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Krauthammer: Daniels‘ GOP Response ’One of the Best’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has resorted to “extremism” with stifling, anti-growth policies and continually tries dividing Americans, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president’s State of the Union address.

Eight months after deciding not pursue a bid for his party’s presidential nomination, Daniels used his nationally televised speech to lash out at Obama and cast the GOP as compassionate and eager to unchain the country’s economic potential.

“No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant effort to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others,” Daniels said, according to excerpts of his remarks released before he and Obama actually spoke. “As in previous moments of national danger, we Americans are all in the same boat.”

Obama’s address, and Daniels’ speech, come at the dawn of a presidential and congressional election year in which the defining issues are the faltering economy and weak job market.

Obama was ready to describe his vision of attaining “an economy built to last” and an emphasis on fairness, which includes protecting the middle class and making sure the rich pay an equitable share of taxes. Led by Daniels, Republicans were firing back that it was their party, not Obama’s, that understood the best way to trigger economic growth was to get the government out of the way.

“The extremism that stifles the development of homegrown energy,or cancels a perfectly sane pipeline that would employ tens of thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy,” Daniels said.

He said Republicans prefer “a passionate pro-growth approach that breaks all ties and calls all close ones in favor of private sector jobs that restore opportunity for all and generate the public revenues to pay our bills.”

 

Comments (168)

  • lukerw
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:22am

    Obama did not Cause the Economic Crisis that we are in? BS!

    Obama was with ACORN… demanding Barny Frank give Public Money through Freddy & Fanny… twisting the arm of Banks to Loan money for Houses to the Poor…

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:40am

      The economic collapse occured under Bush and a DEMOCRATIC Congress, That is a FACT. The problem was worsened by their bailout, then worsened still by Obamas “stimulus”. The dominoes are still falling. Croney capitalism and class warfare are making them worse, Regulations are handcuffing innovation and any growth becsue we are NOT a FREE Society now!

      We are BROKE and pretending we have money. As soon as the SHTF we will be so far in debt that we will not be able to even pay our troops or bring them home from the 180 Countries and 900 bases around the world. It will cost a days wages for a loaf of bread, if you can still find bread! The streets will be awashed with blood and the big cities will burn to the ground because people will rebel. They have had that Government largess for too long and they will be really mad when they cannot get it. They will riot and loot…Many will die.

      Our only hope it to return to the Constitution. There is ONLY ONE man who wants to do that. The others will only give the Constitution lip service. And they call him a nutjob. Then they point out his foriegn policy…The ONLY foriegn policy that is actually Constitutional! They think what the Constitution says regarding war is dumb???

      Wake up America, Your Neocon, Big Government Progressives have polluted your brain.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:43am

      Don’t forget that he was voting for all the things that caused the collapse while he was in the Senate.

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:46am

      Where the hell were you born, Cuba?!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:55am

      Here is how Zimbabwe tied to cure its hyperinflation…by knocking off zeroes from their dollar. Could it work? When pigs fly! 20 Billion for a Tomato.

      I promise you that we are about to see hyperinflation like we have never seen. We all will be trillionaires and cannot buy squat with the money we have…Thank you Big Government overlords!

      Watch the way your Nation is headed…
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM3_z2RB3YU

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:57am

      Politics is the diversion. It’s the money changers that change and destroy cultures.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:16am

      Great speech, Governor Daniels. A bit more fire and your belly, and you might make a great candidate as well.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:29am

      BHO is a MARXIST. The State of the Union address was an ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BHO IS GOING TO MAKE AMERICA A COMMUNIST STATE.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:57am

      Newt Gingrich Response to State of the Union
      Coral Gables, FL – Newt Gingrich released the following statement responding to President Obama’s State of the Union address:
      We have a crisis of work in this country and tonight President Obama proposed nothing in the way of policy changes that will get us to robust job creation and dramatic economic growth.
      Instead, the president described his conviction that his big government is built to last and should be paid for with higher taxes.
      But bigger government and higher taxes will not lead to jobs and growth. Bigger government and higher taxes will instead lead to more people on food stamps, a situation which the President and his party defend as a fair outcome.
      Here we have to confront the truth about President Obama. Economic growth and prosperity is not really at the top of his agenda. He will always prefer a food stamp economy to a paycheck economy and call it fair.
      For the president and a large part of the political class, it’s about their power, their right to rule. They just want to take money from Joe the Plumber – the small business people who makes over 90 per cent of the new jobs — and redistribute it to the government bureaucracy and their political friends and allies. That’s why so much of that nearly trillion-dollar stimulus didn’t create jobs but just went into the pockets of special interests who support President Obama and the leadership of the Democratic Party… http://www.newt.org/new

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    • fangbanger
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:11am

      its not obamas fault or bush’s fault. it would have happened no matter which party was in office as it was ultimately caused by keynesian economics. both parties have subscribed to this economic theory that says you can spend your way to success. the debt has been increasing exponentially for over 50 years. we were able to have a prosperous 50s and 60s as all of our overseas competition was busy rebuilding from ww2. funny how nobody brings up how things stagnated in the usa once the european country’s economies started to recover from the war. since then our debt has done nothing but spiral up.

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    • ronaldreaganthegreat
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:20am

      spot on luke!

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    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:56am

      @ baddawgy You made a pretty good post there until I got to the word “neocon” which made me instantly forget everything I just read. neocon neocon neocon neocon blah blah blah neocon blah blah neocon neocon This is your typical rant from the best of the Paul supporters.

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    • Balthazor
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:17am

      @TyrannyNoMore

      No kidding, these guys are like those little pull-string dolls. PULL…neocon…PULL…only Ron Paul can save us…PULL…neocon…PULL…neocon…PULL…help me Obi-Ron, you’re my only hope…

      I was almost ready to pick Paul as my candidate until I got some exposure to his followers. Suddenly guys like Romney and Gingrich actually started looking like the better choice.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:18am

      You dont like the word neocon because you are one. Wake up from your slumber man.

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    • dukielouie
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:30am

      Don’t fall for the trap from the RNC. Daniels supports amnesty, Sustainable development policies and is part of the Bush team. Will he jump in the race? Where are the true Russell Kirk conservatives.

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    • Pearsontech
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:34am

      @baddoggy or any other paul supporter for that matter:
      So I got a question for all of you Paul supporters. Please keep in mind that for the most part I do like a lot of what Paul says. Anyway so lets say Paul gets the nomination and actually wins and is our next president. I want to ask you what you really think is going to happen? Do you really believe that anyone in congress on either party is going to go along with anything he wants to do? How exactly is Paul going to get anything done when you can bet your life that Congress will not be on board with him? How is that going to be any better that what we have now? I am not asking this to bash anyone I seriously want to know how you think he is going to get this agenda of his and yours accomplished. As much as BHO likes to think that the office of the president is all powerful it isn’t right now and it takes more than one man.

       
    • AhLeahIris
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:15pm

      Mitch Daniels? The man from Bush: http://wp.me/p1HGwx-27b

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:46pm

      The problem is very simple…no one, either Republican or Democrat, over the past decades had made any attempt to rationally balance government spending with income. There is nothing else to say except that you must not spend more than you take in…period. After all these years of excess spending, we now must pay down the debt to get back to where we were many years ago.

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    • six6six
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:48pm

      If Daniels is the best the Republicans have, you guys are in real trouble. I just about fell asleep during his speech. There is a real leadership deficit in the Republican party.

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    • Freedomluver
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:17pm

      @Pearsontech

      First off we would no longer be looking for wars, and if congress wants another war they would have to vote to declare it… the constitutional way.

      Bad legislation would require a veto over ride, which would probably stop a lot of what’s been happening in regards to out of control spending.

      The bully pulpit would be in the hands of someone who can explain to the people just what would be wrong with the proposals congress comes up with instead of someone who spews the progressive party line.

      The Patriot Act and the NDAA would be left in the hands of someone who actually believes in the Bill of Rights.

      Basically if nothing else, Ron Paul would be a fire wall, and we sure would be better off with that than someone who who tows the progressive line.

      Ron Paul 2012

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    • Pearsontech
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:20pm

      The sad thing is that it sounds like the american people are looking for something that can entertain them rather than someone that can lead them. All this talk about this or that is boring. Wow thats what you are going to base your choice for president on? If he or she can entertain you or not??? Really?? America is doomed

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    • one.dakine.howlie
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:21pm

      Am I out of line to not trust those that will be LIVING off of Social Security and Medicare in the next few years to be able to give advice about whether we should or shouldn’t get rid of these ponzi-scheme programs?

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:58am

      @fangbanger

      You bet, man. Conservatives have to get eduated on John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek (and Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Bastiat and Say).

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:15am

    Was the Republican Establishment running ol’ Mitch up the flagpole to see how he fares just in case their “chosen one,” Romney, fizzles? I think so. Yes, I agree with the great Kraut-man, the speech hit all the right notes, however, the guy’s a total bore, as is Rick Santorum in that regard. Because of that fact, Daniels would get destroyed in a general election against Obama. I mean, come on, Obama is the smoothest, slickest and most persuasive BS artist to have ever taken the political stage in our lifetime.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:55am

      Yes, they were. They are starting to get the message that Romney isn’t going to fly, they are terrified of Newt getting the nomination and don’t think Santorum can beat Obama. They are in full panic mode.

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    • HoosierLady
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:07am

      Daniel‘s might not be very exciting but he’s done a lot of great things here in Indiana. Our unemployment would be way worse if it wasn’t for him. He capped the property taxes to force schools to operate inside a budget, he got us school vouchers for failing schools and a tax credit for home-schoolers. He’s trying to get us right to work which is highly unpopular, and he’s lowered the tax rate for businesses to try to grow jobs. Our state would have been in the red because of all of the unemployment but now we have a surplus. He‘s not perfect but he understands economy and I don’t think he would let the establishment do things to hurt the country.

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    • ddg7
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:13am

      The establishment republican puppet masters reached into their bag of rinos and selected Daniels to do their bidding. Krauthammer got the memo and reacted appropriately.

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    • Pat Alexander
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:43am

      Y’all are right. They are putting Daniels out there to see if anyone bites. Great speech written by your masters & read off of the teleprompter, BTW.

      Mitch had his chance & didn’t run. Wife didn‘t want her past history run through the MSM’s shredder. I guess now she figures she won’t look too bad, since Newt’s dirty laundry has been aired 24/7. (I wonder if Mrs. D ever “washed a car” in a public parking lot anywhere?)

      Now after all of this grueling campaigning, they want to try and squeeze another one of their “acceptable candidates” in. That Mitt thing isn’t going too well…

      The Republican establishment is as devious as the Chicago bunch.

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    • Abysmal
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:46pm

      This is a prime example of a critical deficiency in the average American’s evaluation of politicians – the preference of style over substance.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:42pm

      Oh pleeeeeez bring us Mitch! As Bush’s 1st Budget Director, on his watch trillions were added to the deficit: overseer of the ‘01 taxcuts, grossly miscalculated Iraq war costs, oversaw the Medicare Px Drug Benefit. One positive, listening to him talk is a wonderful sleep aid.

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  • AmeriCat
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:09am

    RINO Alert! Establishment GOP preparing us for Mitch Daniels…

    Of course Krauthammer would praise Mitch Daniels’…
    They both belong to the RINO herd
    ……and NOT TEA!

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:27am

      I think they want to sneak another Bush in on us. J e b.

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    • Marine25
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:53am

      “TEA” is why the reason the GOP has no chance of winning in November.
      “TEA” is the reason we have no electable candidates.
      “TEA” is the reason every debate sounds like a contest to see who can out-crazy who.
      “TEA” is the reason crowds cheered execution and allowing a cancer patient to die.
      Why don’t we have ONE candidate who can beat Obama in the fall?

      TEA!!!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:04am

      We do,,,But they call him a nutjob.

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    • Rightallalong
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:04am

      Krauthammer is a typical Big Government, Pro-war, imperialist. The only difference between him and Obama’s neo-Progressives is who they want to prop up with givernment money. If anyone is the new Dr. Strangelove its Dr. Krauthammer … To all of them the middle class and the military is to be used as slaves and cannon fodder to build the Society THEY believe THEY deserve becasue they are so much smarter than the rest of us. As far as I am concerned Kraut, Oreilly (its good to take everyones guns) are enemies of Freedom and a government for and by the people.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:33am

      The State of the Union address made it a CLEAR CHOICE. GO WITH BHO AND HIS MARXIST MARCH TO COMMUNISM, OR…..CHOOSE FREEDOM.
      http://youtu.be/7kqVZUCRth0?t=18m34s

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    • REALID 239823749828-HIF
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:33am

      @MARINE25

      I’d love you hear you defend those statements. You do realize that I can claim that Obama is really a Jikininki from the 3rd planet of the Proxima Centauri system, right? That statement is about as meaningful as any of yours. If you really believe those things you said, explain and discuss. Back them up.

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  • Rob
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:35am

    I didn’t watch either speech… I can’t look at Obama.

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    • hanovertea
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:39am

      ditto on that

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    • SheriS
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:43am

      Gov. Daniels was amazing! You should have at least heard his message! Just wish we could bet him to run for Prez! What he has accomplished for Indiana is something no one expected to see.

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    • doomytram
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:50am

      I didn’t watch it, but I listened to it and laughed myself to sleep. Woke up and listened to Mitch Daniels and Herman Cain, and I couldn’t agree more. Mitch Daniels and Herman Cain mentioned the words, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal ie. Europe…..

      The Oblamer in chief didn’t mention the word Greece once. Funny, because the difference between us and Greece is about one year.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:57am

      I’m with ya on that one, ROB! I have kids, and I’m also a retired cop, so I know when someone is lying to me …

      I despise OBAMMY like I’ve despise no one before in my life …

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:02am

      Neither did we. I mute the TV or change the channel every time he comes on.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:11am

      Rob I felt the same way. I’ve been tuning in to the debates with great anticipation but cannot get myself to watch our very president speak. I know it’s going to be more lies and hogwash and probably deflective-blaming. No thanks.

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    • Comm Marine
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:15am

      Last night I watched ‘Criminal Minds’ and thought that was the state of the union speech.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:30am

      I would end up throwing my tv out a window.

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:11am

      I cannot look at him either, so I couldn’t watch him lie to America. Impeach the pinko in the WH.

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    • ddg7
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:46pm

      Any bets this will turn out to be one of the most least watched SOTU speeches? Of course you’ll never hear about that on the MSM.

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    • Paydert33
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

      Ditto to that! I can’t stand looking at him………lie after lie after lie after lie.
      @MYHEROISRON…..Yes, I have never despised someone as much as o-loser. He is horrible. That fake grin he has as he says his lies…….he is sticking it to us while laughing all the way and making fun of us right to our face. He knows exactly what he is doing. God help us!

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  • DD313
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:17am

    I fell asleep during the State of the Union speech and missed the response.

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    • DD313
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:34am

      Thanks BLAZE for posting it. Just watched, and I agree with K-hammer; it was a great response.

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  • sallyredneck
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:06am

    How do you wake up a nation who still thinks life will go on as they have known it no matter who you elect?

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:31am

      That’s the big question. Beck is doing his part, but we have to get out there and talk to our friends and families and get them to see what’s going on. It won’t be easy. If we don’t stand up for the truth, the lie wins.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:26am

      Sally, do we feel that way?
      So much has changed in the last 20 years and probably even more so just since 9/11.
      Many people don’t think life is just going to keep going on the way it has been. Somethings gotta give sooner or later and it’s going to hit the fan when it does.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:40am

      All we can do is try our best to get the TRUTH out to those that just don’t get it. Some people are still just blind to politics in general – get their 5 min. of propaganda from the State media (sunshine and lollipops) – then go about there routine lives.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kqVZUCRth0

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    • ColoradoProudAmerican
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:23am

      @Nick. Beck “did” his part. He woke some people up. Now he is no better than a Hannity or a O’Reily. Can you believe that Beck really tried busting out his chalkboards and his magnet pictures and tried to connect Ron Paul to George Soros? Beck is a shrill of Israel. And since RP wants to end foreign aid, to everyone, Beck has to protect his special interest. And to do so, he is now full of spin, and it’s kind of pathetic.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:48am

    Teachers are not doers. Enuf of the great speech maker. Remain calm, stay in your seats, buckle up, and have your tray tables and seats in the upright position. The redundant generators are no longer operative. The engine is out and we are preparing to free fall.

    Well that’s prob how I see it without knowing WTF he said…been without power since WED of last week. Finally got DSL back up and it was sheer delight not having access to all of the news and banter on teh net. ;)

    Pretty sure it was a great speech of how he sees out nation…and I know exactly how he believes so I don’t need to check up on el presidente anymore.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:51am

      PS: Certain that Daniels nailed!!! Another nail in the Obama coffin, no doubt. Don’t need a talking head to tell me that. It is a republic and I fully expect those we hired to do the right thing this time. Tide is a turning.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:53am

      EDIT…nailed it!

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:33am

    I cant even stand to hear Obama’s voice, with his phony inflection….. Hey Barry, nobody is buyin your BS anymore ! I dont even think Obama is buyin Obama’s CRAP !!! send me a bill, pass this bill.. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah……….

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    • SheriS
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:24am

      There are a lot of Republican bills which are being held by the Dummycrats because the Dems don’t want them to come up since they know the bills would actually do something to start the turn around the economy! The Dems can’t let that happen because it would tank Obummer! Bills that have passed the House, but Reid will not allow to hit the floor! Dirty Harry is trying to same Obummer, but he does it at his own peril!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:00am

      Detroit, 46% (roughly) of Americans are still buying his B.S. Half the country is not firmly connected to reality…keep that in mind.

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    • Rightallalong
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:12am

      @Detroit – Sadly a large portion of America is eating his BS with a pinch of salt and calling it delicious. We have a dumbed down population that cannot follow the fact or logic trail long enough to really see what is going on. They hear the words ‘Giverment will help you’ and thats all they want – a free ride … when we get to the point that more than 50% of the people pay NO federal income tax, and that same 50% are taking direct handouts we will be beyond the point of return. The once great america will have failed.

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    • netmail
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:01pm

      My biggest fear since Obama was first elected is what Gonzo said. 46% or so going along with Obama tells me just how lost, immoral and crazy our culture has become. I think it’s lost. Spiral Down. Im not really averse to going out in a blaze of glory one day since part of me expects to one day.

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Without question the most the stoopidest statement from a conservative today.

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  • ThankBabyJesus
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:26am

    at 4:45 mark make money be successful Be generous get more back Shared success is the only success Be a capitalist employee, sBusiness, bBusiness, invest. It does go biblical. Jealousy, money, and rebellion have become the enemy of freedom. This has gone on long enough and now the progressives have it wrong. Fork in the road 2012 psychological civil unrest.

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  • Robert Hawk
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:26am

    I love Glenn and what he does however, he needs to focus on what is actually occurring. It was defined so long ago and has been attested to by a few. Glenn has missed this one, he has come close, yes, but missed it entirely. The use of the Caliphate is only a illusion there is another goal in mind which Glenn needs to examine.

    Obama is a perpetrator of Soviet disinformation and subversion.
    The plan is well laid out in a book called “new lies for old” which was written by Anatoly Golitsyn, an ex KGB agent who defected to the USA

    Let me quote you from page 337:
    This one sums up the measure of the transformation Mr Obama often refers to, which occurs via his disinformation and subversion.

    “The overall aim will be to bring about a major and irreversible shift in the balance of world power in favor of the bloc as the preliminary to the final ideological objective of establishing a worldwide federation of communist states”

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    • jjoy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:17am

      “Glenn has missed this one”

      Actually, Glenn is so busy “blowing his own horn” that he has missed many more than just “this one”

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:22am

      Hey ROBERT HAWK,
      Call this number tomorow at 9 am 1-888-727-BECK. If you really want the info out there, just call in. You’ll reach a lot of people.

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    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:10am

      Thanks, I just added this book to my reading list !

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  • jujubeebee
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:10am

    Obama is hurting the middle class more than any other president. He is doing so in the price of food, gas and goods and not just by hurting business and the job market. The debt and printing press and regulations causing higher prices of everything hurts the middle class more than anything else. The rich can survive the price increases. The poor will get their handouts. The middle class who have been working hard and playing by the rules are being hit with a higher cost of living because of Obama’s policies. Just what we need~more money wasted on clean energy!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:45am

      Ha! wait until hyperinflation hits and even Donald trump will be looking for food to eat. His billions cannot save him when it cost trillions for a loaf of bread…
      Don believe me? Google Zimbabwe…see how much a trillion dollars buys you. You cannot even buy a loaf of bread!

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  • ThankBabyJesus
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:05am

    That really was one of the best. Wow.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:46am

    It was an excellent speech, but I personally wouldn’t call it “one of the best”!

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:22am

    @ NAPS
    no you shut up cause you’re not worthy the dust that Mr Charles steps on with his shoes .

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    • Simonne
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:42am

      Charles is very respected as he is very objective even when I don’t agree with him.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:51am

      I love it when I see him on TV surrounded by 4 or more libs & he shuts them up politely & how they struggle to respond back .

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  • Ron_WA
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:56am

    Agreed w/ K-hammer; I was very impressed w/ his response! Daniels knocked it out of the park! Obama’s big govt, nanny state philosophy has no place in the USA. .

    Daniels took the high road yet called ‘O out on his leftist policies.

    Obama’s divide & conquer/ class warfare tactics r shameful. The US is a land of opportunity if one works hard enough.

    I was born in the ghetto/barrios of Richmond, CA; raised in the slums of Oakland & San Jose yet rose above it to become an Army officer & eventually retire by age 44 w/ a six figure retirement salary. At one point I was a free lunch, food stamp kid but my single mom fought thru that & after a few months we landed on our feet.

    The dream is attainable if one works hard, plays by the rules & never gives up.

    Even though I paid into it for nearly 30 yrs, I have to agree w/ Daniels & others, if one has done well & is able to retire w/ $80K+ per year of retirement w/out social security then we should forego taking our social security.

    This Nation is the land of opportunity for those willing to work for it.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:25am

      Thanks , Thanks I sincerely hope the rest of the US take note Sir, I salute you and your Mom!!

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    • sbenard
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:48am

      We need a million more like you! Thanks for your example, and your encouragement!

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    • Dotado
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:48am

      You and your mom are the kind of Americans that make this country great. Your story has made my morning. And, you are spot on in your assessment.

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  • iprazhm
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:36am

    I question Daniel‘s praise of Obama’s ‘family commitment’, while Obama states, “Roe vs Wade gives daughters the same chance as sons to ‘fulfill their dreams’.
    What destroys a family more than the murder of one of it’s members???
    Before I could support him for president, would need to know a lot more about his stance on social issues. Having all the money in the world won’t save a country with no moral foundation. It takes morals to keep and grow finances after you get them, otherwise it’s simply squandered away.

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  • rocktruth
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:10am

    Daniels would make a good president. But first he needs to wears the pants in the family. He’s been out numbered. 4 to 1.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:43am

      That is the plan!
      The Republican elite plan to go to a brokered election should Romney fail in Florida and put up, of all people, Jeb Bush or a “Mitch Daniels”, going the route of the Democrats Super Delegate Convention that led to the election of Barack Obama. Therefore, those who run Washington and the GOP will throw a hissy fit if their chosen candidate “Mitt Romney” does not perform and will simply negate the votes of the people, and put in whomever they chose – a losing proposition no matter which way the wind blows and they know it. With no love lost on Republicans, Andrea Mitchell appears to know it as well, almost gleefully quoting the source.

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:17am

      Got news for ya. He’s not running.

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Got news for you my friend, no republican candidate can win. Christie has the best chance in 2016 but only if the democrats haven’t turned the economy around.

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  • Ivehadenoughtofthisgovenmentcrap
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:07am

    Being from Indiana, I have always stood behind Mitch. Yes there are things he has done here that some might not like. But he has turned Indiana around. Here is a guy with a plan. I feel he thinks like the rest of us that our goverment has gone to far and that It’s already to late. Wake up people !!!!! If we don’t start demanding the truth and real results from out elected legistators this next go around. I‘m afraid we won’t have a second chance to go around. Tha GOP needs to listen to mitch and others in the party like him and Christy or they don’t have a snow balls chance in America. Because we have turned into Hell !!!! God save us all !!!! Get on your knees and pray for forgivness and redemption for our county or the good Lord will leave us to rot in our own stupidity !!!!

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    • 1956
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:16am

      I’m also from Indiana. One can only hope that whoever ends up in the white house this next time, and I’m assuming it will be a Republican, Mitch will be appointed to a cabinet position, or somewhere where he can do the nation some good. He nailed it with his commentary.

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    • May Clark
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:13am

      It seems as if there are an enormous amount of fake pro-Mitch posts on here. Daniels was already vetted on the Blaze and other places before. He was soundly rejected.

      Check out what Rush said about him yesterday and who is pushing Daniels.

      This is so tiresome.

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    • Knucklenose
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:02am

      first off i didn’t listen to one or the other. but if you like the response of daniels. vote for the writers and the brainstormers. but i’m getting full blown jaded, hopefully after the collaspe we’ll refrain from using any lawyers in government. freakin shysters and charletans!

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:37pm

      1956, you must have been sleeping since then, check his record as GWB’s Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

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  • rocktruth
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:06am

    Mitch Daniels does better without a teleprompter.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:46am

      A SOTU response without a teleprompter would be a very difficult speech. It would either have to be written beforehand – and thus only touch on potential points lightly – or be off-the-cuff, which is likely to be horrendous unless you pick a VERY good speaker.

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:12am

      Obama’s SOTU speech was way too long!

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  • bates8963
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:57am

    Would someone please explain to me why we can not field a group of conservative contenders that have the ability to present our values and vision for the future of our America as Mitch Daniels did tonight. I mean really….. where is Mitch Daniels, Marco Rubio, or even Christy? If they are truly patriots, step up, stand up and join the fight. What do we have today, Mitt, Newt, and Rick…. and a kook called Paul. COME ON MITCH!!! STAND UP AND JOIN THE FIGHT!

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    • hogtrashhd
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:15am

      these people you mentioned unfortunately don’t want to change anything..except who gets to spend the money and have the power but truthfully they don’t have the a$$ or want the a$$ to change anything… they are the same old same old.. you know meet the new boss same as the old boss….we need bold change.. revolutionary bold change.. out with the statists.. in with conservatives.. and not republicans or dems.. that’s the only way this country is going to be saved..

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    • believe05
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:45am

      I agree. We hear them say that this is the most important election in this nations history. I’m sure they follow the news and polls like many others do. If the republican party is so concerned then why are they not uniting to put the best canidate in place. Thier bickering and division will be just as much to blame as BHO. BHO was ripe for defeat several months ago when this process started but the republical establishment is letting it slip away. It’s 2008 all over again when McCain received the nomination. We most certainly are in the end times and tryin to make sure I’m ready for the Rapture while tryin to bring others to the Lord. Sharing God’s word is pretty cool!

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:46am

      The seed has been planted!

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  • Naps
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:55am

    Krauthammer needs to shut up and fix his Skeletor melting face.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:45am

      I hope even as you speak , and you can, thanks to the constitution BTW, and is your right, you find out on your own what this gentleman has to endure on a daily basis.

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    • spikebu
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:58am

      Remember, “as you judge others, so shall you be judged”.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:23am

      @ NAPS .
      no you shut up cause you’re not worthy the dust that Mr Charles steps on with his shoes

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    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:07am

      Naps…..Is that you enimacommie ??

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    • Naps
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:03pm

      He is a warmongering,Lobbyist Loving talking head. Just like all the rest.

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    • edmundburk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:09pm

      Why are so many people defending this neo-con, progressive trogidite?!

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:51am

    I will do my part to make BO a one term potus…..
    TEA is not Dead!!!!

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    • jjoy
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:25am

      “TEA is not Dead!!!!”

      “TEA” was just a “flash in the pan”…

      If not dead, where are they???

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  • Got2bRoni
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:46am

    This man makes sense. His message is clear.

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  • theninthplanet
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:44am

    My Man Mitch.

    I suppose there’s hope for 2016/2020.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:48am

      Or for selection in a brokered convention (although I would prefer Alan West).

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:52am

      So wish it would have been him.- I fear 2016 is just way too late.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:47am

      it is never to late broker him in RIGHT NOW, this was the most well spoken rebuttal in years he would wipe obama of the map!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:04am

      Where was this guy 6 month ago. 2016 is too late. We do not want a brokered convention. We need to eat our peas and hope for the best.

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    • Babeuf
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:49am

      That is exactly the response the GOP Establishment was hoping for!
      The Republican elite plan to go to a brokered election should Romney fail in Florida and put up, of all people, Jeb Bush or a “Mitch Daniels”, going the route of the Democrats Super Delegate Convention that led to the election of Barack Obama. Therefore, those who run Washington and the GOP will throw a hissy fit if their chosen candidate “Mitt Romney” does not perform and will simply negate the votes of the people, and put in whomever they chose – a losing proposition no matter which way the wind blows and they know it. With no love lost on Republicans, Andrea Mitchell appears to know it as well, almost gleefully quoting the source.

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    • May Clark
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:18am

      Info on Daniels

      http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/the_case_against_mitch_daniels.html

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    • edmundburk
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:16pm

      your high dude, Indiana just dropped its right to work proposal because of progressive back lash. I blame Danials. not only is he a neo-con, but he’s anti-social conservitive.

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  • AxelPhantom
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:41am

    I watched it but found it rather a snoozer myself.

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