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THE governor does not like to keep people waiting. On a recent morning this small man leapt out of a trooper’s Toyota (Indiana-made) while it was still moving. He burst into a tiny chamber of commerce and began joking with businessmen, teachers and farmers. He is comfortable with most people in most places. He can command a boardroom. He has moseyed through enough fairs to know how to sign a goat—on its left side, so as not to write against the grain of its coat. After some small talk with the chamber, he introduced himself formally: “Mitch Daniels, your employee in public service.”
Most Americans know little or nothing of Mr Daniels. He does not tweet. “I’m not an interesting enough person,” he explains. He is a Republican who had never heard of 9/12, Glenn Beck’s tea-party group, before The Economist mentioned it to him. But he is good at one thing in particular: governing.
The road lease and time change were, at first, enormously unpopular. He privatised the state’s welfare system, an unqualified disaster—eventually he cancelled the contract. But by the end of his first term he had transformed a $200m deficit into a $1.3 billion surplus and the state had earned its first AAA credit rating. It helped that Indiana was faring better than its rusty neighbours. Manufacturing output grew by 20% between 1998 and 2008. Michigan’s slumped by 12% during the same time. The number of bioscience jobs, still small, grew 17.2% from 2001 to 2008. Mr Daniels tried to help, keeping taxes low and investing in infrastructure before it was hip. When the recession began, Indiana’s unemployment rate was lower than the national average.
By 2008 all this had culminated in a simple reality: Indiana liked its man Mitch. Barack Obama won the state, but Mr Daniels trounced his Democratic opponent, 58% to 40%. Some of this was luck. The opponent was lacklustre; the recession had yet to do its worst. But his victory was still notable. He won the young by 51% to 42%, and even picked up 20% of black and 37% of Hispanic voters.
THE governor does not like to keep people waiting. On a recent morning this small man leapt out of a trooper’s Toyota (Indiana-made) while it was still moving. He burst into a tiny chamber of commerce and began joking with businessmen, teachers and farmers. He is comfortable with most people in most places. He can command a boardroom. He has moseyed through enough fairs to know how to sign a goat—on its left side, so as not to write against the grain of its coat. After some small talk with the chamber, he introduced himself formally: “Mitch Daniels, your employee in public service.”
Most Americans know little or nothing of Mr Daniels. He does not tweet. “I’m not an interesting enough person,” he explains. He is a Republican who had never heard of 9/12, Glenn Beck’s tea-party group, before The Economist mentioned it to him. But he is good at one thing in particular: governing.
It's a real reformer, he proved as governor.Forget Palin...
How interesting about the Toyotas. Ray La Hood, sec. of transportation, was criticized for buying his daughter an American-made Toyota. But he's a Dem, so that's OK.
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So impressive, he must run !
According to your copyright violation, he walks on water.
How interesting about the Toyotas. Ray La Hood, sec. of transportation, was criticized for buying his daughter an American-made Toyota. But he's a Dem, so that's OK.
According to your copyright violation, he walks on water.
Hmmm, don't know much about him. Personally I think Trump would be a better candidate, with his business acumen he could turn the country around. Romney might be electable but he's a bit too RINO for me. Ideally, I would love Ron Paul but he's not electable and he's too old
Hmmm, don't know much about him. Personally I think Trump would be a better candidate, with his business acumen he could turn the country around. Romney might be electable but he's a bit too RINO for me. Ideally, I would love Ron Paul but he's not electable and he's too old
Yeah, Trump could be good, he has money and contacts.
How interesting about the Toyotas. Ray La Hood, sec. of transportation, was criticized for buying his daughter an American-made Toyota. But he's a Dem, so that's OK.
Actually Ray LaHood is a Republican. But yeah, it's going after the Democratic President's administration, even for buying a car made by American workers because the corporate profits won't stay entirely in the US.
Frankly Mitch Daniels seems like a pretty good guy. He didn't do too bad a job in Bush's OMB.
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