I’m in the middle of something in Indiana related to Daniels. It feels like the sort of things Fishtalk says about Delaware. I don’t know if I’m up to what she does when she posts but I am going to try.
First a new story on the Hill about Daniels:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/149155-daniels-endorses-embattled-lugar-calls-him-a-role-model
Daniels is endorsing Lugar in 2012 after the Tea Party made him an issue and endorsed a different candidate.
The tea party candidate is the state treasurer Richard Mourdock, at least many tea party groups do support him. I don’t know that anyone speaks for the entire state. It is an effort that is being organized.
This is from Mourdock’s campaign website, contrasting his positions to Lugar. There were some things I didn’t know which I am ashamed to admit since I do pay attention, close attention to such things.
http://www.richardmourdock.com/content/lugar-vs-mourdock
This is from Mourdock’s announcement speech, where he discusses Lugar regarding the Indiana tea party:
“Mr. Lugar even went so far as to say that the Tea Party needs to: “get real.” Please understand, I know you ARE real. I understand the “reality” in which you live and it is that of the heartland that IS Indiana. YOU are not disconnected from reality, it is those living in that fantasy land of Washington DC where taxpayers are seen as revenue sources and burdensome regulations are seen as the product of a good day’s work.… It is the elite of Washington DC who must “get real.” “
This next part is more interesting to me, because in 2006 I contacted everyone listed on the Rep Indiana website about Lugar, and I could never vote for him again. I received no replies, but Mourdock said a number of people on the state committee talked to him as individuals and asked him to run against Lugar. Not the state Republican party but individual committeemen. They he started calling county chairs. Ended up seventy four percent of the county chairs endorsed Mourdock. The remaining ones did not endorse Lugar but said they would not be endorsing anyone until after the primary. Source is here:
http://www.richardmourdock.com/news/announcement-speech-us-senate-candidacy
So what kind of a mess is this, that all of a sudden Daniels is saying he is endorsing Lugar after he said he would not when the tea party made their statements about Lugar and being opposed to him?
Looks like more of the same establishment Republicans forcing a really bad establishment politician down our throats, which is what happened in 2010 with Dan Coats. In the primary, two tea party candidates ran against Coats and divided the vote so Coats won. [Marlin Stutzman, Hofstetter] If you put the votes of the two together it would have knocked out Coats. So now we are stuck for six years with the establishment doesn’t have a spine Dan Coats.
Marlin Stutzman was elected in the fall to the House of Representatives.
The tea party in Indiana is trying to be united this time behind one candidate, which would be Mourdock. He is very popular, has independent voter support, is pro life, strong on fiscal conservative credentials and is a constitutional conservative. There are other conservatives who want to run but he is probably the strongest candidate and he lacks nothing on conservative credentials. He has a lot of support among the Republican party elected officials.
And Daniels wants to endorse Lugar. Probably thinks he owes him a favor.
The tea party in this state is trying to build and gather strength. There are a few groups and the Indianapolis tea party is trying to organize more groups in other counties, including my county.
I don’t like Daniels. I REALLY do not like Daniels. I’m not alone in this state. I like the Lt. Governor, she is a solid conservative, and he picked her so he would have some support among conservatives. He likes to take credit for things he hasn’t done, and is now sending her out to events where he has problems.
Just wanted to give this thread an idea of what is going on in this state, since MD will probably be on lots of talk shows in the run up to the election. It might be a good thing if the fleebaggers continued to stay out of state in Indiana, and he had to keep calling more sessions of the legislature, because it might prevent him from running for president. He said he was not going to do anything about running for president until this problem is resolved.
Thanks for the insight from somewhat in the state who knows far more about Daniels than I do.
Which isn’t hard since I know almost nothing, except that he was mentioned as a possible candidate.
Hmmmm...
...so this is Mitch Daniels, right? This is the guy who, out of nowhere, is suddenly some kind of darling contender for a presidential bid?
His name has been mentioned prominently by some of the RINO talk drones, including Krauthammer I believe. Bill Crystal, whose picture should be under the phrase “spokesnoid for the Blue Blood GOP’s”...was naming possible candidates at one interview I saw. HE mentioned Mitch Daniels and again, what the hey? In all my visions did I see any sign of this Mitch Daniels in the surround.
But the Blue Bloods, looks to me like they like ole Mitch. And it looks to me like ole Mitch is a Blue Blood Ruling Class and Luger...hey’s he’s another RINO the Blue Bloods want to foist upon you, I can see the forest for the trees all the way from Delaware.
I wish you well. I’m on your side. because they want their Blue Blood club in there and they want their RINOS and they do not like this Tea Party crowd one whit. We don’t know what the hell we’re talking about, we think that just like this...snap fingers here....that you can vote to overturn that which has been for many years or install that which has never been....it don’t work like that, the Tea Partiers do not have a soupcon of the inside knowledge that we...the Ruling Class Blue Blood GOP have...they don’t understand it and we must save them from their folley.
Bill Crystal, snooty long-nosed toot looking down it at us morons who want REAL Conservatives, went on to name a few other guys for GOP presidential then, I’m not making this up, deliberately did NOT mention Palin but, so cutely I almost gagged, he rolled his eyes and said...”is there someone else I’m forgetting here?”...dag how I laffed, damn this man is too clever by half again.
They are not going to give it up and we are not the Democrats who must be reached to across the aisle with soft hands and carefully buffed fingernails. We are the ones that they have no compunction whatsoever with lying about, cheating on, mocking as if the greatest students of Alinsky on the planet....I’m not exaggerating folks. They fight their base, the Tea Party types, like pit bulls being let loosed on Mike Vick.
I wish you well, I’m on your side, stand your principles, wear a crash helmet and dear Lord we’d all love to see this Luger gone.
And by me this Mitch Daniels done sold his soul to the Blue Blood Ruling Class elite devils.
Thank God for the Tea Party Pats is all I can say.