Why Mike Pence will run in 2012

Wash Post ^ | 12/9/10 | Jennifer Rubin

[pissant]

George Will today aptly details why Mike Pence, a stalwart on fiscal issues and an articulate proponent of conservative social values, would be an attractive 2012 presidential candidate. I'll go a step further than George and predict that Pence will announce early next year.

A close friend and confidante of Pence's has been telling me for several weeks that Pence is "serious." This friend makes the case that Pence is a solid conservative on the range of issues conservatives care about and is the only candidate who can "seamlessly meld" the sometimes adversarial Tea Party and establishment wings of the GOP "without too much friction." He also points to Pence's demeanor, citing a favorite phrase of the congressman's: "Just because I'm a conservative doesn't mean I have to be a bad mood about it."

Even more telling, Gary Bauer, the influential social conservative leader who heads the group American Values and is on the boards of Christians United for Israel and the Emergency Committee for Israel, gave me his take this morning: "There is no doubt that Rep. Pence has solid support among values voters. They like his unapologetic and confident defense of the Judeo- Christian world view." But Bauer says Pence's appeal goes beyond social conservatives, vouching for Pence's "Reagan-like ability to bring economic, national security and social conservatives together in a winning coalition."

[jimbo123]

Palin is going to turn over 2/3rds of the plant to the UN?

[pissant]

Yep

[jimbo123]

okay. whatever you say.

[seoul62]

Alan West, He I would vote for in a Heart Beat.

[arthurus]

I don’t care how right he is. We don’t need a Congressman. Experiences are wrong.

[FTJM]

It’s just a smear by the cultists calling it “backdoor amnesty”. Puerto Ricans are born with US citizenship and the bill was legally non-binding.