Daniels deems truce with social liberals essential to fix budget

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  May 1st at 03:13 PM  | 

No such truce was necessary in the Hoosier State as Mitch earned his budget-cutting conservative icon status and there is no evidence that such a truce would garner more budget-cutting votes on Capitol Hill. I wanted to be an enthusiastic supporter of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels for the Republican nomination for President in 2012, especially given the problems of RomneyCare, Palin’s gubernatorial resignation, Pence and | Read More »

Life, Daniels and the pursuit of conservative election victories

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  September 4th at 12:26 PM  | 

Why Democrats win elections and why lifeless Daniels truces won’t produce majority reports Since his 2008 re-election Governor Mitch Daniels has been, rightly, singularly focused on reducing the size of the Indiana state government; balancing its budget and pursuing policies that would attract business to the Hoosier State. Ronald Reagan would be proud of Daniels’ successful application of conservative principles at the state level as | Read More »