Mike Pence Rules Out 2012 Presidential Bid
- Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:11pm by
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Congressman Mike Pence, R-Ind., will not be pursuing the nation’s highest office in 2012 as some have speculated. Instead, the conservative Republican is soon expected to publicly declare his intentions to explore a campaign to be Indiana’s next governor.
In a letter to constituents Thursday, Pence and his wife Karen wrote, “In the choice between seeking national office and serving Indiana in some capacity, we choose Indiana.”
“He is a realist and kept coming back to questions about the fund-raising,” an anonymous source close to the congressman told CNN Thursday. Additionally, another source said that advisers reminded Pence of the difficulty of mounting a successful presidential campaign from the House of Representatives. At age 51, they said, the Indiana Republican may have a better platform to explore a presidential run in the future if he was first elected governor, CNN reports.
Pence is wildly popular in his own congressional district, having secured re-election last November by more than a two-to-one margin of defeat over his Democratic challenger.
Indiana’s current governor, Republican Mitch Daniels, will be term-limited out of office in 2012 and many have also speculated that he may make a run for the GOP presidential nomination. Meanwhile, Daniels’ No. 2, Republican Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman announced last month that she would not run for governor, further opening the door for a potential Pence run.




















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emertz8413
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:01amGood for Indiana. Now I’m hoping Indiana and Ohio can work together to make this part of the country like Texas, without the boarder problems!!!
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:02amYou want your state to be like Texas?
Report Post »curly1973
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:10amthats sucks for this country..good for Indiana…
Report Post »roughneck.seay
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:38amI’m voteing for Ted Nugent! Or R. Lee Ermy! Gunny for prez!!! lol.
Report Post »Politicus
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:13amShut up W_J_B.
Report Post »mistercondo
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:53pmHe is just an empty suit.
Report Post »William_Jennings_Bryan
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:48pmI enjoy the show but Beck is giving you the answer but you still choose not to read and check the sources.
Report Post »If you believe Beck, Gold goes up.
If you believe Soros, Gold goes up.
Beck is teaching you to do your own research. If you have not come to this conclusion you are not listening.
skimmer57
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:45pmThe Tea Party had their first caucus meeting today on the hill. Four Senators showed up.I think people are distancing themselves from tea party nation. I wonder why? Is Bachmann and Palin the best you can do? It is getting to be embarrassing don’t you think?
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:55pmPaul Ryan comes to mind…
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:28pmI believe only three congressmen were scheduled for the event. Snow kept a lot of people from traveling in VA to it. Sorry to burst your troll bubble.
Report Post »csinnm
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:27pmI’m so disappointed – he was going to be the one I was going to watch most closely.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:54pmVery sad news. Was so wishing he would throw his hat in the ring.
Report Post »Suzanne Winter
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:35pmThere’s still plenty of time for someone amazing to throw their hat into the ring. Who will be in the GOP queue? Who knows? Could be you.
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton would be a superlative candidate.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:05amHe would be my very first choice, then a toss-up between Sarah and Herman.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:01pmI sure wish that someone from the GOP would come out and say they are going to run. I am tired of all of this tippy toe crap. Are there none that feel ready to commit to the challenge. All of the “Maybes”, “if no one else is worthy” yada yada yada. If someone would just say “Yes I am going to run” then I think the rest will come out too. We the public need to see what we are dealing with and get behind a few of these people. And for those Palin lovers, sorry, but she would set this surge way back.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:06pmAgree with that one Restore
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:23pmstill early yet. We will know my mid-late summer as we have always known by then.
Report Post »Patience young padawan! And may the force be with you!
YES. I AM both a Marine and a Star Wars geek. Get over it.
franknshadow
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:44pmPence needs to be president… He knows what the job is, better yet, what the founders expected it to be.. He’s smart and articulate, and principled.. I would like to see him fix Indiana, and then see him go for the presidency.. He’d be bulletproof…
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:01pmSmart comment!
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:27pmBesides being heartbroken, he would have won.
Hands down.
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:25pmI’m heartbroken!
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:10pmOff Topic, but…
Report Post »They just pulled the plug on all social networks and the internet in Egypt… That’s the same power our POTUS is looking to gain. Scary times people.
SlimnRanger
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:38pmTroy- I am sure Obama will get his wish on that matter,he is seeking to become another Chaves
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:08pmChristie / Ryan Or visa versa
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:00pmMaybe so, buuuuut, we need to keep in mind that he has already said NO. We should not waste time on those that say NO. It only distracts us from our goal of electing a real Conservative to firmly plant in the White House!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:18pmkeep hermain Cain on your radar, and yes, i like Paul Ryan very much also. Christy would earn 15 of my votes (i’d just go to my local ACORN office and make THAT so) but it doesn’t look good for that to happen this time around.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:45pm*Herman Cain
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:03pmI wanted Pence to run for Prez because I believed he was the only one that would be respected by both sides and the left or lame street media could not slam. I guess he did not have enough confidence in himself.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:18pmTo H*** with being popular with everyone. That kind of thinking is what has gotten us in the mess we are in today. We need someone that will do the right thing regardless of popularity or being a media darling. Reagan was the antithesis of your scenario…and LQQK what he did. McCain fit your model. What a joke. There are no men who fit the mold. Only the women are hinting at it.
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:33pmI didn’t say anything about popularity. I am talking about respect. I believe Pence would have been the ONLY candidate that most Repubs and Tea Party folks would rally behind without all the attacks from the left.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:40pmCobra Blue
Amen brother!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:55pmCountry, the attacks from the left will come regardless who we on the right elect, so that shouldn’t even be part of the equation. Seriously, we could elect anyone that the right likes and the left will call them Hitler, Dahmer, etc. Which I guess is fair. I would never agree to anyone the left could ever come up with, they have an undeniable track record for us to point to, so I guess alls fair in love and war.
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:51amWho do you suggest run againt Obama that will not be shedded by the Dems, the Liberal, Hollywood, the lame street media, talk TV, sports announcers, so-call comedians and Soros’ crew?
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:56pmI am from Indiana and think he’ll make a great Governor. He should easily win. He will continue the fiscally frugal policies that Daniels enacted.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:47pmAs MISER says – this is a smart move. It would be nice to have a President that has administrative and leadership skills.
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:53pmYeah, but will we still have a Country left after Pence is done being Gov?
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:15pmAgreed, COUNTRY, whole-heartedly. I don’t care so much about “decisionmaking” skills learned through experience if that one were a “born leader” like i believe Pence is. Besides, with his idaes and ideals, with the right group of advisors around him (and Herman Cain as his VP), I think he could turn this country 180 degrees and move us in the right direction. Which is to say, the OPPOSITE direction it is heading now.
Report Post »Miser
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:40pmGovernor would be a smart move. Good place to show administrative skills. The State is where the People’s work should be done. This is vital experience. Look at the POTUS we have now. He went from the Senate to the White House. He has such good management skills he would screw up a Girl Scout cookie drive.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:08pmHE ORGANISED COMMUNITIES, ISN’T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU CONSERV-TARDS??
Report Post »lol
Country
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:37pmWell I guess that leaves Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:33pmHope that there is no RINO involved in anyway with the top job.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:50pmKeep Hoping…..
I am predicting we get RINO in Chief Romney as the GOP Canidate
I hope I am wrong, but …….
and if that does Happen I propose that the GOP go from “Grand old Party” to “Government Option Party”
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:56pmYou will get Mitt and he will lose
Report Post »IAmForLiberty
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:06pmMitt Romney will make a great President. I hope he gets the opportunity to prove to you that he is very conservative.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:37pmthe_ancient, if we see this start to happening early enough we could head it off, but timing will be key.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:49pmIAmForLiberty, his past has ruined that idea.
We need a real Conservative, not a part-time Consrvative. In a different era Mitt may have been an ok choice, but this just ain’t the time for him. In fact, I think his time has past right by him.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:10pmI agree, 13th generation.
Report Post »Hold on, brb…just threw up a little in my mouth typing that…
Oil_Robb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:50pmIf a RHINO wins then there will be a third party for the 2014 midterms… the tea party is to intrenched to stand by…..and I will vote for them
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:01amOil_Robb, if a RINO (Republican In Name Only ‘there is no H”) gets the nomination, Obama wins. This is a sad, sad, fact!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:31pmI like Mike Pence (even though he is a Hoosier) but I am disgusted with the game of politics. Can’t we ever have someone to run for the Presidency because they love America and they have something to offer the citizens of our great nation? Instead, you have to run thru the “machinery” that dominates our politics. Both parties do it and it is sickening.
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:54pmWhat do you have against Hoosiers?
Report Post »ExpertShot
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:03pmGive Herman Cain a listen…he’s considering a run in 2012. He’s not a politician, but a very successful conservative businessman/talk show host in Atlanta. He’s heard nightly on http://www.wsbradio.com from 7-9pm. He also has an exploratory site http://www.hermancain.com. Get the word out about Herman….he would be AWESOME!!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:19pmThat is why I am so hopeful that Mitt Romney wins the nomination. He has his own money and is not beholden to special interests. He had a meeting the other day with Gov. Christie and there could be a possible teaming for vp in the works here or an endorsement either way that would be huge for Mitt.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:21pmThat’s the way the game is played – I wish it weren’t but it is. He was the only Republican that I might have been able to support – too bad!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-xf
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:35pmmissionarydad
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:19pm
“That is why I am so hopeful that Mitt Romney wins the nomination.”
With all due respect, please leave Mitt alone. He’s an ok guy, but he doesn’t have a chance of winning. What we need this time is an honest-to-goodness Conservative, not a part-time Conservative.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:38pmExpertShot, agreed!
Herman would be a far better candidate than Mitt.
Report Post »kschmud
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:41pmI do not understand why Mitt Romney is so desirable…olympics (so what), romneycare speaks volumes…other than some business sense – what else?
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:37pm@EXPERTSHOT
I am a very big fan of Herman Cain. I have been very impressed with him since the first time that I heard him speak….on C-SPAN, of all things. I do hope that he makes a serious run for the Presidency. I would definitely support him. As for Romney, I agree that we need a “full-time” Conservative….not someone to “get along just to get along”. It is time that Conservatives draw a line in the sand and stand on their principles.
@WALKWITHME
I understand that it is the way that our politicians do business. I would just hope that their priorities could change so that their “business” would be “our business”. The only JOBS in America that they are concerned with is their own. This includes the “Party Elites”….the true powers behind the throne. Time to expose them and get them out of the way…..and only the American people can do that. These “King-makers” should be transparent and honest or find another line of work…..like taxidermy.
@WODIEJ
Hoosiers have been scientifically proven to be the single lowest form of life in the known galaxy. They stink. Their basketball programs REALLY stink! The only life-form that even remotely comes close to the nauseating, disgusting, revolting, flatulating Hoosier is the dreaded “Tennessee Volunteer”…..”Nothing SUCKS like a Big Orange!!”, I always say……GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:50pmI think he wants to further serve his state, and make himself more qualified PERSONALLY (you know, getting executive experience before jumping into the top executive roll. Look how it’s NOT worked out for our current idiot-in-chief) before running for President. I think he wants to be as experienced as possible before taking the job, and I applaude him (sadly) for that. He is the least “cookie-cutter” minded elected official I have maybe ever seen, and I believe your attacks are unfounded in truth. Not to say reading the press release wouldn’t maybe make you believe it, and I’m not attacking you, I just believe you are wrong from my experience with researching this man.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:54pmOk, HILLBILLY, you touched both ends of my emotional spectrum. I was born a Hoosier and raised in Georgia. SO as both a Hoosier AND a Bulldawg, I gotta say “screw you!“ and ”right on!!” in the same sentence.
Report Post »Meh.
GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!! SICK ‘EM!!!
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:59pmAnd agreed, Herman Cain is now my top choice by a LONG way (unless we can drag Christy from his governors mansion kicking and screaming into the nomination, and wouldn’t THAT ticket be tasty?). Everyone here PLEASE look up this man’s speaches! He is an absolute rock star! Romney, Palin and Bachman are at the bottom, right where McCain was 2 years ago (sigh)
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:33pm@ MY SACRED HONOR
I do hope that Mike Pence furthers his career by running for govenor. There is the risk that being a govenor will damage him politically. Just like it did for Mitt Romney. The Progressives have their long-knives out for anyone who is a viable Conservative candidate for ANY political office…..especially the Presidency. We will see. Mr. Pence is a very intelligent and rational man(for a Hoosier), and I pray that he turns the tables on these Progressive jackals. We need principled Conservatives in positions of authority.
On a more serious note, please except my heart-felt condolences for being born a Hoosier….I can only imagine your pain. Horrifying. I am glad to see that you have moved on with your life and now reside in a far more tranquil land….Georgia. I am a big Mark Richt fan. However, come Saturday, get ready for the biggest whuppin’ that them Bulldogs have EVER recieved!! Y’all got lucky three weeks ago…..now it is time for some proper retribution!!!!! GO BIG BLUE!!!
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:46pmIf Palin runs Obama wins…….shes great for the tea party but if her TV show did one thing for me was that it showed me shes uninspiring and un Presidential…she to dumb on the issues has no foreign affairs credibility and the ******** will run ads all day long about her quitting on Alaska. I like her but she doesnt have the goods to play on the Varsity team.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:57pmOil_Robb, then you watched a totally different program than most people saw. If Sarah goes against Obama, HE IS TOAST!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:15amOh wait….you are talking basketball….lol…no, I am NOT gay, I was talking football. Although born a Hoosier, I have Georgia in my heart, and we have no idea (except that one year, not so long ago when UGA won the SEC tourney as a failing last seed and made a record winning two tourney games beating two opponents within 24 hours….) what “basketball’ is. Sorry, Blue, but long gone are the days of Tubby Smith. UK will have to battle Vandy for the “next to last’ spot in the SEC East spot (along with now pathetic UT) in football and hope for the best!
Report Post »And don’t be hating on Indiana, Big Blue. we still whoop you in state education, barely….
But then what does it mean to be at the top 40 percentile worldwide, beating kentucky as top 39 percentile worldwide?
DagneyT
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:30pmA governorship will make him a more palatable candidate. Senators are not often successful in their bids. My favorite pairing is Jonathan Hunt & Herman Cain. Eminently electable!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:34pmGood point.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:48pmGood thing Pence is not a Senator…..
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:45pmCongressmen have no successful record, had he been a senator he might have had a better chance, witness LBJ & JFK. The fact still remains.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:29pmPence can do more for the “de-federalization” of the USA by being governor and guiding Indiana toward nullification of Obamacare.
Report Post »legendarytwo
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:43pmYea, all these new republican governors need to get rid of the voter fraud in their state nowwwwww!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:32pmlegendarytwo
Report Post »Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:43pm
Yea, all these new republican governors need to get rid of the “DEMOCRAT” voter fraud in their state nowwwwww!
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Showtime
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:00pmI think the reason he’s running for governor is to PROTECT his state! He might also feel he needs the experience of governing. Betcha that he’s on the ballot for POTUS in 2016. I hope so.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:29pmPence won’t run, oh well, we still have the HOPE that he will CHANGE his mind. Maybe the Repubs can get him on the ballot in Chicago.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:31pmLa di da.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:26pmIF this country has another election….Barry would say “52” to go.
Report Post »http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/26/five-states-working-on-legislation-to-require-long-form-birth-certificate-for-candidate-to-be-on-presidential-ballot-in-2012/
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:44pmNOOO!!! Dammit…
Well, I gotta go look for another choice then as he was hands down the most presidental and fundamentally sound conservative running. I live in his district, and he will do ANYTHING for his constituents. I know from family experience. He will win Indiana’a Gubanatorial race hands down, but I wish he and Herman Cain had been on our next ticket. Thos two sitting atop the Executive branch would rock this country right back to at least the Reagan years.
Semper Fi and sad day for me. I need chocholate.
Watch this vid of Mike Pence giving a speach at Hillsdale College. It will knock your socks off AND blow your hair back!
Report Post »http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/09/27/video-mike-pence-speaks-at-hillsdale-college/
Showtime
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 9:57pm@MySacredHonor –
Cralfap! (That’s like Ap-cray.) My feelings exactly! Man! — Was I ever disappointed to learn that Mike Pence wouldn’t run for POTUS! Took the red right off my apple!
WSB-Radio (Atlanta) is now introducing Herman Cain for the Herman Cain Show as the next President of the United States. Herman Cain is one we can TRUST!
And, SC Senator Jim DeMint is a conservative that we can trust, too.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:04pm@SHOWTIME my condolences, brother, sad day for all of America. But I disagree. I don’t trust DeMint. He seems like an old school POLITICIAN to me. Don’t know what it is yet, but i can’t WAIT for the debates to begin!
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 10:23pmI was hoping he would run for president, however, wish him well in any race he chooses.
Report Post »William_Jennings_Bryan
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:46pmIf you believe Beck, Gold goes up.
Report Post »If you believe Soros, Gold goes up.
Beck is teaching you to do your own research. If you have not come to this conclusion you are not listening.
KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:38amDr. Ron Paul for 2012! He is the only one qualified for the position. Won’t you contact him today to persuade him to run again? What about a Dr. Ron Paul/Herman Cain ticket? Although we don’t seem to know too much about Mr. Cain yet.
Report Post »HighKick
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:22amGod, I love Governor Sarah Palin.
Report Post »She’s trustworthy, patriotic, a go getter and she’s gorgeous. She can handle a 12 gauge pump with double ought buckshot, I know, I seen her do it, fire three rounds at a grizzly bear target charging towards her and hit the heart area 3 times, all in 2.5 seconds, the time it would take a grizzly to reach her from 80 feet. I‘ll betcha Barack couldn’t do it, that sissy boy, panty wasted, skinny lawyer, who is destroying our Republic.