Sunday, February 09, 2014

A primary-free District 72 House race, so it's Clere and Bailey on Elector Day this November.

A Tea Party movement in Floyd County is a logical impossibility. That's because all the potential members already are registered as Democrats.

Meanwhile, the local Democratic Party is so diverse and broad-based that seemingly only teachers and former teachers are available to run for statewide office, and education is the only conceivable platform.

Bailey to challenge Clere this year. Read the Democratic Party press release. I've already made my choice.

To reiterate, I've nothing whatever against Kevin Sue Bailey, but pointing to Ed Clere's victory against Bill Cochran as a source of inspiration solely owing from the perspective of his status as "newcomer" is to utterly miss the point: Clere was young and energetic; Cochran old and confused. If Clere hadn't won narrowly the first time, he'd have won by a lot the second. Youth and vigor were being served, and the changing county political landscape lent a hand in the process.

The Democrats seem unable to play a longer game with youth, perhaps because their farm system is barren. What "saves" them (and tortures the rest of us) is a tradition of being decidedly non-Democratic (see the first paragraph, above), and the absolutely breathtaking ineptitude of the GOP within New Albany's city limits.

Clere, Bailey to face off for District 72 seat ... Howey: Tea Party attacks didn’t result in primary opponent, by Daniel Suddeath (N and T)

State Rep. Ed Clere is seeking his third-term in the Statehouse. To retain that seat, he will have to defeat Democratic challenger Kevin Sue Bailey.

No one filed to run against either candidate in the May primary for the District 72 seat, which includes most of Floyd County.

“I look forward to continuing to work on issues of importance to our area and state,” Clere, a Republican, stated in a news release he issued after filing for re-election.

Bailey is an English professor at Indiana University Southeast who previously taught at Floyd Central High School. She is seeking her first elected office ...

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