Daniels declines 2012 GOP race
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has told supporters that he is not running for president, citing the wishes of his family.That is too bad. I liked his record in Indiana. But, it has not been taht long ago that he said he did not see a President when he looked in the mirror in the mornings, and that is as good a reason as any not to run.
Politico reports that in a midnight email to his supporters, Daniels wrote:
"The counsel and encouragement I received from important citizens like you caused me to think very deeply about becoming a national candidate. In the end, I was able to resolve every competing consideration but one, but that, the interests and wishes of my family, is the most important consideration of all. If I have disappointed you, I will always be sorry…If you feel that this was a non-courageous or unpatriotic decision, I understand and will not attempt to persuade you otherwise. I only hope that you will accept my sincerity in the judgment I reached."
"Many thanks for your help and input during this period of reflection. Please stay in touch if you see ways in which an obscure Midwestern governor might make a constructive contribution to the rebuilding of our economy and our Republic.”
While Daniels had seemed reluctant to run all along, in recent weeks there was a growing sense that he might be persuaded to do so. But in the end, he decided against it, joining the list of prominent Republicans who have said, “thanks, but no thanks” to a presidential bid.
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There are still some twists and turns to this race. There is time for some who are already in to catch fire. The chief asset that the Republican candidate will have is that he or she will be running against Barack Obama, who has been a failure as President in his domestic agenda, and adrift in his foreign policy agenda.
What he and Democrats might call success on the domestic front have been catastrophic beginning with a failed stimulus plan and followed up with a despised health care plan. On foreign policy, the succes of SEAL Team six cannot mask his lack of a policy to deal with the Middle East and the utter failure to take advantage of the uprisings against the religious bigots in Iran and the despots in Syria. He seems content to want to talk up with people who hate us and talk down to our friends like Israel.
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