Today’s entertaining political quote comes to us from Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi by way of this Indianapolis Star story about Barack Obama potentially making a play to win Indiana:

Hoosier Republicans aren’t taking Indiana for granted. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, one of the hosts of the July 1 McCain fundraising event at the Marriott, said he is “cautiously confident” McCain will win Indiana.

But, he said, “I don’t know. The problem is I’ve seen all kinds of young energy (behind the Obama campaign) that I haven’t seen before. It’s too early to tell.”

Translation: “We’d have this thing all sewn up if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!”

Most political insiders are chattering tonight about chief deputy attorney general Greg Zoeller’s landslide upset over Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas in the GOP state convention fight to become the nominee for Attorney General this year.

By golly, I’m not going to be left out of a good debate.

What does it mean?

The Guv and his crew backed Costas, and from all reports, that backing meant lots of arm-twisting and behind-closed-doors negotiations for delegate votes.

That’s not surprising. This is politics, after all, not table tennis.

What is surprising is that it didn’t work.

By more than 350 votes.

Insiders may say Costas ran a terrible campaign, and if these video clips are any indication, yes, he did.

And Zoeller had several high-profile names, including Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, on his endorsement list.

But there’s no way this isn’t a huge embarrassment for the Guv. Zoeller fought the law, and, uh, he won.

What does it mean for November? Potentially nothing. The down-ticket statewide races most often depend on the top-ticket contenders, which means that if John McCain and the Guv do well, Zoeller will probably do well, too.

Still, it’s not often that you get to see this kind of fight in the bare light of day, played out in front of thousands of party faithful and the media.

Congratulations, Greg. You’ve gone and made things really interesting, and I can guarantee you’ll be getting more than a few phone calls this week from Costas supporters looking to get right before November.