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Mitch Daniels on American Conservatism (Daniels' picks of conservative literature)
www.fivebooks.com ^ | 4 July 2010 | Jonathan Rauch

Posted on 07/06/2010 9:23:35 AM PDT by Notary Sojac

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Especially glad to see him cite Virginia Postrel. A Daniels/Postrel ticket would absolutely send tingles down both my legs....
1 posted on 07/06/2010 9:23:39 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
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My bet is we’re going to have a debate again as to whether he is fit to be on the national stage ( i.e., a Presidential Candidate ).

So, let me put things in perspective as to why he might have a problem with conservatives :

* He is not very enthusiastic about takcling social issues ( he wants a truce in debating the issues ).

You can’t hold a truce (i.e., simply vote “present” ) when issues like abortion come up in the presidential campaign.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STAND. Unfortunately, Daniels does not want to do it.

* He is soft on illegal immigration.

The above two issues are going to be his albatros if he were to campaign for POTUS.


3 posted on 07/06/2010 9:32:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Notary Sojac

Wow!

Sounds like an awesome gov!


4 posted on 07/06/2010 9:48:02 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: SeekAndFind

“The above two issues are going to be his albatros if he were to campaign for POTUS.”

Perhaps, but I’m confident you would not win an election if you catered to everything we conservatives demand of our representative. The social dynamics have changed with the younger generations and they don’t have a problem with gay marriage, abortion, etc. It’s sad but true and it showed its ugly face in November 2008.


5 posted on 07/06/2010 10:11:36 AM PDT by rj45mis
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To: Notary Sojac

Mitch Danial’s is a rino buffoon, toll road king, owned and operated by the Spanish and Arabic toll road authority. Sorry SOS could not run his own state. Without having others states help pay the states expenses.


6 posted on 07/06/2010 10:39:56 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: SeekAndFind

I agree with you. He is something of a libertarian, but to be ready for prime time he’s going to have to resolve his libertarian inclinations with a secure border and a secure womb.


7 posted on 07/06/2010 10:44:58 AM PDT by marron
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To: org.whodat

This post is about Mitch Daniels. I’m not sure what Mitch Danial’s thinks about the issues.


8 posted on 07/06/2010 10:46:53 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (I've been ionized, but I'm okay now.)
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A truce at the national level on social issues take the wind right out left-wing sails.

They're the ones who elevated social issues to a Federal one-size-fits all Orwellian status with Roe V. Wade.

We need more social problems handled at the state level to bring more individual responsibility into the picture. Daniels may have the right idea IMO.

9 posted on 07/06/2010 10:47:07 AM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Notary Sojac

Mitch Danial’s does think about issues he performs for those that pay him. So if you ask him what he thinks he would need to make a few phone calls and get back to you. But he does like to hold hands with the camel jockeys.


10 posted on 07/06/2010 10:56:39 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: rj45mis

The political shift to the left started with the November ‘06 election, and it continued with the November ‘08 election. Also, more people vote for American Idol contestants than vote for politicians, and all of these things helped to create the present leftist “mess” that everybody’s in. I’m not so certain that conservatives are going to actually do as well this November as they are optimistically predicting. A return to conservatism and free market reforms throughout the U.S. will have to include the actual undoing of leftist legislation that’s already in place as law (some leftist legislation that was put in place, while FDR was POTUS, onwards past today), and I’m not so certain that any future non-leftist majorities in Congress, and on down politically, are really going to be capable of legally undoing leftist legislation that’s already put in place as law (income tax systems, all entitlement programs, War on Drugs, War on Poverty, The Immigration Acts of 1965 and 1986, ObamaCare, “Campaign Finance Reform”,...) Notice how even past Republican POTUS have done some leftist things, on occasion, during their durations as president.


11 posted on 07/06/2010 10:57:59 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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We need more social problems handled at the state level to bring more individual responsibility into the picture. Daniels may have the right idea IMO.

It would be nice to hear Daniels make the standard response --- I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS BEST HANDLED AT THE STATE LEVEL THAN THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

Unfortunately, things aren't as cut and dried as that if he were to ran for President. He is going to be asked questions like -- If the Defense of Marriage Act were brought before you to sign, would you sign it ?

Here are some more social issues he can't get away from :

* Will you retain the DON'T ASK DON'T TELL policy, or do away with it ?

* Would you have signed the McCain-Feingold Bill ?

* If the Partial-Birth abortion ban bill were put on your desk, would you sign it ?

* Would you allow Federal funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research ?

These are just some of the social issues that will confront him if he runs.

You can't call a truce on this or use the standard --- "Let the states decide" line. Like it or not, it will be a national issue sooner or later. He better make a stand and be prepared to defend what he belives.
12 posted on 07/06/2010 11:17:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: org.whodat; Notary Sojac

Your ad hominem attack on Governor Daniels is pretty weak. Australia is not Arabia and Australians are not “camel jockeys”.


13 posted on 07/06/2010 11:22:39 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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I'm sure Daniels will divulge lots of things he believes if he runs. The "truce" statement has been blown out of all proportion and all kinds of things have been read into it.

But, personally, I believe that the sooner a lot of these issues go to the state level the better off we are. If that's what Daniels is implying I'm for it. It's the liberals that want so many things impacting social life decided in an Orwellian way at the Federal level.

14 posted on 07/06/2010 11:24:53 AM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: org.whodat

Isn’t the road authority a Spanish-Australian one...not Arab?


15 posted on 07/06/2010 11:27:15 AM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Siena Dreaming

LOL, look up all the companies the Australian lady that works at a bank, is president of and answer your own question. Then ask where did the king of Saudi Arabia live the last ten years of his life before he died.


16 posted on 07/06/2010 11:59:12 AM PDT by org.whodat
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Sorry...I don't buy your take that Australia is an Arab country.
17 posted on 07/06/2010 12:06:46 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Mr. Lucky

LOL, sure and there is no Spanish stock owned by those camel jockeys. and the Ben Laden group isn’t one of the worlds biggest contractor with investment in other road construction firms world wide.. Got anymore nots!!


18 posted on 07/06/2010 12:10:50 PM PDT by org.whodat
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Front!!! I know a man that owns a Government Motors Auto dealer ship, so the sign says and he claims, but it is really a wonder how one of the largest local paving contractors personal sectary became president of the dealership. She's still his sectary!
19 posted on 07/06/2010 12:21:39 PM PDT by org.whodat
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OK, so beacause Bin Laden’s family was in the construction business, that makes Australians camel jockeys and that, in turn, makes Mitch Daniels a RINO.


20 posted on 07/06/2010 12:25:36 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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