GOP opens Indiana state agency's door to party 'friends'

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Check out this e-mail the Indiana Republican Party recently sent to party contributors at several engineering firms.

"Chairman Kittle and the governor's office are coordinating with Commissioner Sharp's office in relaying concerns that our friends in the transportation industry are currently having," reads the first sentence of the e-mail from the party's fundraising department.

Here are the players: Chairman Kittle is Jim Kittle, head of the Indiana Republican Party. The governor, of course, is Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels. Commissioner Sharp is Thomas Sharp, Daniels' Indiana Department of Transportation chief.