Senator-Elect Dan Coats’ 2010 Veterans Day Message
Posted November 11th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature, Press
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Election Results Analysis
Posted November 5th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Press
TO: Senator-elect Dan Coats
FROM: Cam Savage, Campaign Manager
RE: Election Results Analysis
DATE: November 4, 2010
The purpose of this memo is to add additional information and an historical perspective to your decisive 55%-40% victory in the U.S. Senate race Tuesday.
According to the not-yet certified results, you received 950,244 votes to Congressman Ellsworth’s 656,860, a clear mandate from Hoosier voters.
More than 1.7 million Hoosiers cast votes in the Senate race, the highest turnout in a mid-term election since 1982.
You carried 84 of 92 Indiana counties, a modern record for Indiana U.S. Senate campaigns seriously contested among the major parties. You won 15 of the 18 counties in Congressman Ellsworth’s 8th Congressional district, including his home county.
According to exit polling conducted for the Associated Press, you won among men by 21 points (58-37) and women by 8 points (51-43). One important finding from the exit polling is your standing with “independent” voters, which you won by 19 points (55-34).
You carried Central Indiana by 26 points (61-35), Southern Indiana by 11 points (54-43), and the Indianapolis suburbs by 39 points (66-27). One key to your strong statewide showing was your success in winning 44 percent in Northwest Indiana.
You won every age demographic, carrying seniors by 20 points (57-37). The 45 to 64 year old demographic you won by 17 points (55-38). Among 30 to 44 year olds you won by 5 points (51-46). Among 18 to 29 year olds, you won by a very impressive margin, 13 points (55-42).
Also, you won among voters who “support the Tea Party” by 71 points (83-12). You received the support of 79 percent of voters who indicated they believe the “government is doing too much.”
Your final percentage of the vote and raw vote total both out-performed our vote goal projections and internal polling estimates, while Congressman Ellsworth barely reached the historical minimum threshold of statewide Democrat candidates at 40 percent. The results are a clear indication of the strong campaign you ran and Hoosier’s response to your focus on issues and common-sense solutions.
The Hoosier Mandate
Posted November 3rd, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
Just moments ago, the race was called and the voices of Hoosiers made clear – Dan Coats will be the next U.S. Senator from Indiana.
As Dan will say during his remarks tonight, “we have every reason in Indiana to be proud” because we have done our part by turning a U.S. Senate seat held by an Obama enabler to someone who firmly opposes that agenda.
Come January, Dan will take office with a clear directive from Hoosiers to stand as a check-and-balance against the tax-and-spend policies of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi. Tonight’s victory signals a broad mandate to carry the voices and values of Hoosiers to the U.S. Senate to deliver the meaningful change Hoosiers crave.
Dan has demonstrated both during his previous service and this campaign to have a keen ability to understand what voters want, what Hoosiers need and to represented those voices in the U.S. Senate.
The past nine months on the campaign trail have offered Dan an opportunity to listen to Hoosiers in every corner of the state who are concerned that the leadership of Obama-Pelosi-Reid has increased unemployment and spending – saddling future generations with unsustainable – and perhaps insurmountable – debt burdens. Businesses continue to feel uncertainty and are looking for representation willing to tackle these real problems by lowering taxes, reducing regulations and encouraging innovation to reignite our economic engines.
As we watch a number of Republican victories around Indiana and the country tonight, it is important to remember that it is the plans and ideas offered by and presented to Hoosiers that have elected Dan Coats to the United States Senate tonight.
Here’s a look back at those ideas.
Economic Growth & Job Creation
“My Plan for Economic Growth and Job Creation is an effort designed to reignite our economic engine by incentivizing the employment sectors Hoosiers count on for jobs the most by fighting for lower taxes, less regulation and encouraging innovation.” – Dan Coats, 8/18/10
Oppose Tax Increases, Reform the Tax Code, Support Small Business & Manufacturing, Prioritize Education and Job Training
· Fight Tax Increases
· Reform a complicated tax code
· Make the 2001 & 2003 bipartisan tax cuts permanent
· Repeal the estate tax
· Reduce regulations being placed on entrepreneurs
· Lift the burden of the costly, mandatory health spending bill
· Reduce the corporate tax rate to match industrially competitive countries
· Provide tax incentives to encourage businesses to return jobs to the U.S.
· Promote Flexibility in job training programs
· Encourage lower cost post-secondary educational options
Restoring America’s Fiscal Health
“In order to turn away from our present disastrous course we must stop the fiscal bleeding. Spending at our current levels cannot be sustained and will only add to the growing number of problems for future generations to fix.” – Dan Coats, July 2010
Reduce Spending, Reform Entitlements and Balance the Budget
· Reform the broken earmark process
· Implement a Line Item Veto
· Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
Hoosier Health Care Plan
“Hoosiers have spoken: the goal should not be expansion of government involvement in health care, but instead a prescription for a healthier system that lowers costs while preserving personal freedoms,” Coats said. “The elements of this plan are based on the principle that individual consumer retain control over their own decisions and calls for policy changes only where there is broad public support – without burying our children and grandchildren in debt.” – Dan Coats, 4/8/10
Preserve Personal Freedoms, Consumer Control While Driving Down Costs
· Allow Competition Across State Lines
· Encourage Innovation in States
· Liability Reform
· Improve Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP)
· Allow for the Immediate Creation of Association Health Plans for
Small Businesses
· Incentives for Healthy Lifestyles
· Expand Health Savings Accounts
· Advance the use of Electronic Medical Records While Retaining
Privacy
· Cost Transparency
· Keep our promises to our military personnel, veterans, and
their eligible family members
Energy Solutions for Hoosiers
“Rising energy costs are consuming a larger share of our family budgets and hindering job creation. I support developing and implementing clean energy technologies and energy efficiency to reduce America’s dependency on foreign oil and make us less reliant on those sources of energy.” – Dan Coats, 9/7/10
Protect the Environment, Promote Energy Independence, While Not Hurting Business or Costing Jobs
· Reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil by increasing domestic supply and creating predictable vehicle efficiency standards for auto-makers
· Encouraging producing of baseload electricity including clean coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, geo thermal; renewable and alternative fuels such as clean coal-to-liquid technology; and wind power
· Working toward policies allowing Ethanol to compete in a fair and open market
· Doubling the amount of nuclear reactors over the next twenty years.
Honoring and Protecting Hoosier Veterans
“In the closing of his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln reminded America that it is the duty of the people ‘to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.’ Lincoln’s message rings true to this day for those who have honorably served and the brave members of the Armed Forces currently working on our behalf.” – Dan Coats
Honor Our Commitments to Veterans and Provide the Benefits They Have Earned and Deserve
· Find ways for our service members leaving the military to have the best job-training opportunities and job-search assistance available
· Ensure the various G.I. Bill and other education benefits keep pace with the times
· Encourage the VA to explore modernizing the verification process and improve coordination with the Department of Defense
· Ensure programs treating military personnel, veterans, and their families are either protected or enhanced to their benefit
· Promote outreach to returning veterans to ensure they are aware of the benefits they have earned
Promoting Hoosier Agriculture
“Indiana’s agriculture sector is at the cutting edge, but concerned about rising taxes, new mandates and other regulations coming from Washington. I support repealing the estate tax, keeping capital gains taxes low and fighting Obama’s cap-and-tax scheme as just some of the necessary steps to support a vibrant agriculture community.” – Dan Coats, 9/10/10
Take Steps to Support Indiana’s Farmers
· Repeal the estate tax
· Keep capital gains taxes low
· Oppose cap-and-trade
· Oppose modifications to the Clean Water Act that would give the federal government more authority
· Force the EPA to produce economic impact studies before implementing Clear Air Act regulations
· Support animal welfare laws or regulation impact
· Encourage Biotechnology
· Promote Trade
Election Day
Posted November 2nd, 2010 | Category: Blog
By Pete Seat
This morning, Dan & Marsha Coats will cast their ballots at the Broad Ripple Park Community Center.
The event is the culmination of nine months of traveling the state, listening to Hoosiers and soliciting ideas on how the United States Congress can better serve its constituents to get America back on track and Hoosiers back to work.
Along the way, Dan has met people like TK Herman, President of Aptera, Inc., who is concerned about the mandates imposed on his small business by ObamaCare. Dan also met with health care professionals in seven cities such as Seymour, Vincennes, Newburgh and Crown Point, to discuss the uncertainty faced by those in the health care profession.
In Fishers, Dan spoke to the employees of Sallie Mae who were sold out in order to pass ObamaCare and in Wabash he toured 5-Hour Energy and met with the entrepreneurs behind a product supplying hundreds of good-paying jobs for Hoosiers in Northern Indiana.
It is Dan’s record and the ideas and solutions he offered during these travels that earned him the endorsements of the U.S. and Indiana Chambers of Commerce, National and Indiana Right to Life, Citizens Against Government Waste, Business Industry PAC, National Federation of Independent Business and the Susan B. Anthony List. The Indianapolis Star, South Bend Tribune, NW Indiana Times and Lafayette Journal & Courier added their voices to the chorus of those endorsing Dan.
At the end of the day Hoosiers have a choice: continue the status quo of big government, higher taxes and more regulatory mandates or a senator committed to fiscal responsibility and lessening the burden felt on Hoosier job creators.
Back to Where It Started…
Posted November 1st, 2010 | Category: Blog
By Pete Seat
Dan Coats began his candidacy for the United States Senate at Shapiro’s Delicatessen in February. It was also the final public stop of the primary campaign in May and will serve as the final public stop of the general election today.
Shapiro’s is a family-owned institution in Indianapolis with three locations in the metro area and a slogan Kevin Costner himself could have penned, “Cook good. Serve generously. Price modestly. People will come.” Since 1905, it’s been a must-stop for folks looking for a good lunch and candidates wanting to connect with voters.
Tomorrow, Dan and Marsha will vote at their local precinct at 9:30am and join supporters and fellow candidates at Union Station downtown to watch the returns.
On the Road in Northeast Indiana…
Posted October 29th, 2010 | Category: Blog
By Pete Seat
Dan Coats is spending today traveling across Northeast Indiana, visiting with Hoosiers and encouraging them to vote on November 2nd.
After calling-in to WOWO 1190AM in Fort Wayne this morning, Dan headed to Deister Machine Company to meet with employees and tour the facility. A photo is below.
Among the reasons employees at Deister are feeling uncertainty is the impact of ObamaCare on their future health care costs. Back in April, Dan released his Hoosier Health Care Plan to address these concerns by putting forward ten proposals to reduce costs, increase coverage and retain personal freedoms all without breaking the bank.
You can read the entire Hoosier Health Care Plan here.
Deister Machine Company
Deister Machine Company, Inc. started in 1912 when Emil Deister began building mining machinery, and separating and sizing equipment. Now, the third generation, present officers Irwin F. Deister, Jr., Chairman of the Board and E. Mark Deister, President, continue to build upon that legacy. They are a manufacturer of vibrating feeding, scalping and screening equipment designed to significantly increase efficiency and productivity within the crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt, coal, coke, slag and ore processing industries.
All Deister equipment is manufactured in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The original 1912 facility, a 5,500 square-foot plant, is still in active use amidst a total operation that today spans more than 315,000 square-feet.
Other Stops Today
Dan will also make stops in Berne and Portland today to meet with voters. In Berne he will visit The Gathering House and in Portland he will stop at Buffalo Wings and Rings for lunch.
Speaking to employees at Deister Machine Company.
Generation Debt
Posted October 27th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
America’s young people are being sacked with unsustainable – and perhaps insurmountable – sums of debt as the Obama-Pelosi-Ellsworth Democrats continue their massive spending spree agenda.
Dan Coats discussed the need to lessen this burden on America’s next generation during a visit with Indiana University students in Bloomington yesterday afternoon.
Earlier in the campaign, Dan released his Plan for America’s Fiscal Health which would help return our country to fiscal responsibility by reductions in spending, reforming entitlements and balancing the budget. In addition, Dan called for reform of the broken earmark process and the implementation of the Line Item Veto.
You can see the entire Plan for America’s Fiscal Health here.
Today
As he did prior to the Primary Election, Dan visited with voters and enjoyed a meal at Flap-Jacks in Avon this morning after appearing on radio programs across the state.
“Coats is on point on all the issues”
Posted October 26th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
The NW Indiana Times endorsed Dan Coats this morning saying, “Coats is on point on all the issues and seems able to reach across the aisle — something the nation desperately needs.”
This sentiment was clear in the three U.S. Senate debates held over the past week. Dan shared his vision for the future – lower taxes, less regulation and reduced spending to get America back on track and Hoosiers back to work. At every turn, his opponent, incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth, instead focused on personal attacks and ignored his record of supporting the Obama-Pelosi agenda nearly 90 percent of the time.
One of the issues Dan is “on point” on is how we get our economy moving again. In early August, Dan unveiled his Plan for Economic Growth & Job Creation to reignite our economy and get Hoosiers back to work. His plan would oppose tax increases, reform the tax code, support small business & manufacturing and prioritize education and job training. Here’s a quick glance at the main parts of the plan:
· Fight Tax Increases
· Reform a complicated tax code
· Make the 2001 & 2003 bipartisan tax cuts permanent
· Repeal the estate tax
· Reduce regulations being placed on entrepreneurs
· Lift the burden of the costly, mandatory health spending bill
· Reduce the corporate tax rate to match industrially competitive countries
· Provide tax incentives to encourage businesses to return jobs to the U.S.
· Promote Flexibility in job training programs
· Encourage lower cost post-secondary educational options
Today’s Events
Dan will take a tour of Crane NSWC, have lunch with College Republicans at Indiana University, then take a tour and speak to employees at Overton & Sons Tool and Die in Mooresville.
Overton & Sons employs 60 people in Mooresville and another 30 in Franklin, Indiana. The company serves the automotive, energy, defense and safety industries, among others.
New Rasmussen, Indy Star Endorsement & Op-Ed
Posted October 24th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
In case you missed it – lots to share this morning. A new Rasmussen poll shows Dan Coats leading incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth 52 percent to 34 percent. The Indianapolis Star endorsed Dan calling him a “thoughtful and pragmatic conservative” who will fight for free-markets and more responsible spending.
Also, Dan penned an op-ed for the Star on the looming threats our nation faces from precarious diplomatic situations in the Middle East and around the world.
You can read Rasmussen here, the endorsement here and the op-ed here or below.
Debt Skyrocketing Under Obama-Ellsworth’s Watch
Posted October 19th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth have taken less than two years to amass more than $3 trillion in additional debt on the backs of future generations of Americans.
CBS’ Mark Knoller noted yesterday that, “The National Debt stood at $10.626 trillion the day Mr. Obama was inaugurated. The Bureau of Public Debt reported today that the National Debt had hit an all time high of $13.665 trillion.”
- Congressman Ellsworth, after supporting 8,500 earmarks totaling $7.7 billion in a single bill and rubberstamping the highest deficits on record, how can you claim to be “very fiscally conservative?”
By the end of Obama’s first term, he will have piled on more debt than President George W. Bush did in his eight years in office, according to Knoller.
“The Administration has projected the National Debt will soar in Mr. Obama’s fourth year in office to nearly $16.5-trillion in 2012. That’s more than 100 percent of the value of the nation’s economy and $5.9-trillion above what it was his first day on the job,” Knoller wrote.
Back in July, Knoller reported the debt “doubling between now and 2020 when it’s forecast to hit over $26 trillion” due to the spending spree policies of Obama-Pelosi-Ellsworth.
Ellsworth Campaigning with Biden After Unrealized “Summer of Recovery”
Posted October 14th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
Back in August, The Hill reported incumbent Congressman Ellsworth hadn’t asked the Administration for help in his Senate campaign. Today, that will all change when Congressman Ellsworth runs to Washington, D.C., for a last minute campaign event with Vice President Joe ‘Summer of Recovery’ Biden to add cash from lobbyists representing special interests to his already record breaking coffers. (ICYMI: Click here to see the new Dan Coats for Indiana web video on Ellsworth’s embrace of special interest money.)
That ‘Summer of Recovery’ hasn’t panned out as the Vice President and Congressman Ellsworth promised.
On June 2, 2010, Charlie Rose asked Vice President Biden how he would “assess the success of the stimulus program in creating jobs first or in preventing more job loss?” The Vice President went on to declare the stimulus “an absolute success” and claimed he was “right” in his created jobs predictions. (Note: He was only 5.2 million jobs off.)
Channeling his inner-Biden, Congressman Ellsworth claimed the stimulus would “save or create an estimated 75,000 jobs in Indiana alone.” (Mark Bennett, “Ellsworth Votes ‘Yes’ on Stimulus Bill.” The (Terre Haute, IN) Tribune Star, 2/13/09.)
Department of Labor data released on September 21, 2010, tells the real story. Indiana has a net job loss of 34,100 jobs. Hoosiers are experiencing a 109,100 job deficit based on the Obama-Biden-Pelosi agenda Congressman Ellsworth voted for on February 13, 2009.
When they are together in Washington DC today, Congressman Ellsworth and the Vice President might want to spend more time looking for the jobs they promised Hoosiers instead of lining their pockets with special interest money.
Watch the First U.S. Senate Debate Tonight
Posted October 11th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
Don’t miss the chance to see the first of three U.S. Senate debates between Dan and his opponents, incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth and Rebecca Sink-Burris tonight.
The hour-long debate will begin at 8 p.m. Below is a list of your local television and radio stations that will be broadcasting the debate live unless otherwise indicated.
ONLINE
Indiana Debate Commission
WISH-TV
FOX-59
TELEVISION
C-Span
Bloomington
*WTIU-TV, 30.1 HD, Bloomington (Indianapolis debate will run tape-delayed on 10/15)
Indianapolis
WFYI-TV, Channel 20, Indianapolis
WTHR-TV, Channel 13, Indianapolis
WRTV-TV, Digital Channel 6.2, Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
WFWA-TV, Fort Wayne
Evansville
WFIE-TV, Channel 14, Digital 2, Evansville
WEHT-TV, Channel 25, Digital Channel, Evansville
*WNIN-TV, Evansville (Indianapolis and Vincennes will be live; Fort Wayne will be
tape-delayed)
Merrillville
*WYIN-TV, Merrillville
Muncie
*WIPB-TV, Muncie
South Bend
*WNIT-TV, South Bend
Southern Indiana
WNDA-TV, Channel 9.1 and Channel 98, Insight, Southern Indiana
Vincennes
WVUT-TV, Vincennes
RADIO
Bloomington
*WFIU-FM, 103.7, Bloomington
Indianapolis
WIBC-FM, 93.1, Indianapolis
WFYI-FM, 90.1, Indianapolis
Elkhart/South Bend
*WVPE-FM, 88.1, Elkhart/South Bend
Muncie
WBST-FM, 92.1, Muncie
Northeast Indiana
WBOI-FM, 89.1, Northeast Indiana
Northwest Indiana
WDSO-FM, 88.3, Chesterton
WLPR-FM, 89.1, Merrillville
WEFM-FM, 95.9, Michigan City
North Vernon
WJCP-AM, 1460, North Vernon
Tell City
WTCJ-AM, 1230, Tell City
Vincennes
WVUB-FM, 91.1, Vincennes
West Lafayette
*WBAA-AM, 920, West Lafayette
(Asterisk indicates a station that plans on carrying all three debates
scheduled for October in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Vincennes, Ind.)
“Longest Stretch Since the 1930s”/Second Highest Deficit on Record
Posted October 8th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
With today’s news it’s even clearer: the Obama-Pelosi-Ellsworth economic experiment has failed.
Our economy has shed another 95,000 jobs keeping the unemployment rate at 9.6 percent and sending the broader underemployment rate – including those with part-time jobs seeking full-time employment and others who have given up altogether – up to 17.1 percent.
What’s even more troubling is our nation’s “jobless rate has now topped 9.5 percent for 14 straight months, the longest stretch since the 1930s.”
Washington’s spending spree habits have contributed to our perpetual jobless economy. A Monthly Budget Review by the Congressional Budget Office released yesterday reported that, “The 2010 deficit was the second-highest shortfall—and 2009 the highest—since 1945, relative to the size of the economy.”
Quoting the CBO as saying the rise in spending was “somewhat faster than in recent years” the Washington Times called the report “a stark evaluation at a time when President Obama and Congress are working to convince voters they are pursuing a fiscally frugal course in Washington.”
Considering this news, here are a few questions for incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth:
- Do you still believe the stimulus bill – which you supported – has helped revive the economy? Even the federal government’s own estimates say it hasn’t.
- The two highest deficit years on record were under your watch – how can you claim to be a fiscal conservative after passing the deficit-inflating legislation that caused this?
Coats on the Road
Dan Coats visited Evansville yesterday where he spoke at the Southeast Indiana Chamber of Commerce breakfast followed by greeting festival-goers at the Fall Festival. Today, Dan will give the keynote address at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Hoosier Heartland Corridor in Huntington.
FactCheck.Org: Ellsworth Claim “False” with “No Evidence”
Posted September 27th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
You’ll recall last week incumbent Congressman Ellsworth made a charge that would be offensive if it wasn’t so laughable. In an act of desperation, he tried to connect Dan Coats to the loss of over 800 jobs at a now shut-down automotive factory in Wabash.
The nonpartisan FactCheck.org analyzed the claim and came to a simple conclusion: false. Here’s what they wrote (emphasis added):
In Indiana’s Senate race, Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth falsely alleged
that his Republican opponent Dan Coats was involved in the closing of an
automotive plant that left more than 800 people out of work.
So, the question is: will Congressman Ellsworth admit to knowingly spreading false information in an attempt to distract Hoosiers from his record of supporting higher deficits, more spending and job-killing liberal policies?
Associated Press on Ellsworth’s Failing Campaign
After spending a few days in Indiana, a national correspondent for the Associated Press had this to say about Congressman Ellsworth’s campaign:
Trailing in the polls and lacking money to sustain a television campaign,
Ellsworth’s bid to succeed retiring Sen. Evan Bayh hobbled through the
summer and, thus far, has failed to inspire enthusiasm with just five weeks
left before the election.
Jeffersonville Round-Up
Dan spent Friday in Jeffersonville touring Geo. Pfau & Sons as well as enjoying lunch at Tommy Lancaster’s in New Albany. Talking to Louisville’s WAVE news, Dan discussed the importance of keeping the bipartisan 2001 and 2003 tax cuts in place and his opposition to the Obama-Pelosi health spending bill – which was dutifully supported by Congressman Ellsworth.
From WAVE:
In talking about potential tax hikes if those Bush-era cuts evaporate,
Coats says any tax hike for any income, “just stifles growth. You’ve
got to lower taxes or assure people that their taxes aren’t going to go
up if you want to send signals that companies should expand and people
will have more spending money in their pocket so this idea of raising
taxes on anybody at this point and time is a failed policy,” Coats said.
Coats said he is adamantly against the new healthcare bill.
“I could not have supported that bill. I’ve never been in favor of this one
size fits all, jam everything and 1/6 of the economy into one big piece of
legislation. No one fully understands this thing and we are now learning
things about the bill that are posing new taxes and new regulations and
we’re talking about doctor shortages,” Coats said.
Coats Earns CCAGW Endorsement; Ellsworth Rubberstamps Pork Spending
Posted September 24th, 2010 | Category: Blog, Feature
By Pete Seat
The contrasts between Dan Coats and incumbent Congressman Brad Ellsworth become clearer every day.
This morning, the Dan Coats for Senate campaign launched a third television ad. ‘The Choice’ highlights Congressman Brad Ellsworth’s support for Washington’s pork-filled spending spree agenda – including the Fiscal Year 2009 omnibus bill with over 8,500 earmarks totaling $7.7 billion added spending on the backs of the next generation of Americans.
In contrast, The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste PAC announced their endorsement of Dan Coats citing him as a “principled advocate for lower taxes and smaller government.” They added, “On November 2, 2010, voters in Indiana should support these candidates so that they can fight for fiscally conservative principles that are vital to the taxpayers in the 112th Congress.”
The contrast is clear: Dan Coats will work to reduce spending and lower taxes while Congressman Ellsworth rubberstamps the liberal Obama-Pelosi spending spree agenda.
