2009 Howey Political Report
| Date | Headline Article | Keywords / Descriptors | File Name |
| 1/8/2009 | Economic brink shapes HPI Power 50 | A Detroit 3 demise & tough budget shapes 2009 list; Chewing gum with Pat; Top 50; It's the perfect time for government reform | HPR14z20.pdf |
| 1/15/2009 | Three defining Daniels speeches | Governor competes with the Colts to lay out critical markers as an uncertain year commences; Obama: Transform or fail; Pence prepares for become Obama's loyal opposition; As heard and seen at an Indiana inaugural; Shepard vows to play role in foreclosure crisis; When government is stuck, then citizens must step up; Why Obama has to be the next Ike or FDR; Legacy of the Greatest Generation | HPR14z21.pdf |
| 1/22/2009 | Obama speech did what he had to do | Not his greatest speech, but the new president connected us to history, mapped a new course; Government reforms won't be party line votes; When there was standing room only; McVey challenges CW on Burton challenge; Good intentions don't always yield good ideas; Senate COmmittee weighs police pensions; The governor commands Spring to come forth | HPR14z22.pdf |
| 1/29/2009 | Jobs bust stressing Hoosier safety net | WorkOne, FSSA, IDEM under intense scrutiny as Indiana economy takes body blow; One size fits all, but it doesn't fit counties; President Obama? Meet Mike Pence; Oh no! A party line stimulus vote in Congress; Parsing jobs numbers; Farmland assessments will keep increasing; What happens if Obama goes up in smoke?; The state of teen financial literacy | HPR14z23.pdf |
| 2/5/2009 | As Washington bickers, Hoosiers freeze | Obama warns of 'catastrophe' as stimulus plan stalls; What stimulus could do; Sustainable energy in the City of Firsts; Daniels administration rolling with the punches; Plouffe: How Obama turned Indiana blue; Partisan politics still grips Washington | HPR14z24.pdf |
| 2/12/2009 | The Obama-Pence showdown in Indiana | Is a rescue coming? Or the beginning of the 2010 campaign?; Obama remembers Elkhart; Mike Pence just doesn't get it; Government reform debate taking place in the Indiana Senate; Kernan cites 400,000 without library services; Pork is in the eye of the beholder | HPR14z25.pdf |
| 2/19/2009 | Townships reforms under the gun | Gov. Daniels takes triple hit in Republican Senate; Souder critiques Obama; Burton leaves no doubt: 'I intend to win' in 2010; Second term for Parker; chair showdowns in Lake, LaPorte counties; Viewing HST in the wake of Whitmore | HPR14z26.pdf |
| 2/26/2009 | Reform on emotion, not metrics | Senate vote on township reform sees Democrats in caucus opposition; Obama and the blue dogs; Obama cues up his ambitious agenda; A 'transformational' governor? Hardly; Wither te Statehouse news media; Aboard Air Force One with President Obama; War didn't end the Great Depression | HPR14z27.pdf |
| 3/5/2009 | Call to prepare for epic challenge | Sen. Waltz seeks 'Ex Com' as economic crisis turns into an 80 year event!; The greatest Speaker ever; President Obama's fork in the Iraq War road; Carl Brizzi surveys his political future; Sen. Buck flirts with the kiss of death; GOP governors say 'Yes we can'; Data detail of Hoosier distress | HPR14z28.pdf |
| 3/12/2009 | McDermott's Lake County gamble | Hammond mayor takes over Lake Democratic Party, backs Kernan-Shepard reforms; House amateur hour; Leader Psychology: Goodnight stays steady as Kokomo braces; The case stacks up against the status quo; We'll all pay for consolidation; Local government villification: R.I.P.; An open letter to Rep. John Boehner; If newspapers die, who will report?; Indiana keeps losing ground on wages | HPR14z29.pdf |
| 3/26/2009 | Gov. Daniels: Into the vortex | On the brink of tumultuous month, Daniels surveys the budget, autos, caps and reforms; A party & progress; Democrats sans reforms; Not so fast, Louis; Passing on the stimulus? Are you kidding me?; When term limits become discredited; Chance's Spring crocuses; Only a few changes in major party chairs | HPR14z30.pdf |
| 4/1/2009 | Gauntlet facing our Auto State | Bayh cautious on Obama budget vote, Visclosky in the crosshairs, | HPR14z31.pdf |
| 4/9/2009 | The Devil returns to CIB Details | Democratic Field begins to form in 2011, Playoffs and Payoffs | HPR14z32.pdf |
| 4/16/2009 | Change Dems don’t Believe in | Shame of Indiana, The most surreal statehouse tax day | HPR14z33.pdf |
| 4/23/2009 | Daniels, Bauer crisis showdown | Mitch Daniels, Pat Bauer, Todd Rokita, election, | HPR14z34.pdf |
| 4/30/2009 | Bauer budget bust: No he can't | Pat Bauer, wages, Special session, Chrysler, Notre Dame, | HPR14z35.pdf |
| 5/7/2009 | Revising Statehouse Power List | Richard Lugar, Pakistan, nuclear arsenal, Theresa Lubbers, Roy Dominguez | HPR14z36.pdf |
| 6/11/2009 | General Assembly returns to reality | Richard Mourdock, Vi Simpson, optimistic, superintendents concerned, Epsich, money, students, Luke Kenley, budget, Pat Bauer, David Long, Baron Hill, Obama's DC, Brose McVey, Dan Burton, Dan Stockton, Brad Ellsworth, deal on elected judges, urban gateways, | HPR14z39.pdf |
| 6/17/2009 | As reforms wane, issues shift locally | Kokomo, Greenwood, Muncie, Brown County, Chris Chocola, political capital for mayor, Indiana Libertarians, CIB bailout, Gaming, Family Social Services Administration, Richard Lugar, foreign policy, | HPR14z40.pdf |
| 6/25/2009 | Budget brinksmanship at Statehouse | Mitch Daniels, president, Pat Bauer, 5th Congressional District, Richard Lugar, WMD | HPR14z41.pdf |
| 7/1/2009 | Daniels signs tormented budget | School, Jonathan Weinzapfel, taxes, Cash for clunkers, Richard Mourdock | HPR14z42.pdf |
| 7/9/2009 | Legislature a shallow talent pool | Legislature, Sarah Palin, | HPR14z43.pdf |
| 7/23/2009 | A 'revolution' begins…next week | Health, education, jobs report, Greg Goodnight, Scott Schneider | HPR14z44.pdf |
| 7/30/2009 | Is Sen. Bayh 'invincible' in 2010 | Tony Bennett, Blue dogs, tuition reduction, | HPR14z46.pdf |
| 8/13/2009 | Hoosier town halls take civil turn | Indiana Senate races, John Mutz endorses Mike Murphy | HPR15a01.pdf |
| 8/20/2009 | Sodrel ponders 5th race vs. Hill | Tom Hayhurst, Health reforms, card check, EFA, | HPR15a02.pdf |
| 8/27/2009 | Debt, death, violence and reality | Bobby Knight, | HPR15a03.pdf |
| 9/3/2009 | HPI's 'Hot 25' House races in '10 | Billboards, Ed Schultz, IDEA, | HPR15a04.pdf |
| 9/10/2009 | Obama seeks health consensus | Todd Rokita, redistricting, jobs | HPR15a05.pdf |
| 9/17/2009 | 2011 recession shock for city halls | Mike Murphy, health, Marlin Stutzman | HPR15a06.pdf |
| 9/24/2009 | Bayh surveys reform in Senate | Todd Rokita, Richard Lugar, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Todd Young, health, Mitch Daniels | HPR15a07.pdf |
| 10/8/2009 | Dead Hand: Cold War hot flashes | Jackie Warlosky, Joe Donnelly | HPR15a08.pdf |
| 10/15/2009 | Senate kings, queens on reforms | Dan Dumezich, Luke Messer, Mike Murphy, Dan Burton | HPR15a09.pdf |
| 10/21/2009 | Too early to gauge FSSA fallout | Evan Bayh | HPR15a10.pdf |
| 10/29/2009 | Bayh a central figure in health drama | tax cap, Dan Burton, Todd Rokita | HPR15a11.pdf |
| 11/12/2009 | A courage vote; withering response | Health reforms, Evan Bayh | HPR15a13.pdf |
| 11/19/2009 | HPI's All-Political Hoops All-Stars | Hurrican flags, Mitch Daniels, Vi Simpson, education reform | HPR15a14.pdf |
| 12/3/2009 | Obama's Afghan brinksmanship | Medicaid, ISTA, securities complaint | HPR15a15.pdf |
| 12/10/2009 | Hostettler returns; Sodrel next? | Evan Bayh, health, HPI decision | HPR15a16.pdf |
| 12/17/2009 | 2009 leaves a stamp on Hoosier soul | Mitch Daniels, John Hostettler, Baron Hill, Pat Bauer | HPR15a17.pdf |
IN AG 1-16-2018