Signs point to Mike Pence bowing out of presidential race to run for governor

The American Thinker ^ | 15/11 | Ed Lasky

[Lakeshark]

Pundits have been speculating regarding the plans of my favorite Congressman, Mike Pence, after he won the straw poll for President at the Values Voter conference a few months ago and when he resigned as the Chairman of the Republican Conference late last year -citing plans that would detract from his being able to fulfill the duties of that leadership position.

Late last year, he told inquiring minds that he would be making his decision regarding his plans early this year. But now the signs are indicating that he intends to run for the governor's office opening up in Indiana when the term-limited Mitch Daniels steps down in 2012

[Lakeshark]

Fwiw

[Bigtigermike]

Yea Pissant and “some” PDS haters on FR are deeply sadden

[Lakeshark]

Interesting observations here. I’m not surprised at all, congresscritters don’t jump to the presidency, and he seems smart enough to know it.

[Al B.]

Fwiw

LOL!

[Lakeshark]

LOL. You found this before I could ping you.....

[Lakeshark]

You caught me.

*Looks around sheepishly*

:-)

[skeeter]

I don't care who runs as long as they've got their head right about the Constitution.

We can't afford to invest in the personalities of individual politicians this time.

[dirtboy]

Good move for Pence - get that vital executive experience at the governor level - he’s only 51 so he has plenty of time to serve a term or two before running for president.

[Lakeshark]

I like Pence, and I agree, this would be a great move.

[ScottinVA]

I think Pence will be a success in whatever he does. If he’s going to forego a Presidential run in favor of the Governorship, I say godspeed. He’ll be back.

[dforest]

Mike would probably win and make an excellent Governor.

[PhilCollins]

Rep. Pence made the right decision. Only one president was elected while he was a congressman, James Garfield. Two of the last three republican presidents were governors. Pence can be elected governor in 2012 and ‘16, and he might be elected president, in 2020 or ‘24. He was born in June 1959, so, in Nov. 2024, he’ll be 65.

[lormand]

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Pence support the Ethanol industry?

Support for Ethanol is a fatal policy position and is validation for the Global Warming scam.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sarah must have tipped him off about her plans.

[Bigtigermike]

I’m glad that you don’t care, but the reality is that a lot of people even here only look at stopping a particular someone while they can’t defend these others who are less “constitutional” as you would want

[Lazlo in PA]

There is some much lower hanging fruit for Pence in '12.

This fossil needs to go.

[PhilCollins]

I agree that Sen. Lugar should retire, in 2012. If Gov. Daniels doesn’t run for president, he should run for Lugar’s seat.

[ken5050]

I’d like to see him run against Lugar in the primary..

[Dr. Sivana]

Support for Ethanol is a fatal policy position and is validation for the Global Warming scam.

Support for ethanol is validation that said supporter is from a corn growing state. These candidates are men and women, not angels walking the earth.

[lormand]

"Support for ethanol is validation that said supporter is from a corn growing state."

Translation: Finger in the wind politics is OK.

Does he still support the Global Warming Scam? If not, where is his admission of being duped?

[Dr. Sivana]

Does he still support the Global Warming Scam?

Below is a link to a liberal site that proclaims that Pence doesn't believe in global warming. The actual quotation does give him wiggle room ("the science is very mixed") but I believe that was before the East Anglia debacle.

Do note that some folks who support ethanol do so because they believe that it lessens U.S. dependence on foreign oil, not because of global warming. Others have been lobbied successfully that ethanol is essential to the state's economy. Even Jesse Helms supported tobacco subsidies. Crop subsidies are not the hill that these conservatives want to die on.

2009 Interview with Chris Matthews

[varon]

We can't afford to invest in the personalities of individual politicians this time.

Worth repeating and repeating and...................

[onyx]

FWIW, Erickson at RedState is deeply saddened, too.

It’s really disgusting to me, that pundits and others seem to think that they can pick candidates to run, when one of the most important criteria has to be the candidate’s own *fire-in-the-belly* to run!

I give you the almost dragged and drafted Fred Thompson in ‘08 as the sterling example.

[jospehm20]

Probably won’t be too many Senators doing it either after the disaster we have now.

[Mr. Silverback]

My question is, does this mean Mitch is in?

[Mr. Silverback]

Support for Ethanol is a fatal policy position

Sadly, it's not.

[dforest]

He never entered. It is hard to bow out from something you never entered. I will be happy if Pence goes for Governor. He would be a shoo in.

[Mr. Silverback]

Though I hate the ethanol scam, there’s nothing about being pro-ethanol that requires one to be an AGW believer. Diversity of energy sources is a good idea in itself, and if ethanol was all that its supporters claim, I’d be an rnthusiastic supporter, too, though I would still oppose subsidies.

[lormand]

I stand corrected...thanks.

I think way back to Jimmy Carter when he advocated such before the Global Warming scam started.