Shaw Thoughts: Geriatric Genius

He walks slowly these days—a kind of stoop-shouldered amble—his face reflecting the aches and pains of a 72-year-old body that’s been invaded by prostate cancer, Lyme disease and a mild stroke that still affects coordination.

PHIL WIELAND: Helping voters tune in to candidates

There has to be a better way for voters to pick political candidates than debates. Even Jell-O wrestling would be more helpful than listening to the programmed responses we get from debates.

Romney hits up Indiana donors, ignores voters on eve of primary

INDIANAPOLIS | Mitt Romney swooped into Indiana for a private fundraiser Monday night but left the state without holding a single public event, just hours before the polls opened for Republicans to select their presidential candidate.

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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Candidates should pledge to work together

Consumer confidence has turned positive in recent months resulting in increased hiring across several sectors of the economy. Our recovery has come a long way since the Great Recession began in 2008, but we still have work to do.

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BRIAN HOWEY: Romney better learn about pork tenderloin

Memo to Mitt Romney's Indiana team: In the next six weeks, tune up the candidate on all things Hoosier. Get him familiar with the pork tenderloin sandwich and what to say about it. Remind him that we are not "Indianians" but Hoosiers. Give him better lines than "South Bend is in the north, a…

DOUG ROSS: Pollsters offer insights on history being made

On Super Tuesday, I said hello to Romney on behalf of everyone in Northwest Indiana and the South Suburbs. OK, so it wasn't presidential candidate Mitt Romney. It was the tiny town of Romney, Ind., and I didn't even stop.

Republicans in 10 states vote on Super Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS | Voters in 10 states will go to the polls Tuesday for what may be the beginning of the end of the Republican presidential nominating contest.

GOP debate showed they lost touch with reality

Did anyone really listen to the last Republican presidential debate? If so, you heard Newt Gingrich say he can lower gas to $2.50 by drilling and drilling and more drilling and by eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency. Of course we don't need anyone regulating the oil companies. Th…

Election panel keeps Santorum on ballot, rejects 'birther' challenge to Obama

INDIANAPOLIS | A last-minute recount of ballot petition signatures has won Republican Rick Santorum a spot on Indiana's presidential primary election ballot.

Ind. Election Commission to decide fate of 13 candidates Friday

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Election Commission will hear challenges Friday to 13 federal and state candidates seeking a spot on the state's ballot.

Gingrich has multiple past errors in judgment

Is Newt Gingrich a worthy candidate or just an opportunistic windbag? His baggage is heavy. He's even wearing it. He's a seasoned politician. Is this really what we want? Aren't we sick of the same old rhetoric and a comeback kid from a questionable past?

EDITORIAL: Local questions shape national debates

The question asked by a Hobart Middle School social studies teacher could shape debate in the GOP presidential primaries, just as Steve Svkara's question on health care did in the Democratic presidential primaries in 2008.

MARK KIESLING: Daniels reply to Obama could be springboard to '16 presidential run

Tuesday night was Mitch Daniels' Barack Obama moment.

MARK KIESLING: Mitch Daniels: A presidential candidate-in-waiting

The person selected to give the loyal opposition response to the president's State of the Union message is significant.

Gingrich answers Hobart teacher's question during GOP debate

HOBART | With less than two minutes before the Republican presidential debate was over Monday, a Hobart Middle School social studies teacher was stunned to hear his Twitter question — the last one posed — live on national television.

Republican presidential candidates file to run in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD | If having a solid ground game is key to winning the Republican presidential primary in Illinois, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney looked to have the early advantage in the post-Iowa caucus last week.