2002 Howey Political Report
Date | Headline Article | Keywords / Descriptors | File Name |
1/10/2002 | Kittle, Earnest in GOP showdown | Battle for chair seen as fluid, personal; Tax bills wobble, Bosma rips 'power grab'; Eric Miller claims he has early mo | |
1/16/2002 | Kittle emerging as GOP front-runner | Wins RSC straw poll 10-8 Thursday; Taxes from the view of Bischoff, Atterholt; Lugar, Bayh thrive in security culture after 9/11 | |
1/24/2002 | Top 50 List Shifts to Indiana Statehouse | Bauer, Borst key political atmosphere | |
1/31/2002 | Tax restructuring teeters on the brink | House Republicans won't move; The moderation of President Bush; McIntosh prepares to re-engage in an interview with HPR | |
2/7/2002 | An epic week of tax, power intrigue | Gregg's stunner creates volatility; Kittle prepares for fun and battle in interview with HPR | |
2/14/2002 | Daniels tantalizes victory-starved GOP | Daniels would 'walk on coals' for Kittle; Daniels, Congress clash on budget; O'Bannon lays out his priorities | |
2/21/2002 | Indiana will have 6 CDs in play in 2002 | Three live-wire primaries set for May; Helmke talks about his decision in an interview with HPR | |
2/28/2002 | 12 Indiana House seats are in play | Battle for the House begins soon; Burton wants Bush to open up | |
3/15/2002 | Indiana leaders miss historic opportunity | Borst no longer the 'long ranger'; O'Bannon legislature lacks courage | |
3/21/2002 | Hoosier leadership wallows in a gutter | No heroes, only midgets at Statehouse; 2nd CD Democrats hew traditional themes | |
3/28/2002 | Statehouse stature grows as talk begins | O'Bannon setting stage for session; Manous talks restructuring and Lake County in an interview with HPR | |
4/11/2002 | A 911 call placed; delays, bad music | House Democrats' recalcitrance shown; Peterson seeks pressure for historic moment | |
4/18/2002 | Kernan and Daniels; indispensable men? | Brinksmanship at the Hoosier precipice; Sodrel benefits from new 9th District | |
4/25/2002 | Souder-Helmke races comes to crossovers | Both eye Democrats as deciding factor; Kernan prepares to push tax plans | |
5/2/2002 | Souder, Helmke getting personal | Bush endorsement changed dynamic; Hoosier politicians grapple with emerging Latino power | |
5/8/2002 | Souder, conservatives score big in primary | Bush, McIntosh maneuvers critical | |
5/16/2002 | Pulling the trigger on tax restructuring | Pull tabs, no Q&A, and elections loom | |
5/23/2002 | Indiana Democrats don't take 911 bait | CD challengers decline Bush attack; Secretary of State showdown; political races | |
6/5/2002 | Democrats rally to regain composure | Hitting the wall, hitting the GOP; Fernandex surveys his campaign in an interview with HPR | |
6/12/2002 | 4 unpainted corners at the Statehouse | The era of leadership deficit; 4 eye multiple convention ballots | |
6/17/2002 | How Rokita defeated Mourdock on floor | Stage is set for Secretary of State; McIntosh's gambit | |
6/25/2002 | How an epic tax bill morphed into law | HPR special report | |
7/1/2002 | Setting the stage for Indiana's CD races | Battle for House finds epicenter here; Rep. Hill faces more trade tests | |
7/16/2002 | A Hooiser political agenda for the '00s | Conventions, constitutions and debates; Indiana and the Colts; political races | |
8/1/2002 | Storm clouds gather over Hoosier GOP | Past political echoes now liabilities; Rokita sizes up the Secretary of State race in an interview with HPR | |
8/8/2002 | Rep. Pence girds for uncertain winds | Who can best articulate issues will win in an interview with HPR | |
8/16/2002 | Republicans dodge the corporate bullet | Aug. 14 SEC deadline passes quietly; Sen. Clark presents a leadership challenge in an interview with HPR | |
8/22/2002 | Kittle's numbers will work with a win | Victory will calm his doubters; The day after the election in Columbus, IN | |
8/29/2002 | Hoosier Democrats confident, focused | Party girds for coming GOP assault; Manous assesses the Democratic chances in an interview with HPR | |
9/6/2002 | Cowboy President rides into Indiana | Chocola gets bucks, but not exposure; Andrew, Queisser make sense of Sept. 11 | |
9/12/2002 | Bush becomes the commanding figure | Lugar asks questions; races impacted; IN Democrats plant seed of doubt for Chocola | |
9/19/2002 | GOP embraces Iraq push; Dems cautious | Pence, Fox split sharply on question; the politics of the Colts | |
9/26/2002 | Carson maintains lead, but under 50% | McVey running well with independents; War and the class of '74; political races | |
10/3/2002 | Bayh, Lugar take on Iraq resolution | Indiana's senators shape war dynamic; Iraq resolution thrusts Bayh into key role; Chocola-Thompson has subtlety of STOMP | |
10/10/2002 | Hartke trying to get momentum, money | Hostettler generates more controversy; Anguished decisions by IN members; Legislative leadership appears resolved | |
10/17/2002 | Snipers, war keep economy off Page 1 | Hoosiers more concerned with security; Coats tries to heal a rift, keep options open; political races | |
10/24/2002 | Snipers arrests mean campaign refocus | McVey takes 3 point lead over Carson; Sodrel's battle for the South | |
11/1/2002 | Dems gird for big White House guns | Mild GOP wave prompts tossups; Specter of recounts looms large; political races | |
11/7/2002 | What a strange trip that election was… | Bush's coattails don't douse the fear | |
11/21/2002 | Hounding the scene for 2003 and 2004 | Thanksgiving and a Mitch Draft?; political races for 2004 | |
12/12/2002 | Bayh, Hill, Andrew head 'thin bench' | Daniels speaking in Indy, McIntosh in; insight into candidates |
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