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Title: GOP establishment darling Mitch Daniels wants to avoid wedge issues
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URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... ablishment_darling_mitc_1.html
Published: May 19, 2011
Author: Thomas Lifson
Post Date: 2011-05-19 17:08:38 by CZ82
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GOP establishment darling Mitch Daniels wants to avoid wedge issues Thomas Lifson Conservatives suspicious of the GOP establishment's tendency to foist wishy-washy candidates on the party, and wary of Mitch Daniels as another John McCain, have had their doubts vindicated. The GOP establishment is begging Mitch Daniels to run for president, if you believe Politico's Mike Allen: "GOP elite see Mitch Daniels as 2012 savior." Meanwhile, social conservatives have been down on him ever since the Indiana governor called for a "truce" on social issues. Now comes video of Daniels speaking to the "centrist" GOP Ripon Society (founded at Harvard) in which Daniels announces that the GOP should avoid "wedge issues." The very insightful and level-headed Jennifer Rubin sums up the implication of this astonishing statement: When Daniels says the GOP should avoid "wedge" issues, that means the entire debate must conform to what the Democrats will tolerate: "The whole concept of a wedge issue should be foreign to us if we really want to come back." That is not what the party's base wants to hear. They want to set the agenda, not capitulate before beginning the bargaining. More than any single issue, it is this attitude that will be an anathema to the Republican primary electorate. Daniels is also, not to be too indelicate, boring. Daniels is in many ways the anti-Newt, cautious where Newt is daring. Yet his potential candidacy is moving along the same vector as Newt's -- alienating the party's base, and endearing himself to the opposition.
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
and yet Daniels signed a defunding of planned parent-hood into law. It's amazing how the tea party would rather have someone bombastic with no chance of winning over someone who actually has a record of successfully implementing policy and could actually win. 1972 all over again.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." LOL! You libTURD fools and business as usual big feral gooberment types will never get it will you? The AMERICAN people have had it with you arrogant lying turds trying to dictate a new country that WE do NOT WANT to us. LOL! You stupid libTURD bitches haven't got a clue what's coming. THIS is going to be GOOD! LOL!
Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
Horse shit. What is the only state in the country to ban Planned Parenthood from getting Medicaid dollars? Indiana. Mitch Daniels signed the bill. What state has the most comprehensive school choice environment in the nation? Indiana. Mitch Daniels signed the bill. Indiana Sets Pace for Sweeping Education Reform Of all the states currently working on serious education reform, Indiana may deserve the gold medal. Gov. Mitch Daniels and state Superintendent Tony Bennett fearlessly led the charge to dramatically reform the state’s education system. “Are we about funding the education of children or funding the education system,” Bennett often said. To that end, perhaps the most incredible of the reforms was the establishment of the broadest school voucher program in the country. Within the next few years, the vast majority of Indiana students will be able to go to the school of their choice and the state-allotted funding will follow them. Among other reforms includes increasing the number of charter schools, creating a performance pay system for teachers and restricting collective bargaining to pay and benefits. What state completely ended collective bargaining for government employee unions? Indiana. Mitch Daniels signed the bill. In Indiana, a case study in ending collective bargaining The move ushered in a period of extensive reorganization, consolidation and privatization of government services — efforts Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has said could not have happened so quickly under union contracts. Meanwhile, union membership plummeted. Prior to 2005, 16,408 Indiana state workers paid union dues out of about 25,000 who were eligible, or 66 percent, according to state and union figures. Today, just 1,409 out of 20,000 eligible workers, or 7 percent, pay dues. If ending the public school monopoly, busting up government employee unions, and neutering Planned Parenthood aren't wedge issues, then I don't know what is. Daniels has done more great work as governor than anyone else in office today. Unfortunately for him, he's not a big blow hard who runs around the country telling people how great he is.
you might find this of interest: "Thats because your basically and idiot." I completely agree. Daniels has implemented more fundamental reform as governor than anyone else in office today.
Mitch Daniels caves Ralph Alter, Feb 23, 2011 Today Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana dealt a serious blow to his chances for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, when he caved in to the walk- out by Democrats in the Indiana House over a controversial right-to-work bill. Beth Schneider writes in the Indianapolis Star: Daniels told reporters this afternoon that he expects House Democrats will return to work if the bill dies. It would be unfortunate if other bills are caught up in the turmoil, he said. He will not send out state police to corral the Democrats, the Republican governor said. The Democrat minority has (the) right to express its views, he added. Daniels is a fiscal hawk who has won national acclaim for the bang-up job he has done steering the Indiana economy out of the mire of the recession compounded by two previous terms of Democrat irresponsibility. The governor gave a controversial speech at the CPAC convention asking Republicans to "call a truce" on social issues while dealing with America's faltering economy. Word to Mitch: the stifling effect of labor unions on the economy is not a social issue. Daniels' unwillingness to stand on principle on issues important to social conservatives suggested that there might be a weak spot in the former Reagan Budget Director's resume. Daniels earned the sobriquet "Mitch the Knife" for his willingness to stand on economic principle while helping trim the fat out of the federal budget. Apparently, Daniels now wants to be known as "Mitch the Nice." That won't work for me or any of the conservatives that I know. Now is the time to draw the proverbial line in the sand and act on the mandate provided conservatives in the 2010 mid-term elections. Reigning in union greed must be a top priority. I'm sure teachers, federal employees, Indiana Democrats and associated union ilk are searching the thrift stores for "My Man Mitch" buttons that they would previously have spat upon. Sorry Mitch, but it's only taken two weeks in the national public eye to prove that you ain't no Chris Christie or Scott Walker.
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Mitch Daniels is less electable to the Whitehouse than that idiot McCain. Which of course is why our leftwingnuts want him to be the nominee next year.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Utter nonsense. At this point I'm betting on the M & M ticket -- Mitch and Michelle (Bachmann).
Utter nonsense. Daniels has a track record of reforming government. McCain has a track record of partnering with people like fat boy Teddie to force more government down our throats. At this point I'm betting on the M & M ticket -- Mitch and Michelle (Bachmann).
Mitch Daniels is less electable to the Whitehouse than that idiot McCain Utter nonsense. Watch and see. In a week or two, if it appears he's going to get into the primaries, the media will have a field day with his wife's pecular antics, which will cause the GOP base, and most of the nation, to collectively say 'Yuck'. And of course there's Daniels throwing Wisconsin's governor under the bus last month, which screamed 'McCain like' to the Conservatives, and anyone that pays attention to poltics. There is zero chance Daniels will be on the ticket, let alone at the top. Mark it down.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I still think that RINO Romney will be the nomination. I will vote for a third party once again as a result. If Daniels manages to get the GOP nomination he will be the next President because most independent voters like me will love his great record of accomplishment in Indiana.
Huh??? Daniels got rid of all collective bargaining by government employees in 2005 or 2006. Union participation has dropped from 66% of government employees to 7%. He did way more than Wisconsin's governor.
Wha...huh?
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." Yep, which made his decision to toss Wisconsin's governor under the bus even more bizzare. Like I said, zero chance.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#2. To: go65 (#1)
#3. To: CZ82 (#0)
Mitch Daniels wants to avoid wedge issues
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#4. To: jwpegler (#3)
Daniels has done more great work as governor than anyone else in office today. Unfortunately for him, he's not a big blow hard who runs around the country telling people how great he is.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#5. To: go65 (#1)
It's amazing how the tea party would rather have someone bombastic with no chance of winning over someone who actually has a record of successfully implementing policy and could actually win.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#6. To: jwpegler (#5)
#7. To: jwpegler (#5)
#8. To: Badeye (#7)
Mitch Daniels is less electable to the Whitehouse than that idiot McCain
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#9. To: Badeye (#7)
Mitch Daniels is less electable to the Whitehouse than that idiot McCain
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#10. To: jwpegler (#8)
#11. To: Badeye (#10)
There is zero chance Daniels will be on the ticket, let alone at the top. Mark it down.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#12. To: Badeye (#10)
And of course there's Daniels throwing Wisconsin's governor under the bus last month
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#13. To: CZ82 (#6)
Daniels is a fiscal hawk who has won national acclaim for the bang-up job he has done steering the Indiana economy out of the mire of the recession compounded by two previous terms of Democrat irresponsibility.
--GW Bush
#14. To: jwpegler (#12)
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