…the GOP brings in the uber-negative, over-the-top robocalls that aren’t focused on the issues Americans have said time and again they care about.

(Remember John McCain 1.0 when he opposed these kind of calls in 2000?)

Anyway, the interesting thing about this new strategy is that it can’t be deployed in Indiana, thanks to Republican Attorney General Steve Carter and a 2006 ruling banning robocalls here.

That might not have mattered in any other cycle, but Indiana is clearly a swing state in this presidential year. Wonder how the national Republicans feel about the fact that one of their own led the crusade to ban this form of communication.

Who knew that faith and family values were the key ingredients to being a good Attorney General? Shame on me for thinking we might just want to hire the best lawyer for the job.

There aren’t too many absolute truths in politics. Among them:

• Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
• People get their feelings hurt.
• When you have the Governor’s Office, you’re supposed to have control of the party.

Oops. That last one’s not working out so well for Mitch Daniels.

Non-insiders probably aren’t paying too much attention to the brewing battle for the Republican Attorney General nomination, but there is, indeed, a mighty battle brewin’ between the Guv’s pick, Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas, and outgoing Attorney General Steve Carter’s chief deputy, Greg Zoeller, whom Carter is backing.

While the GOPers duke it out, every indication is that Democrats will nominate and rally behind Linda Pence, a prominent Indianapolis attorney with impressive credentials to do the job.

But don’t worry, average voters, this is one fight that won’t be coming to a ballot box — or television screen — near you: The nomination process takes place at the Republican State Convention on June 2.

It’ll be a test of political truths — and Daniels’ ability to hold his party together in times that are proving ever-tougher for Republicans across the nation.