You three are correct when you state Daniels is a Conservative. BUT, not all his decisions are such, and his ability to carry the Conservative argument FORCEFULLY nation-wide is problematic.
Quote of Gov.Mitch Daniels: ““At some stage I just think that if you’re interested in results you should just try to be careful to use words that don’t drive anybody away and if possible just take a chance to be more civil, more likeable than the other guy,..”
Mitch Daniels: Obama not a socialist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2782833/posts
“...asked...if he thought Obama had pursued socialist policies, Daniels laughed wryly and simply said, “No.”
Note: when Obama attended Occidental College, he was described by fellow students as a “Marxist-Leninist”.
Indiana Supreme Court: citizens have no right to resist unlawful police entry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2720545/posts
“In a move that flies not only in the face of the U.S. Constitution but defies common law dating back to the Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that residents of the Hoosier state have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.
In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David, writing for the majority, expressed the view that:
“...a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest.”
Note: Mitch Daniels appointed this Judge to Indiana’s Supreme Court.
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Mitch Daniels is no more or less Conservative or electable than Gingrich or Santorum, plus he is late to the primary race and forcing him onto voters at this late date is frankly stupid, as it would be vigorously opposed by those of us Tea Party enthusiasts.
Judicial appointments in Indiana are not similar to those at the federal; the governor must pick from a list of three candidates selected by the state judicial nominating committee and that committee is always populated by a bunch of leftist do-gooders.
To be clear, I do NOT want Daniels to get in this race. It’s too late. He doesn’t want to be in the race (or his wife doesn’t).
Anyway, call me stingy, but I would like him to remain our guv. That said, Pence should be a great Guv too.