Posts Tagged ‘pro-life’

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 11:46am

In Defense of Mitch Daniels

God Bless them both but Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin are dead wrong on Governor Mitch Daniels.  I’ve listened to Rush for almost a decade and Levin for several years now, and I enjoy them both but their commentary on the Indiana governor is counterproductive for conservatives and is based more on a knee-jerk reflex than an evidentiary claims.  What is more, they’ve lost sight of the critical question for conservatives as we approach the 2012 presidential election:  who is the most conservative candidate with the most viable path to 270?

For whatever reason, the talk radio giants have elected to mischaracterize Mitch Daniels’s record when it comes to the “social issues,” seizing on Daniels’s “truce” comment from last year.  Sound bites aside, as Indiana blogger Josh Gillespie…

Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 9:39pm

The Conservative Mitch Daniels

I’ve been watching Mitch Daniels’s career as governor of Indiana with great interest for the last few years.  I was impressed by his election in 2004 and then his 18-point margin of victory in 2008, a very tough year to have an “R” next to your name.  Daniels is a true fiscal conservative and effective decision-maker.  Andrew Ferguson recently wrote a terrific profile of Daniels in the latest issues of The Weekly Standard.  His achievements in Indiana have been impressive:

When Daniels took office, in 2004, the state faced a $200 million deficit and hadn’t balanced its budget in seven years. Four years later, all outstanding debts had been paid off; after…

Saturday, August 30th, 2008 at 8:17am

Pro-Abortion Lobby Begins its Attacks

Posted by Shannon Skypek in Media, The American Presidency

Susan B. Anthony List’s Political Director (and a former collegue of mine), Joy Yearout, easily won her debate yesterday on Fox News with Pro-Abortion activist Liz Chadderdon of the Chadderdon Group. Although Gov Palin is most certainly an advocate for Pro-Life Americans, even Chadderdon initially hesitates to describe her as NARAL does, “extreme and rigid.” The truth is that Gov Palin supports the right to choose in cases where the health of the mother is at risk. Gov Palin is the perfect choice to energize Pro-Life…

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