Word: hoosierism
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...term Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh announced on Feb. 15 that he would not run for re-election this November. The popular centrist and former Hoosier State governor blamed increased partisanship, saying plainly, "I do not love Congress." Bayh's retirement, which caught his party's leaders by surprise, brings the number of open seats in the upper chamber to 11--five Democratic and six Republican...
...improbable momentum here, as it is across the nation, is angst about the economy: Already this year, thousands of jobs have hemorrhaged from one of Indiana's core industries, manufacturing. But the Democrats' surge is also a reflection of time and resources the Obama campaign has invested in the Hoosier State, a fundamentally conservative but pragmatic place that has often elected Democratic governors and currently has a largely split Congressional delegation...
...class whites, who accounted for her victories in Ohio and Pennsylvania, number high among the undecided in Indiana. She also runs stronger with conservatives, which helps in a state that hasn't voted Democratic in a presidential race since 1964. If Clinton manages to stage a comeback in the Hoosier State, she is almost certain to continue in the race until the remaining six states have finished voting. At that point...
...Obama ended his Pennsylvania campaign in Evansville, in Indiana's southern tip, marking his fourth visit to the Hoosier State in the last month by declaring to some 7,500 people, "The challenges that we face are bigger than the smallness of our politics, and we know that this election is our chance to change it." Clinton, for her part, is swooping into Indianapolis today for a rally expected to center on a key issue here - the economy. It will mark her fifth day in Indiana in the last month. Add Bill and Chelsea, and the Clintons will have spent...
Caputo advanced to the finals after outwrestling three opponents in the Challenge Tournament. He defeated Trevor Perry of Hoosier Wrestling, 0-3, 7-0, 3-1, and proceeded to shut out Zack Giesen of Advanced Training Wrestling Club, 7-0, 1-0, and Jesse Strawn of King of the Jungle...