Democratic Indiana candidate says White House secretly backing Baron Hill

He did not say if the White House is backing Hill or any other candidate to replace Bayh.

A restaurant owner and former production artist who also worked on Wall Street, d’Ippolito earned degrees in graphic design and photography from Indiana State and in filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. She initially decided to run against Bayh “because he’s a blue dog” and considers Hill little more than a continuation of the retiring Senator. Her web site also notes her personal interest in the day’s top political issue:

However, since moving to Indiana I have had no health insurance. I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago giving me a pre-existing condition. Additionally, I own a small business. Those two obstacles make insurance very expensive and unattainable. As a cancer survivor and small business owner, health reform is an issue that directly affects me like many Indiana residents.

On Monday night d’Ippolito posted a message to her Facebook and Twitter accounts saying that she was “looking for a political attorney in Indiana to ask a few questions” followed by her number and a promise to wait by the phone. When this reporter tried the number, d’Ippolito answered the phone herself.