Happened across this while skimming Blue Indiana. Apparently, the Sheriff of Lake County, Roy Dominguez, announced when addressing a gathering of law school students his hopes to run for Governor of Indiana in 2012.
http://www.blueindiana.net/dia…
I’ll be the first to say I know absolutely nothing about Indiana, the distant gubernatorial race, or Dominguez. I take that back…I know I’d like to see Evan Bayh swallowed and then spit out by an anaconda…but that’s all! This guy may turn out to be a gadfly or for all I know he could turn out to be an underdog we can root for, I don’t know.
What I do know is that the guy seems interesting:
http://www.lakecountysheriff.c…
He also didn’t fall flat on his face with his choice of venue. He apparently tied the announcement in very nicely with the speech topic of overcoming racism and prejudice and following your dreams, so it sounds like the guy can weave a narrative and impress people:
http://www.post-trib.com/news/…
Also of interest, there’s polling out on the favorability ratings of Bayh and Lugar as well as Obama:
http://www.blueindiana.net/dia…
I’m surprised Obama has such high favorables to be honest, and if he can keep them at that level in 2012 then maybe there’s a chance we can drag some Dems into the governorship and Lugar’s seat if he retires. It may be a little too early to think about this, but it’s out there so we might as well do so. Personally, I’m hoping to hear from someone who can provide more information on this than me.