Indiana Blog Review

Banana Peels

Dave Haxton wants to know what Russ Pulliam is smoking.

But There Were Two Sequels

Manfred on the Godfather Gov:

The Governor is a Corporate Man, so he saw a need to replace knowledgeable civil servants with hard-headed business people who, while inexperienced in the public sector, would be enthusiastic about instituting wholesale change . . .

The problem is that in public service, unlike private business, those at the top usually know less than the employees they command.

Hoosier Purge

Matt Tully wonders who has Sept 27 in the pool?

RiShawn Biddle has some faint praise for Joel Silverman.

Advance Indiana on the reshuffling: "Nobody ever seems to get hired in politics because they're the best candidate for the job."

Spotlight on Mitch

Zach Patton of Governing Magazine's blog "13th Floor" interviews Mitch Daniels. (via Frugal Hoosiers)

Digging Mitch

Frugal Hoosiers offers a view of the upcoming elections contrary to the State Dems.

Fightin' Words?

Matt Tully reproduces the Governor's allegedly offensive remarks about South Bend and asks, "There you have it. What do you think? Were the governor's comments inappropriate, or is the mayor overreacting?"

Sadly, I think the answer depends on whether one is a D or an R.

Beg Your Commutation

Doug Masson fills us in on the Governor's latest pardons and commuted sentences.

Sliding Down Polls

TDW has a roundup of the latest bad news on Mitch's poll numbers.

Mitch and Pork

TDW notices a discrepancy between Mitch's campaign enthusiasm for federal dough and his current reservations about its usefulness.

Mitch, on the Record, off the Page

Congrats to Matt Tully for grasping how the New Media can enrich journalism, "In a column, space is always an issue.   So today, I offer a bit more of what Daniels had to say to about 200 Republicans at the Vigo County Lincoln Day dinner in Terre Haute last week."