My wife says that Mitch Daniels has been a jerk to his wife and daughters, and is either a naïve communicator, or intentionally trying to make his wife look bad. There’s actually two things that you should read before you make up your mind. First is the email he sent to supporters saying he wasn’t running for President. Here’s the relevant section:
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“I think we know with reasonable certainty that, standing up there on the west front of the Capitol on January 20, 2013, will be one of three people: Obama, [Tim] Pawlenty, and [Mitch] Daniels.” George Will came to this conclusion on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour.” InTrade, the world’s leading prediction market (according to itself), has Tim Pawlenty’s chances of being the Republican nominee at 18.4% (It has Romney at 25.8%, Jon Huntsman at 12.6%, and Mitch Daniels at 11%).
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Here are several articles/posts from the week ending May 7, 2011, that you should read:
Politics: “Mitch Daniels: Education Reformer” by Ryan Streeter
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He’s not as good-looking as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin or Paul Ryan (do you know how often I begin to call him Ryan Paul, or even Ron Paul—what kind of guy has two first names for a name?). He’s not as ugly as Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich or Mitch Daniels. So, I guess we can chalk up his average looks as another point against him.
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There’s been more and more buzz in political circles about Mitch Daniels recently, as Republicans try to find someone that can offer a solid alternative to President Obama in the 2012 election. I think this is primarily due to the fact that Republicans in general have soured to the candidates already assumed to be frontrunners in the race (Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, etc.). It seems like these candidates have been disqualified by Republican voters (or at least the media) for one thing or another:
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In order of their current likelihood that they’ll end up the Republican nominee, here is my list of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates:
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