The Howey Report suggest that John Waterman - actually the John Price religious right machine - may not get the 33,000 authenticated signatures they need to make the ballot. First it will take 40,000 to make sure they all count, and then the churches that make up this movement are frankly tougher to align. I know in Porter County Fairhaven Baptist, which was in lockstep in years past, is much more happy with Mitch Daniels.
State Sen. John Waterman is indicating to associates that he does not know if he can submit 33,000 authenticated signatures by Monday to qualify his Taxpayer Party gubernatorial ticket on the November ballot. The informed and reliable source who talked with Waterman earlier this week said that Waterman and his running mate, Glenna Jehl of Fort Wayne, are relying on a network of churches to attain the signatures. The source suggested that Waterman might need more than 40,000 actual signatures in order to cross the 33,000 authenticated signature threshold. The source suggested the odds of doing that "are less than 50 percent."
It's my humble opinion that the far right church movement has peaked. They may still be mad that they didn't get Eric Miller elected four years ago, but Mitch Daniels has done such a great job in Indiana that they are having to stretch to take shots at him. I would expect Micah Clark and Eric Miller and other strong religious right leaders to get as much space as possible from John Waterman and John Price. Or maybe Price will toss Waterman under the bus?
Price's one knock on the Governor is that he signed an affirmative action policy for hiring state employees that could conceivably allow a cross dresser to get hired. Whatever ... that's lame litmus testing.
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I don't think that is Price's only knock on Daniels. You can add his weaseling out of supporting a permanent repeal of property taxes and floating a socialist plan for giving two "free" years of college to Indiana high school graduates.
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Finally I get a response from your side of the party. I was thinking maybe everyone left and went to Ron Paul.
A gradual reduction of property taxes and replacement with sales taxes would be much better for the entire economy, and allow legislators to figure out the school problem since everyone will want an equal amount of money for schools and we all know that schools are being poorly run.
As for socialism in college, can't say I agree with your verbiage. Who exactly can afford a $120,000 education at a state school? Instead of free for a few, I too would prefer they just drastically drop the prices and find some cost savings.
Price is kinda becoming a laughing stock for this stunt.
Steve, I'm a card-carrying member of the religious right. I don't like people referencing Waterman's candidacy as anything associated with Evangelicals and the like. John Price is way off the reservation here. Notice that no-one else, including Eric Miller, Curt Smith, Micah Clark, etc. are supporting Waterman. We've all had our issues with the Governor in the past, but they were never too serious. Waterman's candidacy is one of ego, not ideology.
Kurt, great point, that's probably what was making me the most uncomfortable. I too have been an evangelical for 34 years now, but I am getting more and more sick of .... I need a new term .... lemming Christians perhaps ... people that just follow along when someone who calls themselves a Christian leader tells them to be afraid or to be angry
Use your head, do some research people. I didn't like Mitch Daniel's approach to waiting so late in the game on the Costas thing, I didn't like the fact that he backed off on building he Illiana just because some rural folk screamed ... but look at the options and you'll find the other 250 things he stands for are needed in Indiana.
Dalton,
Regrettably, your comments appear to be so typical of the mainstream RINO of today. His memory is only as good as the last election.
This "gradual reduction of property taxes" idea attempt has been going on for over three decades in Indiana. Give legislators time to "figure out the school problem"? LOL What else more can I say on this? Do some research!
Regarding the cost of college education (and the lack of true education going on)....just who do you think is responsible for this mess? If you're a true Republican, you already should know the answer. Ronald Reagan summed in up in 10 little words. What are they?
My prayer: "God help the Republican Party if the thinking on this BLOG represents the rank-and-file. Thank you God for saving me from the scrapheap of despair with a Dr. Paul lifeline!
Anonymous, stay with us here in the GOP ... there's plenty of room.
Evangelicals and business conservatives ... defenders of our borders and protectors of the disadvantaged ... tax cutters and infrastructure innovators
Room for great governance from a small government. Read up on our posts here, some of our authors were aghast that the Ron Paul groups were dishonest in their dealing with the party in Indiana. Others, like myself, were happy to be challenged by grass roots movers who showed that change really can happen.
Unless you're for bigger government, higher taxes, destroying the military, taking guns, putting animals ahead of humans, or some other liberal dither ... we probably agree on 80% of the real issues. That makes us both Republicans.
This post started with me pointing at the religious right, a small portion, trying to put forward an independent governor candidate ..
He too is a Republican, but is trying to make too big a point of a couple very small litmus tests.
"...some of our authors were aghast that the Ron Paul groups were dishonest in their dealing with the party in Indiana."
LOL - boy I didn't know you were such a toady for the State Party tyrants....
Dalton, I'm sorry I inadvertently left off my signature on my latest post, but that was me.
Notwithstanding your gobbledygook when you thought I was anonymous, quit ignoring my educative response to your ignorance on the issues of property taxes and Daniel's socialist free education proposal.
Read up on the Indiana political history of the property tax and find Ronald Reagan's 10 word retort to the likes of Mitch's solution to the education problem. Then, report back to us.
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