upcoming trade deadline.

5:35 - Cliff Tanner, co-host of RadioSpeedTalk.com, previews the 54th Daytona 500.

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Mitt Romney's Box of Kryptonite

Earlier this year we posted the Senator Ted Kennedy political ads used  against Mitt Romney in their 1994 Senate race featuring SCM employees from Marion.  Now comes this article from Bloomberg Businessweek.

Two years into the roll up, Bain had Ampad acquire an office supplies plant in Marion, Ind., a manufacturing town 70 miles northeast of Indianapolis. At the time, Johnson worked the night shift making hanging files. “We come back from the July 4th holiday, and this is what we find posted,” Johnson says, producing from the Romney box a one-page notice: “As of 3 p.m. today, July 5, 1994, your employment with SCM Office Supplies Inc. will end.” Most of the 258 employees were allowed to reapply for jobs at reduced wages and benefits. Johnson’s pay fell 22 percent, he says, from $10.05 an hour to $7.88. Dismayed to see their old union contract torn up, the Marion workers negotiated with Ampad management for several months, then called a risky strike. In early 1995, Ampad called the union’s bluff, closed the plant, and laid off the remaining workers.

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A replay of Abdul & Parker on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT

It's Abdul, Parker & Phillip Thursday from 3-6 pm on The Gary Snyder Show on 1400 WBAT - Where Indiana talks politics & sports!

Abby Phillip, Money and Politics reporter for Politico.com, wraps the Republican debate from the desert.

Abdul Hakim-Shabazz, publisher of IndyPolitics.org, gives us the latest from the Indy political grapevine.

Dan Parker, Indiana Democratic Chair, gives us the latest in politics from the left.

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