Opinion: Sugar rips party, won’t battle Gregg

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We won’t have a hometown candidate, unfortunately, competing with John Gregg for the Democratic nomination for governor. It would have made for great copy. But according to a statement from Tom Sugar, a former aide to ex-Gov. Evan Bayh, he said the party’s powers that be didn’t really want him to challenge John Gregg for the nomination. And his family finances also helped to preclude a run. Seems that even had he won, there were insurmountable odds stacked against him – or any winner, really. Sugar stated our politicians are “out of touch” with and “insensitive” to Hoosier values and the problems the state faces. Now it seems Gregg will be the one to challenge incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Pence. Good luck with that. As for Sugar, let this be his closing comment: “I believe this is wrongheaded and hope to live long enough to see the day when Hoosier Democrats begin to behave like winners, confident enough to welcome new leaders, new energy and new ideas.”

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We were mildly disappointed, but certainly not in any way surprised, to learn union-busting Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) dropped out of the Republican Party race for the nomination for the presidency. It seems Walker either was “too much too soon” for the party leadership, or we were just wishfully thinking he really had a chance to make things interesting. We suspect he was advised out under the threat of having his spine removed, as was the case with so many before him.

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No less an authority than USA Today’s empaneled experts have anointed Carly Fiorina the frontrunner for the GOP bid for the White House. That didn’t take long, did it? We mean, The Trump Show had to fade at some point, didn’t it? Can’t wait to see what happens next.


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