David vs. Goliath

A friend of mine who has long been interested in politics is entering the race for Indiana State Representative, 6th District. He is up against B. Patrick Bauer, who was first elected to the State House during Nixon's first term. In other words, this is an uphill battle. I helped this friend, Kevin Mitschelen, several years ago in an unsuccessful bid for city council, so he's certainly raised his sights here. Can he win? Hey, why not? It will be interesting. Yeah, we could get hammered, because Bauer is firmly entrenched here in South Bend and the district skews Democrat big time. But we'll give it a go.

This is grass-roots campaigning at its finest. We had our first meeting last night in Kevin's living room, snacking on cookies baked by his wife Rhonda. About 7 of us gathered together beginning to plot out strategy. We have about $0.00 in campaign funds right now. We are truly starting from scratch. Like I said, an uphill climb. One of two things will happen. Either we will lose, like we are expected to, or we will be part of one of the biggest upsets in Indiana political history.