Congressman Mike Pence

For those of you who are living in Canada or on Mars until sanity returns to our conservative party, Mike Pence is abandoning his seat in the US House of Representatives to become the next Governor of Indiana.  The General Election is really just a formality, but the Pence campaign is still looking like they’re going to stop at nothing and use every trick of the trade.  Here’s a look at their first television ad for the 2012 campaign. I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts.  So scroll down...Read Full Story

The day after a Tea Party-backed candidate ousted a six-term Republican senator partly over his concerns whether he truly resided in Indiana, the state's newly minted Democratic gubernatorial nominee has raised the issue in his race. Democrat John Gregg used a conference call with reporters on Wednesday afternoon to claim that his Republican opponent, Rep. Mike Pence, has "gone Washington" because of his 12 years of service in Congress and his home in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Gregg...Read Full Story

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Mike Pence, a six-term Indiana congressman and staunch conservative Republican, officially kicked off his run for governor on Saturday before a group of supporters in his hometown of Columbus."I'm running for governor because I love this state and I believe Hoosiers are the best people in America," he said.Pence said he believed Indiana is "on the verge of an era of growth and opportunity like no other in my lifetime, and we can't go back now," citing the leadership...Read Full Story

U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) announced on Thursday that he would not enter the 2012 presidential election despite being encouraged for months to do so by social conservatives across the nation. Instead Pence is debating on whether he will run for governor of Indiana. Many leading Republicans believe that Pence may be the only major candidate to seek the nomination if he decides to enter next year’s race to replace GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels in Indiana who is not eligible for a third term. Pence...Read Full Story

Is it me or are the Republicans being bullied around by the Democrats.  This past November Americans decided that our nation was on the wrong track and that the Democrats’ spending spree had to come to an end.  The Republicans were swept into power because Americans realized that the path we were on was unsustainable.  Republicans had the overwhelming support of the people back in November; they had the wind at their backs.  So what happened? Since taking control of the House in January the...Read Full Story

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Representative Mike Pence announced on Thursday he's in the running for the Republican nomination for Indiana governor in 2012.The six-term congressman made it official this morning in a long-expected announcement to supporters via conference call, e-mail, Facebook and video.The conservative Republican also filed papers with the Indiana Secretary of State forming the "Mike Pence for Indiana" committee.Pence said a formal campaign kickoff will follow but said he wanted...Read Full Story

From Eric Dondero:The Wall Street Journal has a feature story on Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana, a potential GOP presidential candidate for 2012. From WSJ: Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is a military and fiscal hawk who frequently plugs his Christian credentials. To some, he's the potential candidate best able to unite two wings of the Republican Party—its fiscal conservatives and social conservatives.Though his appeal is mainly to social conservatives, fiscal conservative may be attracted to...Read Full Story

PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON . An independent campaign to draw GOP Rep. Mike Pence into the 2012 presidential race is under way, with a veteran of the Reagan White House launching a petition drive on Monday urging him to enter the primary contests. Ralph Benko, a deputy counsel to Ronald Reagan, announced the America's President Committee to encourage a Pence-for-president bid. Former Rep. Jim Ryan, R-Kan., is also helping the campaign to collect...Read Full Story

Conservative group pushes Pence for presidentBy Alan Gomez, USA TODAYThe conservative America's President Committee launched an online petition today to convince Rep. Mike Pence to run for president in 2012.Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. CAPTIONBy Carlos Osorio, APPence, R-Ind., a vocal critic of President Obama, has been a potential presidential candidate since the 2008 election, and his resignation last month as chairman of the House Republican Conference fueled speculation that he would run.A...Read Full Story

msnbc.comStarFiles: Rep. Mike PenceIndianapolis StarCareer experience: admissions counselor, Hanover College, 1981-1983; attorney, 1986-1991; president, Indiana Policy Review Foundation, 1991-93; radio broadcaster, Network Indiana, 1992-99; host, Public Affairs TV, UPN-23, 1995-99; US House, ...Rep. Mike Pence announces race for Ind. governorUSA TodayIt's official: Pence enters governor's raceEvansville Courier & PressUS Rep. Mike Pence to run for Indiana governorForbesSeattle Post...Read Full Story