Indiana, fella named Mitch Daniels. I don't recall what link you are referring to, but here's a piece:
The American Spectator : Blade Runner
I wanted to say that he was from Nevada and the article was from the Wall Street Journal, but whatever. Daniels is exactly what we'll need.
He cut spending and whatever extra money that he needed, he got from a sales tax, not an income or corporate tax.
But he suffers from 1. charisma (lack thereof)
Exciting isn't something that people always go for
. I mean, the people elected Carter once, not exactly a life of a party :2razz: .
If the Democratic party hadn't described him as Ford = Nixon = Evil, we would have never had Carter as president.
I think that if he has a record for getting the job done, that will scream the loudest. The opposition will say: Look he's boring! He can say: Look, I made a small but functional form of government.
The people don't really mind a lack of excitement in Washington. As long as things actually work, then this will be an after-thought, especially in this climate.
(see #1) and 3. solid identity within the tea party regular-folk crowd.
Or the country for that matter.
Now that I think about it, I think you might have shown me the same person. However, no one really knows him, what he did or what he wants to do.
He's a policy wonk, not a regular citizen like you and me; who recognizes on a fundamental level how out of control our government is.
If he can get across to the people well enough in Indiana and explain what he's going to do and do so clearly and without fluff (read: BS), then he should be fine. He sounds like he can get the message across, otherwise he wouldn't be governor.
I think, that he would provide
excellent balance, however, as a VP pick on a Palin ticket. For those worried she can't talk to much good or sound smarterer than themselfs; please meet the former head of the OMB
.
My problem with Palin so far is that she hasn't really done a good job of defending herself. The slime was smeared at her and she just let it keep on coming. The other issue is that a Palin and Daniels ticket will have a gaping foreign policy problem.
To be perfectly honest, I'd rather have him be in the driver's seat.
Plus he would put Biden over his knee and absolutely spank him in a VP debate. :devil:
Please, Biden would cry to make him stop. Who knows, I might actually end up feeling sorry for Joe.
The old saw is that every Representative thinks he would make a good Senator and every Senator thinks he would make a good President. The trick is to keep good conservative Senators in the Senate so we A) don't lose their vote and B) don't lose the election.
Yes, this will actually pretty tough.
Many fakes will try to attach themselves to the small-government ticket only to try to do the opposite behind the scenes. Initially Daniels will be quite frustrated. However, after about 2-3 years (by 2014 at least), he'll have more like-minded politicians beside him.