From the Chair
ACDP website announces photo contest
As great as this picture is, even your humble webmaster agrees that we need to keep changing things up a bit. So, she is announcing a Fabulous Photo Contest. Send us (kgoldner (at) frontier.com) your favorite photo that illustrates our Democratic values of opportunity, education, hard work, the American spirit, or something else that will [...]
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Party Information
New Ellsworth ad focuses on bringing Hoosier work ethic to the Senate Check out Brad Ellsworth’s new ad for the U.S. Senate.
Commentary
Some punditry about pundits Here is an interesting piece from Newsweek about why pundits are so often wrong, and why it doesn’t really matter. Thanks to Gary, a friend of the blog, for sending this along.
Upcoming events
IDEA coming up in August IDEA, which is the Indiana Democratic Party’s annual “get away from it all and organize with fellow Democrats” weekend in French Lick is coming up August 26-29. This is widely reported to be a fantastic event, although your humble correspondent has never made it there. From the Indiana Democratic Party:
The IDP has a discounted rate for [...]
National
Rip Van Winkle This afternoon I must have been napping because I awoke in, oh, 1960. And no, it wasn’t a Mad Men dream. TPM reports that Public Policy Polling, in its poll of California voters, actually asked the question, “Do you have a higher opinion of Barbara Boxer’s hair or Carly Fiorina’s hair?” Honestly. See Question 7.
I have [...]
State
Buttigieg: Expect more from banks Pete Buttigieg, candidate for State Treasurer, was in Fort Wayne today to discuss his plan to set standards for banks that seek to do business with the State Treasurer’s office.
“The state of Indiana is a very lucrative customer for banks. The treasurer, on behalf of Indiana taxpayers, is charged with depositing about $1.5 billion in [...]
Local
Sign the petition! The 2010 Democratic State Convention voted to FINALLY consider moving future conventions out of Indianapolis. The next convention, of course, is 2012. Let’s make it in Fort Wayne! The Democratic State Committee is voting on the site selection at IDEA in August. Sign the on-line petition to let our party officials know that we want [...]