[yongin]

Keep an eye on My Man Mitch.

[rocksblues]

Never heard of this guy. Sounds like a RINO!

[pissant]

“Lay down the philosophical swords”

That’s the worst advice I’ve ever heard. The American people are re-awakening to the necessity of constitutional conservatism and he wants to lay down the swords? WTF is that?

[andy58-in-nh]

A party without a coherent philosophy is a gang.

[bwc2221]

“Lay down the philosophical swords” = let the RINOs retain control

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Daniels: Liberal RINO.

At least he knows he has no chance of winning the nomination. Daniels sold all the taxpayer funded toll roads to foreign companies.....he got Liberalism, Globalism, and Socialism all in one bucket.

Dismissing the Tea Party movement is Liberal RINOism

[roses of sharon]

Beware of any pol telling you to lay down your swords!

[meadsjn]

Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana offered a piece of advice to fellow Republicans: “Lay down the philosophical swords” to begin rebuilding the party and tackle the nation’s immense challenges. But he urged Republicans to not become too emboldened by the discontent in the electorate.

Hey, Mitch, "on the fence" is a very, very bad place to be sitting when the shooting starts.

Pick a side, or shut up and get out of the way.

[AmusedBystander]

Daniels was part of the Reagan Administration when he became chief political advisor and liaison to President Ronald Reagan in August 1985.

On his first day in office, Governor Daniels created Indiana's first Office of Management and Budget to look for inefficiencies and cost savings across state government. In 2005, Governor Daniels led the state to its first balanced budget in eight years and turned the $600 million deficit he inherited into a $300 million surplus in a single year. Governor Daniels used this surplus to repay hundreds of millions of dollars the state had borrowed from Indiana's public schools in previous administrations.

If Daniels is considered a RINO on FR, then the Republican Party is doomed.

[Obadiah]

Mr. Daniels, who is in the middle of his second term as governor, said the politics of a midterm election year would likely prevent Republicans and Democrats from having a serious conversation about the future of Social Security...

Makes it sound like Republicans are to blame to me. Where was Mitch when George Bush tried to reform Social Security and the Democrats squashed that big time? How come no one critisized the Democrats for being obstructionists then?

[Obadiah]

He said the Tea Party has had a “net positive” impact on the political discourse by drawing attention to certain issues, but he warned against reading too much into the power of the movement.

Sounds like Mitch is a RINO telling the NYTimes exactly what they want to hear. In fact, the whole interview sounds like the NYTimes found another useful idiot. When will the Times dub him a Party maverick?

[Obadiah]

Somebody said anger is not a strategy,” Mr. Daniels said in an interview today with editors and reporters from The New York Times.

Hey Mitch, can you take the "kick me" sign off the backs of Republicans now? By the way, we're justifiably angry at what Obama is doing to this country. Go ask the hundreds of thousands now unemployed. By the way, have you spoken to Paul Ryan lately? You do know that we are putting forth ideas, right? Oh, wait, you wanted to impress the NYTimes, sorry. Better call John McCain, he knows how to do that.

[what's up]

“I really don’t plan to,” Mr. Daniels said. “I really don’t much want to.”

No, but since he got a call from George W. a couple of weeks ago he now says he's leaving the door open after having said "definitely no" for a couple of years.

My guess is that Mitch is going to run and has a pretty fair chance of making it across the finish line.

[Balding_Eagle]

It appears I’m the only one who thinks he means within the party when he says “Lay down the philosophical swords” to begin rebuilding the party and tackle the nation’s immense challenges?

I don’t think that what we should do, but I think that’s what he meant.

[editor-surveyor]

Mitch “Forest Gump” Daniels.

[Perchant]

How about Charlie Daniels?