“Daniels lacks charisma, but he is usually pretty good at speaking. Local news this morning reporting he is not going to run.”
I don’t see how Daniels can run, given the details of his drug arrest. What’s ASTOUNDING to me is that The Establishment would STILL rather see Daniels on the ticket than Newt. They seem to have a death wish.
I’ll tell you why they like Daniels. He managed to beat a democrat for his first term. In 2008, he, in spite of the state going Obama, it was close,(lots of cheating in Lake County to give Obozo a win, my personal opinion) Daniels managed to win by a pretty good margin. The elites see him as being able to get both parties votes. That is his allure to the GOP.
For me, he has done better than most governors and has managed to do some very conservative things like defunding Planned Parenthood and pushing Right To Work. They are very close to passing RTW. It would pass if they could get the Dems in the Indiana House to show up for a vote.
To me? Daniels is somewhat a nanny stater and he is not too good on illegal immigration.
His drug arrest over 25 years ago doesn’t mean a whole lot anymore because that was then, this is now. The bigger scandal for Daniels is the one that kept him out of the race. That has to do with his wife running off and leaving him with their daughters. They later reconciled, but I don’t think Daniels wanted to ruin his life as it is now.
Daniels could not win now because he isn’t well known enough to come in late. The only way that would work is to get someone who is well known.