I don’t do a lot of campaign plugs around here, but I’ll make an exception for Dave Crooks. I think I’ve mentioned that I had opportunity to work with Dave when he was a state representative from Washington, Indiana. I was a new staffer with the Legislative Service Agency, and I always appreciated that Dave was never too busy for my questions and was conscientious in his approach to legislating.
Now he’s seeking the Democratic primary nomination to run against Larry Buschon in Indiana’s 8th District. The folks in the 8th District would be better served by Dave than just about anyone else I can think of, including Larry Buschon. So, I’ll just take a moment to encourage folks to go check out Dave and maybe send his campaign a few bucks if you’re able. (Campaign site; Facebook site; Twitter.)
Lots of rural voters in that district. Vanderburgh and Vigo counties are now outnumbered in the last gerrymandering (I meant, “re-districting”) of the Indiana Congressional districts. On a good day the Republicans likely have a 59% to 41% advantage going on there. Still, if the incumbent has really shot himself in the foot enough times…
I haven’t really looked at it myself; but I thought maybe they took some from the 8th to make the 9th more Republican, leaving the 8th somewhat more gettable than before.
In any event, Dave had been winning in Daviess County for a long time; so he can do rural. Though, admittedly, rural outside of his own turf will be tougher. He had also been a radio personality down there — wonder how far his signal carries.
“The folks in the 8th District would be better served by Dave than just about anyone else I can think of, including Larry Buschon. ”
Do you know the Congressman? Are there particular votes of Bucshon’s that you particularly abhor?
My understanding is similar to yours. The legislature wanted to help Todd Young at the expense of Bucshon.
BTW, in case you didn’t hear, there is a new candidate that just announced yesterday, Garry Hall.
Nope. I just really, really like Dave. He’s a good guy.
Though, I guess I could add that Buschon’s vote on the Paul Ryan budget is bad news because: 1) in my opinion, it’s bad Medicare policy; and 2) Ryan was a Delta Tau Delta at Miami when I was at school there, and those guys were dicks.
But, my statement was meant to reflect my esteem for Dave more than being much of an opinion on anyone else.
Garry Hall thinks that making English “the official language of the United States” is “common sense.”
That’s enough for me to oppose him.
The 8th is now more Democratic than it was in the last election cycle due to the addition of Perry County, which wouldn’t elect a Republican for dog catcher if Satan was the Democratic candidate.
“Though, I guess I could add that Buschon’s vote on the Paul Ryan budget is bad news because: 1) in my opinion, it’s bad Medicare policy; and 2) Ryan was a Delta Tau Delta at Miami when I was at school there, and those guys were dicks.”
Considering that all but four House Republicans voted for the Ryan plan, would it be fair to say that your biggest criticism of Bucshon is that he is a Republican?
No. That my criticism applies to most of the House Republicans doesn’t mean that I’m criticizing him for being a Republican. That almost feels like a “boys will be boys” minimization of what Buschon and his colleagues embraced by advocating and voting for that policy.