Posted on 02/23/2011 2:31:58 AM PST by broken_arrow1
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.
Mitch... been nice knowing you!!
just what the GOP needs, more gutless wonders who know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. /sarc
Buh-BYE!
he’s from the MCcrap wing of the Republican party
He’s good as gone. I’ll take Walker over Daniels. I hate Republican who surrender to the Left and allow themselves to be walked over without a fight.
Spineless
Mitch Daniels...
Talks the talk but does not walk the walk.
darn! walker should ship daniels some of that wisconsin cheese, the calcium helps you keep a stiff backbone.
rino.
He has now joined the scumbag GOP club!
Mitch! go hold hands with Scott Brown!! RINO Losers
Boy, the GOP certainly seems to have an endless supply of these losers, doesn’t it?
“Call a truce”
The Dems consider this a Hudna.
Not only is MD like JMc in the spineless category, I get the distinct stench from MD of a Illegal Alien Amnesty type of Repub too. This has pushed him off my POTUS list.
Dimunitive Daniels has a “Neopolonic Complex”
Well Mitch; you can always say you did it for the children.
Bye Bye...So Long...Farewell...don’t forget to close the door behind you, we wouldn’t want anymore RINO’s getting in.
Sorry, but it's now or never, and Tin-ear Mitch just undercut Walker and publicly revealed himself as the squishy, gutless RINO we all knew him to be before all of this brought him to National attention.
Stick a fork in him...he's done.
I would say Mitch just entered the RINO class of Huckabee, Romney, Newt, McCain, etc.
Real conservatives or GO FISH.
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