He's No Sarah Palin, but Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Could Unite the "Party of No"
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Oh Mediaspin...
Mediaspin - The Soldiers' and Sailors' Home is a burden to taxpayers. Yes, some citizens are helped by it, but the cost to maintain it is extraordinary. If the protesters who visited the Indiana Statehouse multiple times this year thought that it was so good to keep open, they could easily get together and replace the home with a much better and more efficient not-for-profit. They could help so many more children than the government ever could, with its bureaucratic squandering. Hoosiers are loving and caring people, and they don't need to rely on Mitch Daniels, David Long, or Pat Bauer to take care of at risk kids.
Mitch has that one right. He has a lot of things right. He knows you can't spend money you don't have. He knows you have to measure progress and always self evaluate. He could be even more fiscally prudent for my tastes, but pretty much anyone the Republicans put next to Obama is going to look like a penny pincher.
The biggest weakness for any fiscal conservative is that they won't promise handouts in exchange for votes. I doubt the Democrats or Republicans will have one in the presidential election.
God Bless you, Grundy
...And everyone else who sees the light. My comments weren't so much for Mediaspin, as he has so obviously demonstrated at least an emotional attachment if not an outright personal interest the facility staying open, but my comments are mostly because we need to team up against these special interests of big spending and reclaim our country.
Mediaspin has been trolling every article on this subject and put out the same talking points. He's probably a PR operative from the home. That's fine, but just remember, as government apparatuses have taken over projects like this, it becomes more difficult for individuals to donate to the nonprofits that do this much more efficiently and often with deeper conviction in seeing positive results.
To: Howard
It's amusing how hard you are trying to get Mediaspin to see the light. I would say you should give up. I am from Illinois and we and Indiana were in similar financial shape a few years ago. I'm sure you know the story about our governor. At the time that was happening, Mitch was rolling up his sleeves and exercising some fiscal responsibility. As a result, IN is several years ahead of IL. I think Quinn will be much better than Blago for IL, but that remains to be seen. The problem with people like Mediaspin is that the country is full of special interests like that. Pet projects, pork, subsidies, lobbyists, and on and on. One of the main jobs of the guy at the top, whether it's a CEO at a corporation, or a governor of a state, or the President of the U.S., is to stay in the black. He is the one that has to make the tough choices, and some programs have to suffer for the overall good of the company, state, or country. Every cut is going to make someone unhappy, but I applaud Mitch for understanding one of his primary goals and making progress. As a slightly left-leaning independent, I would definitely support him no matter what party he represented.
About Palin - for Daivie
I think Palin is an excellent force with character and I respect her greatly - no matter how much the main stream media tries to destroy her family.
I don't want to agree with you as the dynamics may likely change, but I don't want to disagree with you either since both Mitch and Palin have their own attributes. Mitch is intensely popular (70% approval rating) and if he put together the same sort of team for another election, it would stand very well in it's own right. Get out the vote (GOTV) efforts for Mitch in the 2008 general election were phenomenal and his campaigning was positive with strong but respectful contrast. He won across the board and with such a diversity of support that it really should be emulated. As for the primary 2008, there really wasn't a reason to get go vote, so any primary speculation may be a bit of a stretch. McCain's campaign relied almost entirely on Mitch in Indiana, but as many would probably agree, McCain shot himself in the foot too many times.
