Posted on 05/09/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by Hojczyk
I live in Indianapolis (am originally from Kansas). I like Mitch. He’s not as conservative on social issues as I’d like; however, with the debt crisis where it is, with paying over $4 a gallon for gas, with the Supreme Court at risk of going ultra liberal, with inflation on the rise, with the housing industry still in a major slump (and keeping me stuck in a house I’d like to sell), Daniels would get my full support if he runs.
Amen to all of that. If you want to know what to do with a state, and what not to do with a state, compare his state with mine. I like what I see across the border. Gov. Daniels is a frequent guest on local radio stations. I like what I hear from him.
What makes me enthusiastic about a politician is not the kind of b.s. he puts out, but the kind of job he has done.
Wouldn't vote for Romney on a dare. I actually canceled my long-time subscription to National Review because they endorsed him.
In some ways, Romney is the opposite of Daniels. Daniels, in some ways, appears to perhaps be the anti-Romney.
Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, gave us pro-abort policies and his own little version of DeathCare. But when it came time to run for president, he was all pro-life, all social-conservative in his rhetoric.
Mr. Daniels seems determined to avoid social conservative rhetoric. But defunding Planned Parenthood, ending collective bargaining for public employees, embracing educational vouchers - these don't seem much like a “social issues truce” to me.
I'm not committed one way or the other. I want to see and hear more.
But I'm open to voting for Gov. Daniels, especially if he lulls the morons of the left to sleep with soft words while achieving actual socially-conservative (and economically-conservative) deeds.
sitetest
Daniel’s dangerous flaw is that he has a very dry humor and makes lots of remarks off the cuff to get some laughs. Those can be taken out of context to distort who he is.
The guy is turning the education system in Indiana upside down, and that is a very good thing (I love his 3-year high school deal, where the kids are out at age 17, with the $$$ saved available to them for college or vocational training). As he said, there is way too much partying and goofing around in the senior year. Under the 3-year, kids can choose to graduate early (assuming they have compiled the requisite credits. ALL of my kids told me that what they really wanted after their junior year was TO GET OUT AND GET ON WITH LIFE.
My niece is 5’4” tall. She works for Mitch and he is taller but unsure if he’s 5’7”.
As much as I would like my niece to have a white house job, he should be slashing budgets in a conservative state like Indiana not balancing. We need a real conservative not a Bush lite!!
The real Mitch record: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/the_case_against_mitch_daniels.html
I am going to vote for the Republican nominee no matter who it is. I may not be thrilled with some of the candidates but whomever wins is going to have my vote either way. If Daniels gets the nomination I will support him, and I get your point about arguing competency over charisma. Still, I believe that ideological conservatism needs a strong standard bearer who can communicate what we stand for to the public. My concern is that while Daniels can walk the walk when he has the votes, he may not be able to talk the talk to persuade people to our side when we need to flip or find votes.
As you visit on Daniel threads, take notice of how many of FR’s famously troll like liberal posters, take a break from trolling on conservative threads such as Palin’s and gush over their man Mitch Daniels, it is worth noticing them as you try to size up the “truce” man.
I read the Rush transcript. Very little substance in it. In fact, it seems pretty much substance-free.
His criticism of Gov. Daniels seems to be that many Democrats are saying that he's a threat and many Democrats view him as being anti-Tea Party, therefore, he's a bad dude.
LOL.
I only skimmed the transcript, but I didn't find any criticism of particular policies or actions.
As for determining who might be the strongest or weakest candidate, pundits and pols aren't always very good judges.
I remember a fellow with a really wide radio audience who in 2008 ran something called something like “Operation Chaos” with the intention of hurting the “strong” Democrat, Hillary Clinton, by supporting the “weak” Democrat, some moron from Illinois with an odd name.
Funny how that worked out.
sitetest
Olddeckhand your post 14 deserves post of the quarter consideration.
I’ll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.
Let ‘em all run, keep the Dems from focusing on their target until late. If they have to discredit all of them, Dems and Press will end up making themselves look bad, since their “Bash Whoever” policy will be apparent to the ever-wiser citizenry.
On a personal level that is true, but at this point in time for the job of the next Federal leader I don't think so. The President is not primarily a preacher. He is called to help solve our top problems which I believe are now being dominated by fiscal problems.
I think the massive deficit is leading us right now and until we get a smart person to shrink that number social problems will continue to grow. Example: the more Medicare grows, the less responsible people are for their personal decisions and the more family/social ills there will be. I think the role of the next conservative President will be to force us into fiscal responsibility. And as people tighten up on fiscal responsibility a lot of thinking about social responsibility will change.
If the next President can spend most of his time shifting more of the economy to the grass-roots level(and this involves mostly entitlement and/or social spending) I think a lot of healing of the social ills will follow.
You sound like the type that will end up pushing a Daniels like candidate.
I hope they all run...GOP should get rid of open primaries
If Gov. Palin wins the nomination, I will enthusiastically support her.
But I look at her negatives IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY and I wonder whether she can win the nomination.
That doesn't make me a liberal troll. It makes me an observer who tries to discern what's true and what's not.
I don't really know whether Gov. Daniels is all that or not.
But I'll make up my own mind without giving much consideration to the rantings of pols and pundits on either the left or the right.
sitetest
“You sound like the type that will end up pushing a Daniels like candidate.”
Make an argument, not an assertion.
That goes for Mr. Limbaugh, as well.
sitetest
I think more and more that the GOP is going to end up with a “drafted” Jeb Bush as the POTUS candidate next year. I just don't see that one candidate everyone is going to migrate to as of yet.
That's only if they want to win. But they don't have to! If they want to let the Dems win the offices, they can push the social issues. That way they will continue to see things erode and have more to complain about.
If they win office, there's the risk that they might actually make some progress even if they don't emphasize the issues.
Yes, and note that those who make a living off "pro-life" dollars also try to push the federal issue, knowing that their gravy train was getting threatened by some progress on Roe v. Wade.
If Daniels runs, expect his name to be spelled here like so: DANIEL’S.
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