While he continues to insist that he won’t be running for President in 2012, Our Man Mitch keeps getting attention from the national press about just how good he’d be if he changed his mind.
George Will is, I think it’s safe to say, a Mitch fan. In his latest article, his lead paragraph is, in fact, as follows:
“In 2013, when President Mitch Daniels, former Indiana governor, is counting his blessings, at the top of his list will be the name of his vice president: Paul Ryan. The former congressman from Wisconsin will have come to office with ideas for steering the federal government to solvency.”
OMG – that could be my ultimate dream team. Can you even imagine the awesomeness?
Granted, the bulk of the article is about Paul Ryan – more so than about Mitch, but it’s pitch perfect all the same. Will describes Ryan’s Roadmap, which includes tax reform, a reduction of our debt, retirement security, and healthcare reform. And the more I read about the Roadmap, the more I like it. Ryan wants to eliminate taxes on stuff like capital gains and death. He wants to reduce the corporate income tax, which is crippling US businesses and driving them overseas. Ryan wants to use refundable tax credits to help people buy portable health insurance coverage in any state. He wants to encourage more use of medical savings accounts, which more closely resemble auto insurance plans than they do the common PPO-type health insurance option many people have grown far too accustomed to. He wants to let workers decide if they want to invest part of their social security tax in personal retirement accounts.
I mean, it just makes sense, you guys. Particularly when you compare Ryan’s Roadmap to what Will describes as the Democratic ” impenetrable labyrinth of health care legislation.”
Daniels/Ryan 2012. It’s my ultimate Presidential/VP ticket fantasy.
Oh my gosh! I LOVE Paul Ryan! That would be the best thing ever! I remember him talking on Fox News after the ’08 election about what the Republican Party needed to do next, and he was just spot on. I remember thinking then that I’d love to see him as President or VP. This is awesome news!
Great column. GO Will, GO Daniels, GO Ryan.
That would be a ticket I could whole heartily support.
OMG, you actually made my eyes well up with tears and the mere thought of this absolute Dream Team. I wouldn’t live in a constant state of anxiety if there were a President Mitch Daniels in the White House. God, please let this come to pass.
If George Will called himm out, that is a clarion call to the republican establishment, Mitch has been offically marked, and the pressure will slowly mount for him to make a move.