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Subscribe to RSSSAN DIEGO -- Speaking to reporters at the Republican Governors Association meeting here, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said they were planning to wait until the spring to make up their minds about running for president in 2012.
Barbour said that any decision wouldn't come until after his state's legislative session concluded in April or May. One benefit to waiting, he observed: "The later you start, the less money you'll spend."
Is he thinking about a White House bid? "I am," Barbour replied. "I've begun to talk about it."
As for Daniels, he too said he wanted to spend the next five to six months working with his state's legislature for "another round of big reforms."
"That takes you into April," Daniels said, adding that any decision would not come sooner than that.
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That's about right. Given Daniel's supper legislative majorities in the Indiana statehouse, it should take him only 5-6 months to dismantle the remainder state government and abolish public sector unions.
It is six thirty, so I am pretty sure Daniels has had 'supper'. End snark.
I plan on sending him a picture of my princess, and her health record, and using that to help him decide to run. You have a problem with Daniels? To bad. Indianians re elected him by 68%, while only elected Obama by the slimmest of margins.
Run Mitch run!
Snark back, it's too bad. Sorry, spell check isn't perfect. It's 5:30 to those of us in NWI. Mitch just over does it and has far too many pre-conceived prejudices. Unions aren't all bad and some people really do need government services.
Both Daniels and Barbour come from welfare states. Daniels at least only gets a little more from the feds than he spends in Indiana. However Barbour is a total hog. Raking in over twice as much as he gives to the feds. Neither of these states has an excuse for this. They both have industry and a good population. They are not Alaska or New Mexico. You want fiscal irresponsibility? Hire one of these buffoons to run the federal government and let's see how quickly we become a third world country.
They couldn't be any worse than the buffoon who currently is attempting to run the federal government (and our nation into the ground). Liberalism is all about the elimination of our middle class and redistributing that wealth to the third world but the lemmings still don't get it.
As opposed to Conservatism which is all about the elimination of our middle class and redistributing that wealth to the rich.
Please explain how liberalism is all about the elimination of our middle class.
Uh, NoNo, we who hail from Indiana refer to ourselves as Hoosiers, not "Indianians." As for Ana's comment, we've already had Mitch Daniels running the federal budget once...as GW's Budget Director. Doubtful that he'll mention that in his platform, though.
Meanwhile, Mitch WILL tout that the Indiana state budget is in great shape...but he won't likely mention bankrupting every city and county in Indiana to do it.
Thanks for enlightening me YosemiteSam. Have a great weekend and an even better Thanksgiving!
Of course all the repubs are waiting to announce. They want to see how the new House of Reps. does. If things get worse, why put yourself out there to run in 2012. Does anyone really believe the repub run House will be any less anemic?
I think the Republican House will be more anemic and will try and push through the conservative agenda only to blame the Democratic Senate and President when it won't pass or won't work. We seem to live in a fast-food society where we want results now. We need to be an informed and educated electorate and then and only then will our votes "count". Too many base their votes on rhetoric being spewed by the minority party and TV/radio talking heads. Let's have a transparency in campaign finance and eliminate Political TV ads. Then we would have to research and read about issues that matter therefore being more educated when casting our votes.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour decision wouldn't come until after his state's legislative session concluded in April or May????
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour defended fellow Gov. Bob McDonnell for his decision to declare April "Confederate History Month" in Virginia without initially acknowledging the legacy of slavery, saying the controversy "doesn't amount to diddly."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/11/mississippi-gov-barbour-backs-mcdonnell-confederate-history-declaration/#ixzz15gJ0pLzj
For you to expect the descendants of slaves to sit at your table and celebrate the horrors of slavery like separating families, beatings, working from sun up to sun down.
Yea okay Fat boy; wait
Haley Barbour is a Southerner with a drawl, he knows he can expect the race card being thrown out there endlessly.
I am guessing the country is smart enough to move past the divisive racebaiters of the Left.
Pre-emptive race card playing isn't going to eliminate the racial aspect for bigots like Haley Barbour. Try it all you like, it will fail miserably to remove the legacy of segregationists.
Haley...such aspirations...this is going too be very interesting. I wonder how many Republicans are planing on running for the Presidency?
Let's see...that's Plawenty, Mitt, Barbour (Governor of Mississippi "snark") and tada! Daniels is a possibility and let's not leave out Palin...what fun this going to be too watch! lol!!
Don't forget Newt. With this illustrious list of potential candidates, one can't help but wonder if the repubs consider 2012 a throwaway like 1996.
You're right! I forgot about Newt...I'M watching this closely...another 1996....
I don't think they think it's a throw away....
I think that they realise that against Obama, Any of them have a good chance.....
In the general, Mitt may have a decent chance. I just don't see him winning the primary.
Yea...it's their imagination and arrogance...it won't take you Republicants long to f---k up what you think that you've gained...
Republicants always manage to entertain US...I want to see that "Contract" that Boehner was spouting about...and WHERE ARE THE JOBS? This is going to be fun too watch...
President Obama has done an excellent job with what he's had to work with; it's REAL easy to stand on the outside peering in the window without the benefit of actual knowledge of what's really transpiring.
There isn't a QUALIFIED Republican that can actually run for the office...
.........and don't forget the Godless Rev. Huckabee!
Each one of them will get funding from Faux!
Doesn't matter who the GOP runs for 2012, Obama will be the CIC of the newly begun war with IRAN by then. We're not changing Commanders in the middle of a war that threatens our easy access to oil.
It's called an October Surprise.
Chilled,
I forgot about the far right-wrong Rev. Huckabee! What a cluster F! The entire Republican Party has (as my mother used to say) "done ran out"-- meaning...too much wh-ring around to even be treated like serious men or women...