Why Anderson's Mayoral Race is so important

Anderson is the largest city with an incumbent Republican who is not in meltdown mode. The Republicans have no chance in beating Peterson down in Indianapolis. The Evansville and Fort Wayne Republican candidates seem headed for implosion and certainly have muddied the waters with their self-imposed embarrassments. Muncie and Kokomo have open races that could go either way but might tip towards Republicans more for reasons of local Democratic organization problems than Republican virtues.

Anderson has a strong local party organization. How strong and how organized will be tested this Fall. That makes the 2007 mayoral race important for us Democrats in Anderson.

Second what makes the race important for Indiana Democrats: a Democratic loss here will be used as Mitch Daniels as a sign that his agenda has a future in Indiana.