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LIT TO COVER UP A HOMICIDE.
THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN THE
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR IS SET
FOR TONIGHT.
TOP OF THE HOUR WE HEARD
ANALYSIS FROM OUR JIM SHELLA.
NOW WE HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES.
JESSICA HAYES JOINS US LIVE AT
THE STATEHOUSE THIS MORNING.
HI, JESSICA.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU, SCOTT.
WELL, DEMOCRAT JOHN GREGG TRAILS
IN THE INDIANA POLLS, BY A
SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN, 13 POINTS,
BEHIND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER
MIKE PENCE.
SO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE
TONIGHT FROM JOHN GREGG IS MAYBE
A MORE AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN LIKE
WE'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF HIS
COMMERCIALS.
NOW, MIKE PENCE, MEANWHILE,
HE'LL ALSO LIKELY STICK TO THE
TACTICS WE'VE SEEN FROM HIM AND
THAT'S REALLY TO NOT OFFER ANY
SPECIFICS.
BUT YOU CAN BET HE'LL REMIND
VOTERS THAT MITCH DANIELS HAS
DONE A GOOD JOB WHILE IN OFFICE
AND HE WILL PICK UP WHERE
DANIELS LEFT OFF.
NOW, YESTERDAY OUR 24-HOUR
NEWS~8 POLITICAL REPORTER JIM
SHELLA CAUGHT UP WITH THE TWO
MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES ABOUT
WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT FROM
TONIGHT'S DEBATE.
THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT A
CHOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA
THAT'S MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT IN MY LIFETIME IN AND
AROUND POLITICS.
THIS IS A CHOICE OF WHETHER OR
NOT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON
THE PATH WE'RE ON IN INDIANA, A
PATH OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY,
ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION
REFORM, OR WHETHER WE'RE GOING
TO GO BACK.
IT'S GOING TO BE -- IT'S
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR US,
CONGRESSMAN PENCE IS A
PROFESSIONAL MEDIA PERSON BY
BACKGROUND, HE'S A CAREER
POLITICIAN, AND, YOU KNOW, SO
I'M WANTING TO HOLD MY OWN IN
IT, AND I THINK IF I CAN SHOW
HOOSIER VOTERS THAT I ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND INDIANA AND HAVE A
GOOD GRASP OF STATE ISSUES, THAT
WE'LL DO OK.
Reporter: NOW, WE DIDN'T HEAR
FROM THE THIRD CANDIDATE
YESTERDAY, THAT'S, OF COURSE,
LIBERTARIAN RUPERT BONEHAM BUT
IN THE PAST HE'S SAID HE'LL PUSH
FOR IN TAX INCREASES AND
MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
WE ASKED 24-HOUR NEWS 8'S JIM
SHELLA ABOUT BONEHAM.
HE SAID HE'S LIKELY TO GET ABOUT
3% OF THE VOTE SO HE LIKELY
WON'T TAKE MANY VOTES AWAY FROM