I thnk it's a done deal.....Everything is pointing to Pence, and it will be a big surprise now if it's not Pence....Gingrich has already pretty much conceded that Pence is the choice.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:56 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > The deadline for Pence to withdraw from the governor's race is tomorrow > (the Star is saying he already has). Then, a committee of 22 republicans > have 30 days to name his replacement on the ballot for November. That means > whoever does get the nod then has 2.5 months to campaign before the vote in > November. > > Second, the three people being mentioned for Pence's replacement are US > Representative Susan Brooks, US Representative Todd Rokita (both of whom > have made preparations to remove themselves from ballots and run for > governor instead) and the current Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb - who was named > as a replacement in March of this year when the previous Lt. Governor > resigned. > > So that throws 2 of the House races here into disarray and in need of > replacement candidates too. > > To top it off, former democrat representative Baron HIll, who was set to > run for our US Senate seat vacated by republican Dan Coats, has withdrawn > his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be running > against republican Todd Young, who is currently serving his second term as > a US representative - thus leaving yet another congressional district with > no incumbent. > > I've never seen such upheaval at one time in my life! This state is going > to be as fun to watch as the national elections for once. > > For the record, I'd like to see Susan Brooks win the governorship and Todd > Young in the Senate. I voted for democrat Evan Bayh twice as governor and > twice as senator - as he used to be a very moderate/conservative democrat, > but then in his second term veered far left right alongside Hillary during > the 2008 presidential campaign (he was widely touted as a potential running > mate for her when everyone thought she would win the nomination). Bayh and > Clinton were among the 2 dozen leftwing democrats to oppose the nominations > of two highly qualified SC justices (Roberts and Alito) and then turn > around and vote to appoint the least qualified and most radical one ever > nominated - Sonia Sotomayor. > > Should be interesting. Bayh has the huge advantage (having been governor), > but it will depend on how many recall that he sadly became such a partisan > hack before leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
