Everything I've seen and heard shows he's a good, young conservative. Without Mike Pence in the race it's a toss-up between him and Hostettler in my view for being a good conservative candidate... Dan Coats is not the way we need to go for sure!
He still favors energy tax credits however. Indiana really needs to do away with the subsidies. Wind farms are not economical without them, neither is ethanol or soy diesel. There is hope for all of these things, but propping them up is not the way to make them profitable. In fact subsidizing bio fuels only ups food costs, that are inflated by farm subsidies.
Stutzman seems to be an okay candidate. I am really leaning toward Hostettler because Stutzman supported and pushed for the Indiana Toll road lease. When I questioned Stutzman about it, he told me that it was good for Indiana because maintaining the toll road was too expensive for the state. I am still not comfortable with the toll road lease because control of it was turned over to a foreign company for many years. Stutzman was okay with this because the cost savings outweighed any questions about state and national sovereignty. If you doubt me, go to his Facebook page and scroll back to February 12th. My question to him about the toll road and his answer is there for all the world to see.
This is why I am leaning toward Hostettler.
Marlin Stutzman is from my area. He is what you see, a farmer who got fed up. He defeated an entrenched democrat who had gotten way out of touch for state representative. He is good campaigner and a true conservative.
Jess
Have you met the man in person? Im really eager to meet him in person and really get a feel for him. A state Senator I chat with on Facebook here and there was relaying messages to him last night actually when they were on the floor. He might swing on here and introduce hisself if we are lucky, he is a lifetime member of the NRA so hopefully we will see him on here.