Indiana

FAMILY FEUD?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

The friendly rivals over at Blue Indiana have some interesting posts today on the race for the 7th Congressional District.  After being on a conference call with the DCCC, B.I. reports the party says it will back Andre Carson through the May primary against all other challengers.

“When asked if the DCCC would be supporting Andre Carson in the May Primary after the Special Election, the DCCC said that they would indeed be staffing and funding the Carson campaign against the other contenders in the crowded Primary field. The Primary includes candidates such as State Reps. David Orentlicher and Carolene Mays, as well as Dr. Woody Myers and Frances Nelson among other rumored but not yet official candidates.

The fact that the DCCC will be monkeying around in such a contentious primary is a slap in the face to the voters in the Special Election March 11th. Should Carson lose the Special to GOP nominee State Rep. Jon Elrod on March 11th, his campaign essentially is getting a do-over in the May Primary. This is truly an astounding turn of events, as prior to today the DCCC had been non committal about supporting Carson in the May Primary.”

Your thoughts.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).