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BEHOLD: Our Man Mitch doing his annual motorcycle run through Indiana to support families of National Guardsmen. He is SO FREAKING CUTE.
But you know what is hilarious about this video? He talks all about promoting motorcycle safety, and there are a bunch of total jackoffs riding behind him without helmets.
GAWD.
I love how he explained the big blow-up about the “social issue truce” by simply saying that we need to put first things first. And I love his no-nonsense, common sense approach to fiscal issues.
Folks might disagree with his approach, but you can’t argue our state’s results.
MITCH 2012!
At this point, you’re probably thinking, “Mock – we get it. You love Mitch Daniels. SHUT UP already.”
But you see, I feel like you should get to know everything you can about your next President. This interview with John Stossel is about Mitch’s privatization of the Indiana state toll road. It was a controversial idea, and it worked like a total charm, bringing four billion dollars to the state and an awesomely better toll road to boot. Mitch has the good sense to know that more often than not, private companies run stuff better than government. He’s like Reagan that way.
Mitch’ll be on Fox News Sunday tomorrow, and you should watch it. But even if you don’t, it’s pretty much a guarantee that I’ll post video from it. 
Hey readers! I’m sitting in the Omaha airport waiting to head home, and just saw this COMPLETELY PRECIOUS video of Our Man Mitch from the state fair. Look at him in his ball cap, talkin’ ag and braggin’ on his wife being the best cow milker in the state.
I know there’s work to be done convincing Mrs. Daniels that her husband needs to be President, but can you just imagine how refreshing it would be to have a cow-milking, state fair-loving, total NON-celebrity type of First Lady, who’d rather spend two weeks straight mixing it up with regular folks than bothering with commissioning fancy coats from London?
MITCH 2012!!!
Daisy and I got to attend a “Young Professionals” event for Our Man Mitch’s Aiming Higher PAC this evening. Daisy still technically qualifies as a Young Professional (40 or younger), but even though I don’t, I sneaked in anyway. I wasn’t the only ineligible attendee, happily. But STILL, we were in a sea of 20 somethings, one of which was our cute little buddy Liz:
As we always manage to do, we found ourselves right near the part of the room where Mitch addressed the crowd, standing just a few feet away from him. And as he always manages to do, he spoke off the cuff, no prepared notes or anything, and talked about Aiming Higher, and its mission to promote ideas and results, and help reform-minded candidates protect tax-payers, create more efficient government, and create an education environment that empowers teachers, parents and kids. It’s a pretty cool PAC, and Mitch is very passionate about it, as he is about everything that relates to making our state better.
After he took a few questions, I planned to immediately hug assault him, and stood (impatiently, I have to admit) with Daisy as Mitch was wrapping up talking to someone else. And then, as I was turned away slightly, I felt his arm around my neck, and instead of having to hug assault him, he hugged me first. I could have died of happiness right there and then. After that, Daisy and I both basically mauled him with more hugs, and he immediately asked Daisy about her daughter, because THAT is what kind of person he is. And then I said, “Soooo, I have a question. I’ve reserved the “chicksformitch.com” domain/web address, and I’m just wondering, you know, when we should launch it for your presidential campaign.” And he said sort of the same stuff he’s been saying, which is that his focus right now is on Indiana, and that there’s plenty of work to do here, but that there are lots of people of influence who are encouraging him, and because of that, he’s remaining open to the idea. And he joked and said, “If there’s anyone who’ll get an answer out of me, it’ll probably be you.” I loved that. So basically, you know, not a YES, but not a no.
Naturally, I’ve decided to interpret that as a yes.
Anyway, we got our picture with him as we always do, and as he’s always so kind to oblige, and then we moved on to our next important mission – to find out whether we could walk back to the parking garage with Daisy holding a beer. I insisted to Daisy that it was fine, but she wanted to consult with one of the attorneys who were there. The first one we spoke with said that it probably wasn’t a good idea. So I said, “Neither is building a giant mosque at Ground Zero, but it’s still legal.” And after that, we were informed that it is, indeed, illegal to walk down the street holding a beer. So I’m happy to report that no thanks to me, Daisy isn’t in jail this evening.
Now, I’m at the airport about to board a plane for Nebraska, and so Daisy will be keeping you entertained tomorrow. Make sure to check out the Aiming Higher website, and fanify them on facebook too.
LOVE OUR MAN MITCH!!!
When someone writes an article not just about Mitch Daniels, and not just about Chris Christie, but BOTH MITCH DANIELS AND CHRIS CHRISTIE. Together. In the same article. It’s like a double dose of the glees, wrapped up into a big chimichanga of awesome, with the sweet nectar of Hacienda salsa on top.
That’s precisely what this article is. In it, Rich Lowry talks about my two favorite governors, and entitles his article, “Attack of the Adults.” HOW FABULOUS is that?!?!
Lowry suggests that if you’re looking for adults in government, look no further than my two favorite governors, who are, as Lowry describes, “forging a limited-government Republicanism that connects with people and solves problems. They are models of how to take inchoate dissatisfaction with the status quo, launder it through political talent, and apply it in a practical way to governance.”
We’ve talked endlessly here about Daniels’ and Christie’s accomplishments for Indiana and New Jersey, but if you need a refresher consult the source linked above.
Meantime, just enjoy the close of Lowry’s article, which reads as follows (emphasis mine): “Both Christie and Daniels are happy (or, in the case of the latter, pleasant) warriors. They both are distinctive politicians, not what a political consultant would cook up in his laboratory (Christie has too much girth and Daniels too little hair). They both feel the weight of responsibility as the chief executives of their states in a way that hyperbolic congressmen and commentators don’t. They prove that Republicans can govern, that budgets can be tamed, and that politics can work, so long as serious men and women put their shoulders to the wheel. In short, they are adults. Their like can’t gain control of Washington soon enough.“
LOVE.
I love this new ad showing all of Chris Christie’s (my 2nd favorite governor) results from his first six months in office. This is totally fabulous. You know what it reminds me of? The BEST CAMPAIGN AD OF ALL TIME:
You know how these two ads are different than Democratic ads? They’re not jam packed with attacks. They simply focus on results achieved.
Competence – it’s the new charisma.
You guys, no fewer than 3 of you now have sent me emails to let me know that both Dana Perino AND Karl Rove mentioned Mitch as a contender for the 2012 presidential election on Fox today. I am DYING DYING DYING to find video of that, but in the meantime, here he is talking about the constitutionality (or lack thereof) of the healthcare legislation.
I love him so much. And you know what else I love? That people like Karl Rove and Dana Perino are talking about him. Because the more they talk, the more the word gets out, and the more other people will start to say, “Hmm – who’s this Mitch Daniels cat? I need to find out more about him” and then they’ll find out more and then they’ll realize that he is the best thing that could happen to the office of the presidency since Reagan and then he’ll be elected and I will pass out from sheer joy.
That’s what else I love.
There’s been some buzz recently about the possibility of Hillary Clinton making a run against Obama in a primary election in 2012. And there are conflicting opinions about that. Some think she’d win easily and handily – and not just against Obama but against a GOP opponent in the general as well. Others think that kind of split and tension between the President and his Sec’y of State could really fracture the entire Democratic party.
Here’s an interesting take, which includes a possibility of Obama dumping Biden and making Hillary his next running mate.
My opinion on this is that if Hillary runs against Obama, she’ll beat him. And I also think she could beat a GOP contender, if we put her against any of the usual suspects (Palin, Newt, Romney, Huckabee, et al). If My Man Mitch runs, I think it’d be a really tough battle, and while my heart says he’d win, my head tells me it’s too close to call. And you KNOW liberals would LOVE to lay claim to voting in the first black president AND the first woman president. They live for that stuff.
Anyway, I want to know what you think. Let’s take a couple of polls:
Loading ...Now then, let’s assume for a moment that Hillary DOES run against Obama in primary, and that she wins. With that assumption, answer this:
Loading ...I didn’t include Gov. Christie on purpose, because he really really insists that he’s not running.
Discuss.
This isn’t what we had in mind.
AT ALL.
This woman looks rabid. And you know what bugs me? When a conservative celebrity says something that a conservative regular person agrees with, and that conservative regular person immediately thinks that the conservative celebrity should be president. THAT IS STUPID.
Look. I like Glenn Beck. I think he provides a valuable service – in that he asks questions others don’t ask, and he gets people like Van Jones to resign simply from media pressure. Those are good things. But he’s also an emotional trainwreck much of the time, and he is NOT QUALIFIED to be president, just because he happens to have high rated tv and radio shows. Granted, I know Obama’s not qualified either, but conservatives need to be better than that.
You know who’s qualified? Mitch Daniels. That’s who’s qualified.
I did just finish reading Beck’s The Overton Window. I liked it, except for the rather abrupt ending. One thing I especially liked was a line out of Beck’s “Note From The Author” section in the beginning of the book. He wrote, “I’ve been called every hateful thing there is to call someone and I can handle it. But when all is said and done and people look back at this time in the history of our great country, there’s only one thing I hope that everyone, critics and fans alike, call me…
Wrong.”
I liked that. But I still don’t think he should be president. And the chick in the video needs to rethink her lipstick.
BEHOLD: My Man Mitch talking about how to properly govern a state with fiscal responsibility.
He makes sense. And that is what I love best about him. (If you don’t count all the other stuff, like the fact that he’s completely adorable.)
…but Governor Christie has no plans to run for President. And he doesn’t want to be anyone’s running mate.
Hopes for a Daniels/Christie ticket are fading.
But still – how AWESOME is he? I just love love love him.
This is the intro video which was played at the convention this past weekend to introduce Mitch to the crowd.
Total Goosebumps. LOVE.
Our buddies at Hoosier Access, because they are Actual Media People, got Mitch’s speech on video yesterday. It’s in 3 parts, but you should watch all three, so that you can get to know your next President. You’ll notice the total absence of teleprompters. He doesn’t need ‘em. You’ll also notice he takes a while to get going in the first video, what with all the screaming of “Run, Mitch RUN!” and cheering and what not.
