Republicans turn attention to reluctant Daniels

Source: Indianapolis Star

BAINBRIDGE, Ind. -- Republican Mitch Daniels has repeatedly insisted that his 2008 run for a second term as Indiana's governor was his last election and that he's not interested in the "savagery" of a national campaign.

But like it or not, Daniels' name is being dropped in conservative GOP circles as someone to watch in 2012. Many say Daniels is just what the battered GOP needs, a blend of conservative values, cool demeanor and fiscal discipline.

Some political observers say Daniels is as good a bet as any for a national party reeling from Democrats' solid victory last year and the recent stumbles of former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and two other rising GOP stars -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Nevada Sen. John Ensign.

Palin resigned as Alaska's governor abruptly in July, and an independent investigator said he found probable cause she had violated ethics laws by trading on her position as she sought money for legal fees. Sanford and Ensign admitted extramarital affairs. Another person often mentioned as a contender, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, was widely panned after he delivered the national GOP response to Obama's first address to Congress in February.

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Mitch has the world's worst comb-over, and wears a lot of hats. He is really short, but he is a millionaire thanks to having been on a corporate board that shorted out public utility stocks shortly before announcing the sale of the electric utility. So the GOP is looking at an inside trader here for 2012. I guess it would give them cover to steal Indiana back with their fraudulent voting machines.

So don't count Combover Daniels out just yet.

Reckless tax cuts, a bullshit war in Iraq and an unpaid for boondoggle Medicare drug bill.

Daniels left the Bush administration after two or three years because he did not agree with the money being spent on Iraq war and other things he was being "asked" to do with the national finances. He was gone way before the awful Medicare bill. I live in Indiana and he has done some good things here. For a Republican, he's not so bad. If he says he won't run for President, he won't do it. I would count him out of national politics.

That's how he took John Hunstman out of contention.

and privatize all public systems, like he did for welfare, so the programs only work for the private companies making millions while poor people fall through the cracks, denied the aid they entitled to per state law. If you don't believe in entitlements, just cut them. Don't pretend you're helping people while denying cases for trivial details and repeatedly losing paper work and case files.