Muncie, Indiana

Welsh vs. Pence 2.0: Barry Welsh Announces Run From YearlyKos Convention

Submitted by kpaul.mallasch on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 4:01pm.

CHICAGO, IL - Barry Welsh formally announced his candidacy for Indiana's 6th Congressional District tonight at The Annual Yearly Kos Convention in Chicago setting up Welsh vs. Pence 2.0 in November of 2008.

Welsh came from being a virtual unknown to getting 40% of the vote in 2006 for the seat currently held by Mike Pence and is confident of momentum for the upcoming campaign.

The announcement was received with loud cheering from the national audience and as part of his brief remarks, Welsh said "We took People Powered Politics to a new level in 2006 and I am very proud of what we accomplished. We ran a campaign of People Before Profits and I still believe in that. In 2006 we gained name recognition and voter trust, now it is time to finish the job."

Welsh also said "…Mike Pence, the guy who in a Congressional junket to Iraq earlier this year described Baghdad's Shorja market as 'like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime.' "I don't know about you, but I've never had to have combat helicopters and armed troops escort me while I was trying to buy some Indiana Sweet Corn . It's time to put Pence over the Fence and out to pasture where he and his backward conservative ideas belong."

During last week's vote, Pence was the only Indiana Congressman to vote against Police and Firefighters unionizing.

Upon return to Indiana, Barry Welsh will be conducting a listening tour of the district and will commence with fundraising events and personal appearances at area gatherings.
For more information contact Press Secretary Joh Padgett (pronounced Joe Pa-jet) by phone at (317) 352-5066 or via press@barrywelsh.org or feel free to visit our MySpace profile at http://myspace.com/barrywelsh08.

 

 

Source: Barry Welse Press Release

 

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Welsh -v- Pence 2.0

Submitted by prayingforchange on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 12:33am.
I was an avid supporter of Barry Welsh in 2006 for Congress and I hope the citizens of the 6th District of Indiana have "had enough" of the current representation of Representative Mike Pence to do something about it at the ballot box. Things are in a horrible mess: Iraq, loss of good jobs, the economy going down the tubes (unless you're wealthy), and Mr. Pence is so "in lock-step with President Bush" it is pitiful. I believe it is about time our Mr. Pence comes home and is replaced by Barry Welsh. At least, Barry tells it like it is and doesn't sugar coat or evade the core of the problems. Pence only got 60% of the vote in 2006 while Barry Welsh garnered 40% with very little financial backing; Pence had his huge stash of dough from his oil buddies. Too bad, he only had to use a small portion of his large campaign war chest as Barry had only "us", his grass roots people trying to spread the word for him. He did not advertising for lack of funds. 2008 will be different -- it is time for a change in the 6th District Congressional seat. I was pleased to see the MFP picked up Barry' s press release and the story of his announcement at the YearlyKos Convention in Chicago this weekend. Thank you, Muncie Free Press, for doing a great job. It's time for the people of the 6th Congressional District of Indiana to know "who" BARRY WELSH is and they too will soon be glad they did.
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Welcome, prayingforchange...

Submitted by kpaul.mallasch on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 2:44am.

Good to see you here, however you found us.

At MFP, I try to give all the parties their fair say. The homepage over the weekend has has something from the three major parties in Indiana (yes, I count the libertarians.) In any case, I want to try to benefit the citizens by allowing all three parties (and others) to give their (civilized) opinion on what's happening politically in the wonderful state of Indiana.

In any case, again, welcome. Let me know what I can do to make your stay here better.

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