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Congressman Dan Burton retiring

AWB — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000

A tweet from Indiana State Senator Mike Delph at 10:15 this morning. “Congressman Burton is announcing his retirement on the Statehouse floor at 10:30am, where it all started.”

Burton represents Indiana’s 5th congressional district. There are several vying for the slot, including former congressman and Kendallville native David McIntosh, attorney Jack Lugar, (Senator Dick Lugar’s son), Susan Brooks, a former U.S. attorney and Fort Wayne native, and former Marion County Coroner John McGoff, who came close to defeating Burton two years ago.

The 5th District presently includes Huntington County, which joins the 3rd District for the next 10 years beginning with the 2012 elections.

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Two losers filed to run against Stutzman, as democrats

AWB — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:57 +0000

Oh, I can hear Kevin Knuth now, hunkered down in his bunker with Mike Bynum.

A former Fort Wayne police officer, who must hold the record for disciplinary actions against him, has filed to run against Stutzman.

John Roberson filed this week as a democrat candidate in the primary election for the 3rd congressional seat. Robertson was canned form the FWPD in 1999 after receiving 28 various disciplinary actions. After that, he drove truck for a while, then retired.

Then we have hotel dweller Tommy Schrader, who never saw a gay porn flick he didn’t like. He’s also running as a democrat. You’ll recall he ran as a democrat last year in the at-large city council race, and won, only to be booted by the election board at the demand of Knuth and the democrats due to residency issues.

Hot damn, we have a race, eh?

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Bates announces bid for Pence’s congressional seat.

AWB — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:43:57 +0000

Richmond financial advisor and former U.S. Senate candidate Don Bates announced today he will seek Indiana’s 6th Congressional District seat being vacated by Congressman Pence.

http://www.batesforcongress.com/

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The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks hangs with President Obama, Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:32:40 +0000

The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks will be with President Obama and Vice-President Biden Tuesday in Kokomo, IN. That’s right, with the risk of losing my “Vast Right-Wing Conspiriacy” media card, I have been granted media credentials for President Obama and Vice-President Biden’s visit to Kokomo on Tuesday afternoon. Hopefully, we will have some audio from the President’s remarks on Tuesday and maybe we can get in a question or two. Kenny will be there too, but don’t count on much from him, this is better than a TSA pat down on Christmas day for Ken. Sylvia Smith, Washington Bureau Chief for the Journal Gazette, will give us a call and give us her impressions of the just concluded elections plus we’ll ask her to reflect on her years of political reporting as she gets ready to retire. Finally, Mike Nutter, President of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, chimes in on his big news from Monday about AAA-baseball coming to Parkview Field in July. All this and an Ol’ Oaken Bucket preview: Indiana or Purdue? And don’t forget, you can follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/garylsnyder or Twitter @garylsnyder.

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

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Listen to a replay of The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks featuring Lou Holtz

Gary Snyder — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:59:26 +0000

Listen to a replay of Former Notre Dame Head Coach, Lou Holtz, as he joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks. Coach Holtz gives us his take on everything Notre Dame Football and talks a little about the Lou Holtz Charitable Foundation. Erick Erickson, Editor-in-Chief of Redstate.com and CNN political analyst, is back and offers his insight into the recent Republican takeover of Congress. Seriously, where else will you find Lou Holtz and Erick Erickson on the same show, ever? All this and my usual insightful commentary on just about everything.

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

Listen to internet radio with Gary L Snyder on Blog Talk Radio

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Sylvia Smith joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks tonight @6 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:27:49 +0000

Well, it’s election day, so what else would we cover on The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks tonight from 6-7 p.m.? We may not have any results but Sylvia Smith, Washington Bureau Chief from Th Journal Gazette, will give us a call to discuss what could happen; Justin Cohn, Pro Sport Coordinator at The Journal Gazette, will chime in on the Colts 30-17 win over the Texans on Monday Night Football; and Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock, Ft. Wayne Komets second year forward, gives us a call to discuss the Komets slow start. And of course, election results as they come in. All this and our special co-hosts, Pete Lafaucia and Brad McDonald, tonight on The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks from 6-7 p.m.

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Congressman Mike Pence joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks, Thursday @ 6 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:13:34 +0000

You don’t want to miss this one! We are sending our resident liberal (no, not the Huntington County Council), Ken Zuk, into what can only be described as enemy territory for him, The Congressman Mike Pence tour bus. That’s right, co-host of The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks, Ken Zuk, will be riding the Mike Pence tour bus all day and then calling in live with Congressman Pence and others onThe Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks from 6-7 p.m. Also joining the show will be Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 3rd CD, Dr. Tom Hayhurst. Dr. Hayhurst will be making his final pitch on why he should be the 3rd District’s next Congressman. All this and maybe some Notre Dame football.

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

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New poll predicts Stutzman and Coats to win

AWB — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:10:25 +0000

A new poll is out. It was contracted by the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics with SurveyUSA to conduct a statewide poll in Indiana and one in Indiana’s third congressional district.

Republican Dan Coats holds a commanding lead over Democrat Brad Ellsworth in the race for Senate in Indiana, and does so in almost every demographic category. Fifty-six percent of men and 51% of women who were called support Coats. Coats’ substantial advantage also crosses all levels of education and all age groups, including a 46% – 33% gap in 18-34 years old.

Ellsworth holds a slim lead (40% – 39%) among those who almost never attend church, but lags considerably among those who attend church a few times a year, once or twice a month, almost weekly, and weekly.

Democrat Tom Hayhurst trails Republican Marlin Stutzman significantly among likely and early voters in Indiana’ s third congressional district. Stutzman has the support of a majority of voters in every single demographic category except for those who have a graduate education (Stutzman 47% Hayhurst 46%) and among those who go to church three-to-four times a year (tied at 46%).

These two groups, along with people who go to church once or twice a month, are the only demographic groups where Hayhurst reaches 40%. Even among voters who have been important sources of Democratic support in recent American election cycles, Stutzman polls very well. Among women, he leads Hayhurst 54% to 34% and among voters 18-34 and 35-49, where he receives 62% support among likely or early voters.

Download the entire results in a Exel file here.

Statement of M ethodology for Statewide I ndiana Survey:

SurveyUSA interviewed 2,335 registered voters 10/21/10 through 10/25/10, using Registration Based Sample (RBS) from Aristotle in Washington DC. Of the registered voters, 1,600 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted, or to be likely to vote in the 11/02/10 midterm election. Where necessary, responses were weighted according to the voter registration database. In theory, with the stated sample size, one can say with 95% certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had the entire universe of respondents been interviewed with complete accuracy. There are other possible sources of error in all surveys that may be more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error.

These include refusals to be interviewed, question wording and question order, weighting by demographic control data and the manner in which respondents are filtered (such as, determining who is a likely voter). It is difficult to quantify the errors that may result from these factors.

Fieldwork for this survey was done by SurveyUSA of Clifton, NJ

Statement of M ethodology for U.S. House 3rd District of I ndiana:

SurveyUSA interviewed 565 registered voters from Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District 10/21/10 through 10/25/10, using Registration Based Sample (RBS) from Aristotle in Washington DC. Of the registered voters, 400 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted, or to be likely to vote in the 11/02/10 midterm election. Where necessary, responses were weighted according to the voter registration database. In theory, with the stated sample size, one can say with 95% certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had the entire universe of respondents been interviewed with complete accuracy. There are other possible sources of error in all surveys that may be more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error. These include refusals to be interviewed, question wording and question order, weighting by demographic control data and the manner in which respondents are filtered (such as, determining who is a likely voter). It is difficult to quantify the errors that may result from these factors. Fieldwork for this survey was done by SurveyUSA of Clifton, NJ

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Stutzman Reception

AWB — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:10:33 +0000

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Federoff

Cordially invites you

For an evening reception

In support of:

Marlin Stutzman

Candidate for Indiana’s 3rd District Seat in the United

States Congress

Sycamore Hills Golf Club

11836 Covington Road

Fort Wayne, IN 46814

October 27th

5:30 pm-7:00 pm

$150/person, $250 per couple

Please RSVP to Ellen Carlson at 260-350-1547 or

ecarlson4stutzman@gmail.com

Marlin Stutzman
Candidate for Indiana’s 3rd District Seat in the UnitedStates Congress

Paid for by Stutzman for Congress

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I Pledge Allegiance… so shut-up.

AWB — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:47:37 +0000

October 20, 2010. The League of Women Voters Try to Stop Pledge of Allegiance at this debate Grayslake Central High School In Illinois. The audience has a different idea.

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Marlin Stutzman joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks, tonight @ 6:00 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:30:25 +0000

Hopefully the radio gods are watching over The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. as Republican 3rd CD candidate Marlin Stutzman is scheduled to join the show. We had some technical difficulties the last time Marlin was scheduled so hopefully he has a better cell phone this time? Tony Krausz, Notre Dame beat writer for the Journal Gazette, will preview this weekends home game versus Western Michigan and “The Major” Steve Ochs will give us his weekly update on his campaign as an independent candidate for Huntington County Sheriff.

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

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Donnelly Can’t Defend Health Care Vote, Resorts to Name Calling

AWB — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:19:15 +0000

A new television commercial from Congressman Joe Donnelly out this week proclaims that “Jackie is lying” about his record on Medicare. The ad is in response to an ad the Walorski Campaign ran a week earlier which pointed out that Donnelly’s vote for the health care takeover in March cut $500 billion from Medicare.

“Calling someone a liar is a strong charge,” said Walorski campaign manager Matt Kirby. “If Congressman Donnelly disagrees with our assertion that his vote for Obamacare cuts $500 billion from Medicare, then we challenge him to disprove that fact. If he can’t disprove it, we call on him to take the ad down.”

“Since Congressman Donnelly voted for the health care bill seven months ago, he hasn’t conducted a single town hall, hasn’t participated in a single debate, or even shown up for a single candidate forum,” said Kirby. “Whether you support the bill or not, everyone can agree that Obamacare was one of the most significant and far-reaching pieces of legislation in our lifetime and a sitting Congressman owes it to his constituents to explain his vote. What voters in the 2nd District have gotten instead is an MIA Congressman who has resorted to name calling because he can’t defend his record.”

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Sylvia Smith joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks, tonight @ 6:00 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:04:16 +0000

If your last name is Smith and you work for The Journal Gazette, you are most likely my guest tonight on The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks from 6 to 7 p.m. First up is Sylvia Smith, she is the Washington Bureau Chief and will be giving us a ring to update us on the Hayhurst v. Stutzman 3rd CD race and the Coats v. Ellsworth U.S. Senate match-up. Next up is Ben Smith, Journal Gazette sports guru (the other one), he is talking Indianapolis Colts. All this and maybe a mystery guest, who knows?

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

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Marlin Stutzman joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks, Thursday @ 6:00 p.m.

Gary Snyder — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:00:35 +0000

Marlin Stutzman, Republican candidate for Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District returns to The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100 Talks for the karma that only we can bring. We also have part two of the Huntington County Sheriff’s debate between independent candidate for Sheriff Steve Ochs and the “Concrete Guy”, Terry Stoffel. And since we didn’t give away any golf on Tuesday, we’ll do it Thursday, FREE golf from Frazanda Golf Course in Huntington. Still working on a guest or two so stay tuned.

Where politics and sports collide in Northeast Indiana!

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