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Indiana Gov. Pence as potential 2016 GOP candidate?
FoxNews.com ^ | April 28, 2014 | By Mike Emanuel

Posted on 04/29/2014 9:15:07 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

There’s plenty of talk about possible Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush campaigns for the White House in 2016, but what about Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence?

“I'm always humbled and flattered any time I'm mentioned for the highest office in the land,” Pence told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday."

"Much of that talk is the result of the progress the people of Indiana have been making,” Pence told Wallace. “I mean the fact is we have the lowest unemployment rate in the Midwest, we demonstrated the ability to balance our budget, cut taxes even while we invest in expanded educational opportunities and infrastructure."

Pence also has also received some attention for Indiana being the first state in the nation to withdraw from Common Core to write its own academic standards. He makes the case education is a state and local function, and decisions about textbooks and curriculum should be made by parents, teachers, and Indiana schools.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: mikepence
I REALLY like this guy(which means RINOs/GOP-e will ravish him and he will withdraw/not run or lose).
1 posted on 04/29/2014 9:15:08 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: US Navy Vet

I like Pence. He’s a lot like Scott Walker where he could satisfy both the conservative and RINO bases.


2 posted on 04/29/2014 9:17:08 AM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline is for lease)
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To: US Navy Vet

I am a Hoosier, and also like Pence.

But I think he’s unelectable; Indiana just doesn’t carry the weight in a national election.


3 posted on 04/29/2014 9:21:13 AM PDT by henkster
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To: US Navy Vet

Yes, better than Jeb, Huckabee, Libertarian Paul, or any other RINO. I think it is give and take with Perry. Some good, some bad.

Cruz or Palin over all of them.


4 posted on 04/29/2014 9:24:42 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: henkster
But I think he’s unelectable; Indiana just doesn’t carry the weight in a national election.

People said the same thing about Arkansas.

I don't know much about Pence but I've always preferred presidential candidates to have gubernatorial experience, regardless of what party they represent. The Office of the Presidency is not a place for on-the-job training (as can be clearly demonstrated).

5 posted on 04/29/2014 9:28:03 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: kingattax

Pence Ping


6 posted on 04/29/2014 9:42:21 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Agree with you. Pence is acceptable if we must, Cruz if we can. No one worse than Pence, please.


7 posted on 04/29/2014 9:46:34 AM PDT by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: US Navy Vet

He has long been the one who I thought would have broad appeal, impeccable conservative credentials - - and thus, can win.


8 posted on 04/29/2014 9:50:50 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: US Navy Vet

“Mike Pence is a Hard-Core Conservative.
Click here for explanation of political philosophy.
Click here for VoteMatch quiz.?

http://www.ontheissues.org/IN/Mike_Pence.htm


9 posted on 04/29/2014 9:55:56 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: US Navy Vet

The only thing I saw that is a negative is his support for the Fairy Tax.

I could look part that though because it will never gain enough support to pass.


10 posted on 04/29/2014 10:00:04 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Paul's conservative ratings

American Conservative Union rates Paul at 100% conservative.
Heritage rates Paul the third most conservative in the Senate 97%
Club for growth rates Paul 100%
National Right to Life Committee 100%
FreedomWorks 100%

11 posted on 04/29/2014 10:09:02 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: US Navy Vet

I always liked Mike Pence. I thought he should have run in 2012. He does not seem that hot for the job though.


12 posted on 04/29/2014 10:42:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: jpsb

Any waffling on amnesty is a 0.


13 posted on 04/29/2014 10:47:01 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: US Navy Vet

http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2014/04/mike-pence-rebrands-common-core-indiana/


14 posted on 04/29/2014 10:49:13 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Drew68

I also prefer a governor as job experience. It provides so much more breadth and depth than, say, a community organizer.

As for Clinton, that was an unusual circumstance. He was only the second democrat elected president between 1968 and 2008, a period of forty years. What he had in common with the other democrat was being a governor of a southern state that was seen as “moderate” or even slightly conservative. Northern liberal democrats had no chance, but supposedly conservative southern democrat governors did.

Indiana does not bring that dynamic to the table. We’re just another midwestern state that has only one key difference with the others: We’re smaller. And don’t carry the votes.


15 posted on 04/29/2014 11:23:49 AM PDT by henkster
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To: US Navy Vet

He’s s a conservative (and ~could~ be a good candidate), who appeals to both the Tea Party and the GOPe, but I don’t know how much of a fighter he’d be (He did great in Congress), but since then.. a bit disappointing.


16 posted on 04/29/2014 11:29:54 AM PDT by JSDude1 (Defeat Hagan, elect a Constutional Conservative: Dr. Greg Brannon!)
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To: US Navy Vet

Pence is against Common Core. Indiana is also pulling in a lot of businesses from nearby Illinois.


17 posted on 04/29/2014 11:33:17 AM PDT by gattaca (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes10:2)
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To: henkster

What you describe as a negative (Indiana is a ‘small state’), might just be the very thing that people find attractive about Mike Pence (or Scott Walker).


18 posted on 04/29/2014 12:11:40 PM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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To: Gumdrop

“People” might find it attractive, but the “Party” does not. And I’m not so sure anymore that the “People” decide primary elections.

But hey, I’m wearing the cynical hat today. Tomorrow I will be full of love for my fellow man. I promise.


19 posted on 04/29/2014 12:14:00 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: US Navy Vet

I like Pence a LOT better than Walker, whom I do like. Walker is a good business sense guy. He is a strong leader. But, I don’t like his attitude that morals don’t matter. WE ALL KNOW THEY DO MATTER! America is in the mess we are in because of our moral condition, and it cannot hope to turn around until moral issues are addressed and our culture decides to rein in sin. That is the bottom line, really. We might get a really bright new republican leader, but if they are only good at fiscal stuff, they will do no more than just slow the process minimally. If we don’t get a good moral leader that calls on America to be “good” again, we will lose the very next election to one like Obama, or worse.


20 posted on 04/29/2014 12:32:32 PM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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