First Research 2000 Indiana poll shows Daniels (R) ahead of Long-Thompson (D)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Is Long-Thompson really the best candidate the Democrats can find here?

How is she not a good candidate?  She's had experience in Congress and in government before and held a swing district until her defeat in the very Republican year of 2002.  Having said that I thought that Tim Roemer might well run. 

How is she not a good candidate?  Because she's lost more races for congress than she's won?  (Four and counting.)  Because she was a mere two-term Rep who served from 1991–1995, well over 12 years ago?  Because the only person genuinely excited about Jill Long Thompson's candidacy is Jill Long Thompson?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Because the only person genuinely excited about Jill Long Thompson's candidacy is Jill Long Thompson?

And me!  And probably Mitch Daniels!

I stand corrected!

Because the only person ^Democrat genuinely excited about Jill Long Thompson's candidacy is Jill Long Thompson?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

What's wrong with Long-Thompson?

She's going into the Governor's race having lost two consecutive races for lower office.  Please, stay with us!

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

What's wrong with Long-Thompson?

She's going into the Governor's race having lost two consecutive races for lower office.  Please, stay with us!

OK, she barely lost IN-02 in 2002, which was a down year for Democrats.  Then she lost IN-04(now IN-03) in the 1994 tidal wave and keep in mind that this was a heavily Republican district. 

That's all really immaterial.  She's still got the stink of a habitual loser on her.  And she's still a nobody, having been out of office for over 12 years.  I mean, that's LaRocco level stuff.  And whomever that nobody ex-congressman running for U.S. Senate in Kansas is.