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Someone should pin him to the floor on any remarks about doing something about transgender women in sports in the Senate. Our little conservative shitheads are really big on local control of education, especially when you start talking about the big, bad federal government dictating to every school district in the country.

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Indiana's a tough slog on your way to Chicago from the east.

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Gerrymandering doesn't affect statewide offices. Not that such things improve a Dem's chances in Indiana.

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these guys have hitched their wagons to the wrong horse - lets hope it ditches them soon

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Not directly. But it certainly strengthens their machine and hold across the board when they can protect as many seats as possible

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Forgot to mention that Mitch Daniels was on the board of Indianapolis Power and Light when they screwed a bunch of people Out of their retirements

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and the Illinois/Indiana border!!

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when I was a youth, we used to call the Indiana capital "India No Place"

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Mitch isn't running for Senate, I don't think. I worked for him for a while (at Purdue) and think his retirement is for real.

That said, he's about as good as we are going to get in Indiana. He doesn't actively hate education, for one.

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The rumor on campus and around the state was that his wife didn't want to live in DC/travel much, which is what kept him out of the 2016 race.

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We'll compromise. Axpected.

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My dad, for one.

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Kentucky -- Discovered by a Roto-Rooter operator in Evansville, Indiana.

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I assumed at the time that he was biding his time until the inevitable presidential run.

My son graduated from Purdue and Daniels spoke at commencement. He continued his steady run as a douchenozzle during the speech.

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Just as white Jesus and the Founding Fathers intended. I'm pretty sure it was the GQP's Founding Führer that wanted Kulturkrieg all the time.

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Mike Pence and all his works. That tells me every bloody thing I need to know about the current state of the State of Indiana. \ffs. (Funerals for miscarried fetal tissue? WHAT???!)

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