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Friday, March 26, 2010

We Good Europeans...

What's next for Indiana now that ObamaCare has become law? Some remarks from an incredible piece by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in the Wall Street Journal:

Check to see if Indiana should drop its health insurance plans and dump its government workers into the exchanges. Paying the new tax penalty might actually be cheaper for the state, as it will be for many private firms. I'm not certain the same rule applies to government as to business, but since no member of Congress read this entire bill before the vote, I don't feel embarrassed about not knowing.

Call the state's attorney general to see if we can join one of the lawsuits to overturn ObamaCare. Yes, it's a long shot. But why not try?

We may no longer need the Department of Insurance since insurers will now be operating as regulated utilities under the thumb of the federal government.

...for the moment, our federal overlords have ruled. We better start adjusting to our new status as good Europeans.

Send me your comments. Joe

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Monday, February 22, 2010

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Mitch Daniels Now "Open" to 2012 Presidential Run

From Washington Post: Daniels said he has had a number of conversations in recent months, "none initiated by me," where the question of a 2012 campaign came up. "Just to get them off my back, I agreed to a number of people that I will now stay open to the idea," he said. ...

"From now to a year-plus from now, that's all I'm going to do," he said. "And if these people are still around, and still not fully satisfied with the field, and if I don't see anybody who's raising what I think of as the survival issues for the country, I guess I'd listen, if it's not too late, which it might well be. I've told people if it's too late, so be it."

I can't think of anything better that could happen to America in 2012. He's a proven leader, with proven results. None of that hopenchange bull so many fell for two years ago.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

An Evening With Mitch

I received the following email this morning. Governor Daniels, who is in his last term and refuses to say that he could be a contender for national office in 2012, is appearing at an event to raise funds for his Aiming Higher PAC.

This PAC appears to have been formed between Governor Daniels' first election to office and his first inauguration, and the homepage of the site has not been updated since.

To me, this is one more indication for hope that Indiana's Governor will run for higher office in 2012.


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For An Evening with

Governor Mitch Daniels

Friday, December 4, 2009
5:00-7:30 p.m.

Office of Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive, 33^rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Hosts

Governor Jim Thompson	Ty Fahner
Jim Richmond	Bob Grand
Dan Dumezich	Gretchen Gutman
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Wil Davis	Tom Wheeler
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Individual Ticket	$200

The attire for the evening is business casual.
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Governor Daniels will share his governing approach, Indiana's story, and his new mission to "promote results, ideas, and candidates that focus on government reform and serving taxpayers." This mission will be supported by the Governor's Aiming Higher PAC. Now is the time to support the Governor with his continued progress and legacy of change!

Please contact Katie Thomas at 317-964-5057 or kthomas@aiminghigher.net to RSVP or for more information. Contributions payable to Aiming Higherand sent to Katie Thomas

47 S. Meridian Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204

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Paid for by Aiming Higher. Contributions from Foreign Nationals are prohibited. Contributions from Corporations and Labor Organization are subject to limitations. Contributions to the Aiming Higher PAC are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

This email was sent by: Paid for by Mitch for Governor Campaign Committee
47 S. Meridian St., Suite 200 Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204 www.mymanmitch.com

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Mitch Daniels 2012

I find it interesting that, just two days ago, the following video was added to YouTube by the Mitch Daniels 2008 Reelection (Indiana Governor) campaign. If you aren't familiar with Mitch Daniels and Indiana, he won election in 2008 by a very large margin, and the following video was a very early video from his reelection campaign.

What I find interesting is that, if Mitch is firm about not running for President in 2012, why would he want to focus on and remind people on his hugely successful campaigns (2004 and 2008), and his real live interaction with the people? Sorry, Mitch, but I'm still not convinced that you won't be running in 2012.