NATIONAL ELECTION COVERAGE

Edwards Endorses Obama for President

Democrat John Edwards is endorsing former rival Barack Obama, fresh signs of the party establishment embracing the likely nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.
→ READ FULL STORY

→ AP VIDEO: EDWARDS ENDORSES OBAMA

→ MORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NEWS

LOCAL ELECTION COVERAGE

Democrats Join Long Thompson For Declaration of Unity

Numerous state Democrats joined Jill Long Thompson at the Statehouse on Wednesday in a show of unity in her quest to defeat Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels in November.
→ READ FULL STORY


→ MORE INDIANA ELECTION NEWS

WIBC AUDIO AND INTERVIEWS

Get the Latest - As Heard on 93 WIBC

WIBC is speaking directly to the candidates, and those who are analyzing the various races. Hear the interviews here.

→ LISTEN: ERIC BERMAN ON INDIANAPOLIS TONIGHT (5-14)
→ LISTEN: DAVID HOROWTIZ ON GARRISON (5-14)

→ MORE WIBC AUDIO AND INTERVIEWS

WIBC VIDEO

Video from Indiana campaign appearances

WIBC has entered the world of video. Watch the three presidential candidates in action in campaign appearances in Central Indiana.

→ WATCH: BARACK OBAMA
→ WATCH: HILLARY CLINTON
→ WATCH: JOHN McCAIN
→ WATCH: BEHIND THE SCENES - JAKE & TERRI ON CNN (5-6)

COMMENTARY: ERIC BERMAN

Hail and farewell Posted 5/14/2008 12:17:00 PM Let's take a break from presidential politics (all you really need to know today is 1) Hillary crushed Barack in West Virginia, and 2) for all it matters, she might as well have crushed him at XBox) and turn to yesterday's major announcement at the statehouse: the retirement, in mid-campaign, of Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Meeks (R-Lagrange).   Meeks, 74, has been a fixture at the budget negotiating table since 2001, and, since the 2004 defeat of Senate Finance Chairman Larry Borst, the unquestioned Man to See to get the Senate to approve a budget. Health issues have driven Meeks to the sideline; he told a farewell news conference his cardiologist had warned him flat-out the stress of another term would probably kill him.   Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) deferred any comment until after the November election on who might replace Meeks as the Senate's top budgeter. It'll be interesting to s... [ Read full post ] → ERIC BERMAN ARCHIVES

COMMENTARY: BRIAN HOWEY

Feeling the earth move as Obama walked in Posted 4/24/2008 10:53:00 AM “I feel the earth, move, under my feet ...."                                                - Carole King, Tapestry EVANSVILLE - In the very toe of the Hoosier State, which was rocked and rattled by an earthquake the previous week, Barack Obama was preparing to descend to the stage at Roberts Stadium. His move came in a state that in its 192-year history has elected only three African-American mayors (all in Gary), three African-American members of Congress, two black sheriffs, and two Hispanic mayors. None served much south of I-70. Indiana House Majority Floor Leader Russ Stilwell of Boonville looked at the gathering crowd on this Tuesday night and softly said, "There's an undercurrent out there. I'm not sure if pe... [ Read full post ] → BRIAN HOWEY ARCHIVES