Two experienced candidates face off on Monday for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in Indiana. I'm sure most delegates have made up their minds, now we wait until Monday afternoon to hear the vote totals. I'll try to live blog tomorrow afternoon.
Costas brings basically statewide endorsement from most major Republican leaders including the Governor's endorsement as the best candidate. While being attacked over the last three weeks as not conservative enough, or for being a "small town" mayor ... he maintained his lifelong committment to campaigning positively.
Zoeller brings a support group of southern Indiana and Ft. Wayne activists. They feel the Governor isn't conservative enough, but in my opinion are using this election as a way to make a point without injuring him too much. It looks like the Paulistas are also looking at Zoeller, since they are against most everything: From the Post this morning.
Into the crucible of a contested convention steps a newly emergent group of local Republican activists, those drawn to the party by the presidential candidacy of Texas congressman Ron Paul. Joel Ferguson, a Munster resident and local "Paulite" grassroots organizer, will attend his first party convention as a delegate today. A Zoeller backer, Ferguson was drawn to politics by Paul's messages of fiscal conservatism and small government. He said he and his ilk are in the Republican Party to stay. "We have to change things from inside the party," Ferguson said.
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Not all "Paulistas" are supporting Zoeller. There are those of us who intend to vote for Costas. I see pros and cons either way. Did I read that Zoeller intends to diligently back teachers who punish school children? I don't like the sound of that, especially after hearing about the teacher in New Albany who verbally abused an autistic child. That teacher needs to be fired, not defended by the teacher's association or the AG's office.
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