Its my normal practice to give my read on the races that matter on the day before, so here goes with my predictions for the Indiana Primary:

-President:  I said on Indiana Week in Review Friday that it leans Clinton.  I think it did.. on Friday.  I no longer do.  I think its up for grabs.  I don’t know who will win.

-Governor (D):  Jill Long Thompson.  She didn’t run much of a campaign and read (repeat: read) a terrible speech at the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner but I still think she wins.  Infer what you like about how that reflects on Jim Schellinger’s campaign.

-7th District (D):  I think André Carson gets through.  Woody Myers needed to go negative to get over the top and didn’t.  The fact that he and David Orentlicher did battle with one another over the final weekend is good for André.

-5th District (R):  John McGoff’s effort to take out Dan Burton fails.  McGoff fell short on money and the attention given to the Presidential race hurts him.

-Incumbent Lawmaker (D&R):  Nobody falls due to the property tax furor.  Check back in the fall.

Is it too late?

David Orentlicher hit the air with negative ads today.  He goes after both André Carson and Woody Myers.  By the way, those are the two guys in the lead in the 7th Congressional District in case it wasn’t obvious.

The four leading Democrats in the 7th District Congressional race (André Carson, Woody Myers, Carolene Mays, and David Orentlicher) debate tonight at IUPUI and on MyNDY at 7 pm, the only televised debate of the campaign.

It will be an hour-long event.  I will serve as moderator and pose all of the questions, though questions solicited from viewers will also be included.  We have a “lightning round” scheduled which calls for short answers to a series of questions.  Answers to the other questions are just one minute each to encourage candidates to be direct.

Look for questions on issues that include jobs, healthcare, war, immigration, and religion.  I intend to make this about issues but also about some of the things being said in this campaign.

Ed DeLaney has long been a behind the scenes guy in Indiana politics, both as an organizer and as an election law attorney (and, of course, husband to Ann DeLaney of Indiana Week in Review fame.)  Now he wants to be on the other side of things.  DeLaney plans to step out today as a candidate for slating in Indiana House District 86.

There’s a vacancy in 86 because Democrat state Rep. David Orentlicher filed this week to be a candidate in the May primary in the 7th Congressional District.  86 just happens to be ground zero in the property tax debate.