on that note, what would it take for the democrats to start bothering again? has the party just… given up? t’would be a shame for that to be the case, but that’s what it looks like. how would the IN dems get out of this rut?
No state is forever lost but the fact that the most talented dem pol since bayh, buttigeieg, had to carpetbag to Michigan for a future is a telling sign
Donnelly defeated Richard Mourdock statewide. Buttigieg lost to him statewide by 17 points.
I've never understood what made Pete Buttigieg special compared to say Tom Henry. Comparing mayor to mayor, Henry's accomplishments were arguably better in a city twice South Bend's size that didn't have the advantage of having Notre Dame inside city limits. If Henry ran for President people would've laughed at him.
im active on atlas putting me in the top 0.1% of politically knowledgeable people in the country and i have no clue who tom henry is so that says something
buttigieg's accomplushments are irrelevant, he catapulted from being a small time mayor into a cabinet positioin via charisma, being gay, compelling story, etc. typically he would have gone for gov or something but thats infeasible in IN hence the move to michigan.
donnelly got lucky with mourdock and not lugar and that level of ticket splitting may not happen again, irrespective of whatever mourdock said
