Posted on 02/22/2011 1:58:55 PM PST by ejdrapes
February 22, 2011 4:39 P.M. By Katrina Trinko “For reasons I’ve explained more than once, I thought there was a better time and place to have this very important and legitimate issue raised,” said Daniels. In a December interview, Daniels said that he was against the issue being raised this legislative session since it had not been a focus on the campaign trail. “I think if you’re going to try to do something that fundamental, you owe it to the public to have that kind of an airing first, and that has not happened here,” he remarked. Daniels also emphasized he didn’t want to escalate the issue any further. “I’m not sending the state police after anybody,” he said. “I trust that peoples’ consciences will bring them back to work,” Daniels added. “I choose to believe that our friends in the minority, having made their point, will come back and do their duty and the jobs that they’re paid to do.”Daniels Won’t Fight for Right-to-Work Legislation
Gov. Mitch Daniels made it clear in a press conference today that he was not prepared to fight for the passage of right-to-work legislation, which is being pushed by GOP state lawmakers. Today most Indiana Democrat assembly members left the state in order to ensure there would not be a quorum.
Thanks for playing Mitch.
After three fleeibusters (TX, then WI, then IN), this phenomenon deserves a name. If anyone can think of a better word than fleeibuster, I’m curious to hear it.
He’s out of contention for any national office, so far as I am concerned. This is caving in to Union Goon tactics.
The Indiana right to work legislation was only directed at the private sector. Daniels suspended government workers’ collective bargaining powers (I won’t call them “rights”) the day he took office.
This is an issue that Daniels has been reluctant to tackle and he’s made no bones about it. He has his sights set on other issues right now. Or offices....
Is this the guy that some FReepers were chanting to run for president? He’s squishy, IMO.
I’d love to hear from those FReepers who think this azzklown is presidential material.
I suspect they won’t be here on *this* thread, though.
Daniels worked for the RINO Bush administration. What do you expect?
I always thought Daniels was a RINO. IN could do a lot better than Daniels.
Yup. Where are those pro-Daniels Freepers now? Daniels isn’t even suited to be dogcatcher let alone a politician.
Hey Mitch...love ya bunch....BUT: Slavery is never OK.
Caving already!
The spine of a jellyfish. He can forget about my support on any presidential aspirations he may have.
When things got tough, they bolted. It’s a boltbuster.
The more we hear from Daniels the longer his RINO horn grows.
By Philip Klein on 2.22.11 @ 4:09PM
In another move unlikely to endear him to conservative primary voters should he decide to seek the presidency, the Indianapolis Star reports that:
Gov. Mitch Daniels signaled this afternoon that Republicans should to drop the right-to-work bill that has brought the Indiana House to a standstill for two days and imperiled other measures.
Daniels told reporters this afternoon that he expects House Democrats will return to work if the bill dies. It would be unfortunate if other bills are caught up in the turmoil, he said.
He will not send out state police to corral the Democrats, the Republican governor said.
The Democrat minority has right to express its views, he added.
The governor clung to his view that this is not the year to tackle right to work.
Jim Geraghty is running out of patience with Daniels:
If the Indiana House Democrats get what they want through this tactic, what’s to prevent them from using it again and again every time they think they’ll lose on a big issue?I had been open-minded about Daniels’ “truce” talk — no matter how much a Republican presidential candidate talks about the importance of social issues, 75 to 90 percent of the president’s time from January 2013 to 2017 will be spent on economic and fiscal crises and managing a dangerous and rapidly changing world. But a concession to Democrats on major reforms like these will spur a lot of talk about Daniels’ toughness, or whether he’s too conciliatory to an opposition that has gone completely off the rails, or more accurately, out of the state….
When it came to the social issues "truce" statement, my attitude was that Daniels was stupid to make the comments if he intended to run for president, but in reality he was merely explicitly stating what most other Republican politicians were also doing implicitly -- focusing on economic and fiscal issues. By in large, the GOP message of the 2010 midterms was not big on social issues -- the Pledge to America, for instance, barely mentioned them. But my bigger fear with Daniels has been that, like Bush 41, he'd be willing to raise taxes as part of a bargain with Democrats. And this latest cave in adds to that perception.
UPDATE: Transcript of Daniels' remarks here, his office claiming that his comments were misinterpreted.
Fleebaggers! :D
That's not gonna happen now...
This means the minority can and will direct the legislative process from now on. This is as wrong as giving the Speaker sole control over what bills reach the floor. The majority of the voters of Indiana have been disenfranchised by this move.
So much for all that work to re-establish a majority in both houses.
You can now make that "had his sights set" on other offices... After this, along with his call for a "truce" on social issues and favoring amnesty for illegals, any plans he had to run for president are stillborn...
This means the minority can and will direct the legislative process from now on. This is as wrong as giving the Speaker sole control over what bills reach the floor. The majority of the voters of Indiana have been disenfranchised by this move.
So much for all that work to re-establish a majority in both houses.
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