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NO FARM BUREAU ENDORSEMENT FOR GOV: Indiana Farm Bureau ELECT, the political action committee affiliated with Indiana Farm Bureau, the state¹s largest general farm organization, has decided to it will not endorse a candidate for Indiana governor this year (Howey Politics Indiana). 
Meeting in conjunction with Farm Bureau¹s annual policy-setting delegate session, the PAC¹s state committee of trustees considered both major party gubernatorial tickets. The state committee of trustees consists of the presidents of the 92 county Farm Bureaus in Indiana. A super-majority of two-thirds was needed for the endorsement. “The bar for any candidate to receive our endorsement is extremely high,” said Farm Bureau President Don Villwock. “There were trustees who were impressed with each of the candidates, but in the end, neither received the large number of votes needed for an endorsement. The trustees’ failure to reach this threshold is simply that; it should not be interpreted in any negative manner with respect to either of the candidates.” Villwock’s wife had made an e-mail appeal to support Gov. Mitch Daniels earlier this month.
Democratic National Convention
MEET MRS. OBAMA: Michelle Obama, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago and is poised to become the first African-American First Lady, addressed the Democratic National Convention, attempting to put behind controversial remarks from earlier this year to with the story of her American life (Howey Politics Indiana). On the way, she became the first in the Obama circle to pay tribute to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, thanking her for “those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling.” Mrs. Obama talked of her husband’s single mother and her father, who struggled with MS. “Barack doesn’t care where you’re from, or what your background is, or what party - if any - you belong to. That’s not how he sees the world,” she said. “He knows that thread that connects us - our belief in America’s promise, our commitment to our children’s future - is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.” Barack Obama later appeared on a video screen from Kansas City. “How about Michelle Obama?” he asked. “Now you know why I asked her out so many times even though she said no. You want a persistent president.” Last winter, Mrs. Obama had talked about falling in love with America “for the first time” during her husband’s campaign, comments that conservative talk radio jumped on in painting her as a radical. Last night was about accenting the Obama’s middle class struggles with single parents, grandparents who contributed to the arsenal of democracy, and the couple’s unique journey that landed them at the precipice of power.
CAROLINE, UNCLE TEDDY STEAL SHOW: America’s First Daughter - Caroline Kennedy - paid moving tributes to Barack Obama and her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver (Howey Politics Indiana). “Their stories are very different, but they share a commitment to the timeless American ideals of justice and fairness, service and sacrifice, faith and family,” said Kennedy. “Leaders like them come along rarely. But once or twice in a lifetime, they come along just when we need them the most. I have never had someone inspire me the way people tell me my father inspired them - but I do now. And I know someone else who’s been inspired all over again by Senator Obama. In our family, he’ll always be known as Uncle Teddy. More than any senator of his generation, or perhaps any generation, Teddy has made life better for people in this country and around the world. For 46 years, he has been so much more than just a Senator for the people of Massachusetts, he’s been a Senator for all who believe in a dream that’s never died.” Kennedy appeared afterwards despite is battle with brain cancer, telling the delegates, “This November the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans. The work begins anew. The hope rises again and the dream lives on.” Many delegates openly wept after Sen. Kennedy finished speaking.
BOCHNOWSKI TO REPLACE PASTRICK: Robert Pastrick is hanging it up. A fixture in Democratic Party politics for decades, Pastrick will step down from his seat on the Democratic National Committee at the end of the Democratic convention this week (Byrne, Post-Tribune). Speaking after the Indiana delegation’s Monday morning breakfast meeting, the former mayor of East Chicago said it’s appropriate to cede his final party post. “I’m not a mayor anymore, I don’t hold public office,” Pastrick said. “The great thing about serving on the DNC was the opportunity it gave me to provide things for my city and my region. The time has come to step aside and give somebody else an opportunity.” Ann Bochnowski of Munster will take Pastrick’s place when the DNC meets in Denver on Friday. She is a former member of the Indiana Gaming Commission and the wife of David Bochnowski, the president of People’s Bank. The Bochnowskis are longtime Democratic activists and allies of Sen. Evan Bayh and U.S. Rep. Peter J. Visclosky, D-Merrillville. “I’m just here to get my feet wet and learn the ropes,” Bochnowski said at the breakfast Monday. “I’m looking forward to a chance to help the party in Northwest Indiana and across the state.” “This is my retirement, my swan song, so to speak,” said Pastrick on the first day of the 13th Democratic National Convention he has attended. “I probably won’t return to a convention as a delegate.”
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