Returning to my concern about the direction of the Republican Party, Indiana will select their GOP nominee to challenge for Evan Bayh’s seat tomorrow. Let’s see if you can match the man to his biography.
1) John Hostettler
2) Dan Coats
3) Marlin Stutzman
A) A member of the Fellowship (or Family) along with the disgraced Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and Chip Pickering. Former U.S. Senator and staffer for Dan Quayle. Endorsed by James Dobson. Considered the moderate in the race because he has cast votes for gun control.
B) A former member of the House of Representatives. Voted against Katrina Aid, Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, and the deal to end Gingrich’s government shutdown. Refused to endorse McCain in 2008. Wants to shut down the Departments of Education and Commerce. Voted against the Iraq War Resolution. Endorsed by Ron Paul.
C) A former state senator. Endorsed by Jim DeMint’s Senate Conservative Fund, by RedState’s Erick Erickson, and by Mike Huckabee.
Seriously. Those are the choices the Republicans have provided the Indiana electorate tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Democrats have no choice. They will take the anti-choice Brad Ellsworth, and they will have to try to like it. How incredibly pathetic…all the way around. What’s wrong with this country?
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Key: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
from Kentucky:
Maybe there is a Green candidate? And there is always “stay home and let your Democratic committeeman know why”. Possibly in Indiana you can vote for Mickey Mouse or Saddam Hussein, although this will invalidate your ballot in Illinois.
I don’t see how staying home moves the party leftward. I’ve yet to hear a coherent argument as to how it accomplishes anything.
The serious money here is on Coates and he’s beatable in Nov. Ellsworth is much like Evan without the Wellpoint baggage, but he may wind up voting left at least on some issues. With the GOP, we know we’ll get nothing whatsoever.
It’s like a choice between jock-itch and the clap.
What would you consider to be Ellsworth’s demerits other than his position on abortion? I haven’t looked into him or that race too closely.
He joined the Blue Dog coalition. He voted against embryonic stem cell research, he voted against the stimulus, and he voted for the Stupak amendment.
Maybe it’s just his state, but he’s to the right of Bob Casey and to the right of Evan Bayh on at least social issues.
Joining the Blue Dogs and voting against the stimulus is definitely the state and particularly his district – it’s what you might call “Up South.” If Baron Hill loses his seat this time around it will be in large part for voting for the stimulus and health care reform – Humana employs a lot of people in that district and those were a couple courageous votes for him.