Mixed Signals Sent By Mitch Daniels

During a recent meeting with the editorial board of the Indianapolis Star Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels made it clear that he really is seriously considering a run for President. In questions fielded by the papers editorial board, Daniels gave answers that at times sounded like he was leaning towards a run. Daniels made it clear [...]

Mitch Daniels Urged To Decide Soon

An editorial in The Exponent, Perdue University’s student run newspaper, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is urged to make decision on whether or not to run for President, sooner rather. According to the students at Perdue, “By drawing out his decision, Daniels is not helping the people of Indiana as their governor nor the rest of [...]

Mitch Daniels Talks Unions, Budgets and the Presidency

MSNBC Anchor and wife of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Andre Mitchell, interviewed Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on everything from the settling of his state budget and the passage of controversial labor related legislation to his so called truce on social issues and even Donald Trump and the birther issue. At one point Andrea [...]

Mitch Daniels…”Keeping the Republic: Limited Government, Unlimited Citizens”

Although Mitch Daniels swears that it’s not a sign of a run for President he has nevertheless, signed a book deal with Sentinel, the conservative oriented publishing label of Penguin Group. The book is tentatively titled “Keeping the Republic: Limited Government, Unlimited Citizens“, and as it suggests it will deal with the virtues of conservative [...]

Daily Caller Calls it Well On Mitch Daniels

I am not big on using White House 2012 to simply repeat what has appeared elsewhere but a recent essay on Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels by Alexis Levinson of the Daily Caller warrants mention here. Levinson offers a very insightful synopsis of Governor Daniels, the elected official, the candidate, and the man. The piece will [...]

Mitch Daniels’ Victories in the Pacific Northwest. Real or Imagined?

On Sunday, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels won a straw poll of Republican leaders and activists at an annual meeting of the Oregon G.O.P.. Back in January, at a similar gathering in Washington State, Mitch Daniels won their straw poll too. It has been reported that these victories were achieved without any campaigning by Governor Daniels [...]

Mitch Daniels Wins Oregon Republican Contest

At an annual gathering of Oregon Republicans, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won a presidential straw poll. Of 225 votes cast, Daniels won 66 votes to Mitt Romneys 51 and Sarah Palins 41 votes. In an interview with the Oregonian, Republican political consultant Rick Thomas accredited Daniels win to what he called wonky political insiders who [...]

The Neapolitan Party

Early on in this race, we are starting to see a clear breakdown in the Republican party into three distinct flavors. The question will be whether one candidate can unite the party once the others have melted away. The social conservatives are known for their stances on family values, morality, and for some, Christianity. They [...]

Mitch Daniels: Providing Economic Security Rather Than Hopeless Change in the 2012

As terrorism misleadingly fades from the headlines, and the lack of economic security and proliferation of national debt surpasses it as the greatest security threat to the United States, Americans are floundering in an almost hopeless sense of insecurity. This insecurity is made evident by such things as talk and fear of inflation, a double [...]

Mitch Daniels Discusses His Drug Related Arrest

Back in 1970, a young , college kid named Mitch Daniels was arrested for possession of marijuana and following a plea bargain, was fined $350.00 for disorderly conduct. The incident has been no secret. In fact in the interview below this account Daniels states that he admitted the incident when he applied for his first [...]

Mitch Daniels Clarifies His Position On Democratic Lawmaker’s Protests

Mitch Daniels answers questions regarding 37 Indiana Democrat legislators, who like Wisconsin Senate Democrats have fled their state as a sign of protest over posed budgetary repair measures that affect unions. The Governor also responds to critics of him that believe he called such protests legitimate. Daniels apologized for not making clear that he meant [...]

Bush Endorses Mitch Daniels for President?

In Abel Harding’s Politijax colum for the Florida Time Union’s Jacksonville.com, Jeb Bush is quoted as being quite supportive of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels‘s possiblt run for the Republican presidential nomination. Abel writes; “Jeb Bush likes Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ 2012 presidential prospects. The former Florida governor told a private gathering of Jacksonville business leaders [...]

Are Ron Paul And Mitch Daniels Living In A House Made Of Brick Or A Poll made Of Straw?

As the results of the CPAC straw poll were released the Ron Paul Revolution has once again put the TX Congressman at the top with 30% of the vote. Not a big surprise to anyone in attendance as Paul’s supporters (half of the straw-poll voters were under 26) have made a yearly pilgrimage to the [...]

CPAC 2011: Mitch Daniels Speech at CPAC from White House 2012

At CPACs dinner commemorating the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagans birth, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was the featured speaker and after an entertaining introduction by esteemed political analyst and columnist George Will, Governor Daniels offered an assessment of Americas priorities that was interspersed with an intellectual dry wit that provided for a mix of humor [...]

Mitch Daniels Shows the GOP How to Fight Obamacare

As Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels waits for the end of his states legislative session and takes the time to make a decision about a possible run for President in 2012, he recently stepped forward to take a strong lead in opposition to Obamacare. Earlier this week, he sent a letter to Health and Human Services [...]

Is a Barbour/Daniels Republican Presidential Ticket in the Works?

Haley Barbour and Mitch Daniels are friends whose bonds developed during the early stages of their political careers when they worked in the Reagan Administration. Through the years, their friendship grew in to one that was shared by their families as the wives and children vacationed together. The friendship is not a political one. It [...]

Mitch Daniels Wins Republican Presidential Straw Poll

Early polls regarding who people think the Republican nominee for President in 2012 should be, are merely snapshots of only the moment at which they are taken and not necessarily reliably indicative of what their opinions will be in the future. And depending on how the question is asked and who makes up the audience [...]