He may be "down on the movement," but the article clearly states he's solidly behind Murdock. Do not underestimate the importance of this. A unified party is much more likely to prevent what happened in Nevada, Alaska, and Delaware in 2010. The primary is over, and we won. Heed George Halas' advise - no dancing in the end zone. We need everyone, I mean everyone available to send him on to Washington in November.
In addition, despite what he says, Daniels has done a great deal which the Tea Party wants done:
Mr. Daniels, who took office in 2005, has reduced the number of state workers by 18 percent and held spending growth below inflation.
A statewide school voucher program was enacted. Children in homes with an income under $41,000 could receive vouchers equal to 90% of the cost of their public school tuition and use that money to attend a private school. It provides lesser benefits to households with income over $41,000. The program will be gradually phased in over a three-year period and would be available to all state residents by 2014.
In the 2005 session of the General Assembly, Daniels and Republicans, with some Democrat support, successfully enacted a voter registration law that required voters to show a government issued photo ID before they could be permitted to vote. The law was the first of its kind in the United States, and many civil rights organizations, like the ACLU, opposed the bill saying it would unfairly impact minorities, poor, and elderly voters who may be unable to afford an ID or may be physically unable to apply for an ID. To partially address those concerns, the state passed another law authorizing state license branches to offer free state photo ID cards to individuals who did not already possess another type of state ID.
Upon appeal the United States Supreme Court also ruled in favor of the state in April 2008, setting a legal precedent. Several other states subsequently enacted similar laws in the years following.
In May 2011, the state ended all funding for Planned Parenthood and all other health service providers who offered abortion services. Another law enacted banning abortions for women more than twenty weeks pregnant. Planned Parenthood and the ACLU subsequently brought a lawsuit against the state alleging it was being targeted unfairly, that the state law violated federal medicaid laws, and that their Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated. A May 11 ruling allowing the case to move forward, but denied the request from the petitioners to grant a temporary injunction to restore the funding; however, a June 24 ruling prohibited the state from enforcing the law.
Indiana became the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation, and the first in the industrial Midwest, home to many of the nation’s manufacturing jobs.
Don't make enemies of those that can and do help us.
I agree. It was the GOP-Elite that failed to unite and back the chosen nominees in 2010 to lose those elections. I support what Daniels has done in Indiana. He is still an establishment elite, that when push comes to shove in straightening out the DC culture of corruption, will tend to side with THAT culture. I'll support him if and when he supports us in the tea party movement. The traditional Republican and Democrat parties have nearly destroyed our country. They cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
Rebellion is brewing.
“Don’t make enemies of those that can and do help us.”
Exactly!
We don’t want to do what the establishment did last election...
The establishment and Tea Party do seem to be working together better this year. If it keeps up this could be quite the election.