theamericanscene.com - 11/3/2008
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If McCain loses this time around, I think I have my candidate for 2012. When Indiana was facing a severe budget shortfall, Mitch Daniels, a budget hawk, backed a tax hike on Indianans making over $100,000. Though the legislature didn’t go along with the proposal, he demonstrated a level ...
nypost.com - 11/1/2008
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Last updated: 12:23 pm November 1, 2008 Posted:
12:09 pm November 1, 2008 It's hard to believe...
that just four years ago, some were talking about Barack Obama as a national savior, a secular redeemer, a "light worker." Even more shocking, President ...
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OBAMA 2012: FOUR YEARS LATER - New York Post
indystar.com - 10/28/2008
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indystar.com —
Gov. Mitch Daniels today began his final campaign
swing in his now-famous RV, heading to southern Indiana....
One place Daniels won't include on his tour is the Jeffersonville stage where Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice ...
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Daniels to skip another Palin rally | IndyStar.com | ...
politico.com - 10/28/2008
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Around the Horn
Ross Douthat —
... discusses what reform conservatism might mean. (And see Jonah Goldberg's response as well.) ... Allahpundit parses
the final Fox poll, and offers some astute thoughts on how the Joe the
Plumber gambit and the selling of Sarah Palin worked out - or didn't. ... Peggy Noonan and Kathryn Jean Lopez, in conversation. ... Bill Voegeli on how to reform Big Government. ... Tucker Carlson talks Romney and 2012; Reihan talks Mitch Daniels. And finally, my prediction for tomorrow: Obama 52, McCain 47, and the ...
Mitch Daniels: Coward
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Mitch Daniels 2012 | Politics | The American Scene: If McCain loses this time around, I think I have my candidate for 2012. When Indiana was facing a severe budget shortfall, Mitch Daniels, a budget hawk, backed a tax hike on Indianans making over $100,000. Though the legislature didn’t go along with the proposal, he demonstrated a level of sanity and flexibility that’s admirable. Daniels also made a number of controversial decisions to improve the quality of Indiana’s infrastructure that have since paid off. He expanded healthcare coverage and placed a strong ...
POLITICS: The 2012 GOP Field (First Call)
Baseball Crank —
... the money and energy to spend four years staking himself out as a consistent conservative voice and putting the distance of time between 2012 and the flip-flop charges of 2008. South Dakota Senator John Thune is also sometimes mentioned, but after 1964, 1996 and now 2008, the GOP has hopefully learned its lesson about nominating legislators for President, especially sitting Senators. Newly re-elected Indiana Governor and former Bush budget director Mitch Daniels (see here and here) will have his name come up but more likely as a VP nominee.
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The 2012 GOP Field (First Call)
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... the money and
energy to spend four years staking himself out as a consistent
conservative voice and putting the distance of time between 2012
and the flip-flop charges of 2008. South Dakota Senator John Thune
is also sometimes mentioned, but after 1964, 1996 and now 2008, the
GOP has hopefully learned its lesson about nominating legislators
for President, especially sitting Senators. Newly re-elected
Indiana Governor and former Bush budget director Mitch Daniels (see
here
and here)
will have his name come up but more likely as a VP nominee.
(3) The ...
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