>> mitch daniels? i doubt it, because as charles said, giving the response to the state of the union is traditionally a really rotten assignment. they can it not to measure up because of the pomp and circumstance of -- they tended not to measure, but because of the pop and circumstance of the president's speech. mitch daniels did well, but let's face it, it is a bar this high off the ground. >> republicans are hungry for a leader who will step up and solve problems. it may have been a minor league performance, but they are hungry for that message. romney could deliver eight. it is an answer to that being a rich guy problems. he could turn around and say look, i am for doing these markings, everybody needs a piece of the action. >> if, as a wealthy person, romney were to propose something that would take a cut out of his income and his wealthy friends, he would have a ton of credibility if he adopted one of those things. mitch daniels -- i know -- romney has not embraced a single policy proposal along t

so that's the mitch daniels' record. that's his fiscal record that the republicans want to highlight with their state of the union speaker this year. yes, of course, that is all in the past. that's all mitch daniels' past, that's his resume. what about his time since? what about his time since as indiana governor? yes, what about that? >> we are -- and this is what it was like in indiana during mitch daniels' own state of the state address earlier this month. i don't know if anyone heard him give that address over the hollering and protest hullaboo. those efforts have even lit up a whole new part of the indiana republican party that had not been activist before, or at least had been loyalist before, but is now pledging to go after any republican who votes to support governor daniels' union-stripping right to work legislation. the group, which is calling themselves lunch pail republicans, has formed a pac. they say they've already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. today they wrote to indiana republican legislators

>> mitch daniels? i doubt it, because as charles said, giving the response to the state of the union is traditionally a really rotten assignment and they can not measure up because of the pomp and circumstance of the president's speech are. mitch daniels did well, but let's face it, it is up by this high off the ground -- is a bar this high off the ground. >> maybe it is a minor league performance, but they are hungry for that. romney could deliver, and it is the answer to his being at the rich guy problems. he could turn around and say, look, i'm for doing the hard things, everybody has to have a piece of the action, the rich, the poor. >> that would have credibility if, as a wealthy person, romney was actually proposing something that would take a cut out of his income and his wealthy friends. he would have a ton of credibility if he adopted one of those things. mitch daniels -- i know, but romney has not embraced a single policy proposal along those lines. if he did, he would have instant credibilit

we're waiting the republican response from mitch daniels of indiana. you helped write several state of the union addresses. did this president need an editor to cut it down a little bit today? >> i'm weird this way. i loved it. particularly that conclusion, wolf. my goodness, that was worth staying for. it was really powerful. the whole tone was much more populist than this president has been, the idea that he relishes the idea of stepping up and being campaigner in chief. the thing that struck me, both in the beginning and the powerful conclusion talking about s.e.a.l. team six, was now how authentically and comfortably he holds the role as commander in chief. you see presidents when the troops salute him, and they don't know what to do. no longer. the president is very comfortable being commander in chief. politically, it was a great speech, but as a citizen, i loved seeing my commander in chief being that powerful. >> ari fleischer, you worked for president george w. bush, you served in congress, earlier you worked in congress. what did you think of

good night. >> the official republican response tonight, given by indiana governor, mitch daniels. governor daniels is a two-term governor of indiana. he was also george w. bush's budget director, which does cast a little bit of a panumbra of his own reputation. over some of his own comments about fiscal responsibility. chris, i have to put it to you, because you're the only person in the world to which i know of that i can complain about this, but the city upon the hill does not shine. the city on the hill with the eyes of all people on us never shines. i don't understand why it always has to be shining. >> okay. well, i'll have to think about that. >> all right. fair enough. >> but i really like that speech by mitch daniels. i thought it was really midwestern conservatism, the best kind, honest, fiscally conservative, of course, but recognizing that we have to protect our safety net, and we have to recognize that the rich cannot get all the pension money and all the entitlement money. there's just not enough to go around. we're going to have to have means tested, and close the loo

mitch daniels giving the republican response. we'll show you how a panel of undecided voters reacted to what they heard in live protesting. candy crowley, senior political analyst, david gergen, john king, political analyst, knloer yeah burger, paul begala, and ari fleischer. any surprises tonight? >> i think it was a solid speech. book ending it with two foreign policy achievements, the end of the war in iraq and the death of osama bin laden made it a very sort of solid speak and a reminder to voters, hey, by the way, remember, here are the two things i did. as i mentioned before, here is a president who gets tire marks for his foreign policy than domestic. >> were a lot of the things he was suggesting, that states require that students stay in school until 18 -- >> a nice call, but no, much of this will not happen. this was far more designed to be an agenda for his second term too, take it into the debates in november. i think it was politically deft from his standpoint. he showed democrats that he's willing to fight. that he's

good night. >> brett: that was mitch daniels with the republican response. speaking directly to a camera in a small room without an audience. that is always a challenge the grand stage of the president's address. governor daniels who was budget director said in three short years of the obama administration there has been unprecedented explosion of spending with borrowed money adding trillions to an quote, unaffordable national debt. it's not true for president to attack republicans as obstacles because they have passed bills to encourage job creation. only to quote, be shot down time and again by the president and his democratic senate allies. he also said the obama presidency has been they divide americans ending with a call to rebuild american dreams and making ronald reagan's city on the hill shine between did. brit, your thoughts. >> it was interesting to me in the course of his state of the union address with this whole question of national debt and entitlement programs confronting us and people worried, the president spoke about what he would be prepare

good night. >> brett: that was mitch daniels with the republican response. speaking directly to a camera in a small room without an audience. that is always a challenge the grand stage of the president's address. governor daniels who was budget director said in three short years of the obama administration there has been unprecedented explosion of spending with borrowed money adding trillions to an quote, unaffordable national debt. it's not true for president to attack republicans as obstacles because they have passed bills to encourage job creation. only to quote, be shot down time and again by the president and his democratic senate allies. he also said the obama presidency has been they divide americans ending with a call to rebuild american dreams and making ronald reagan's city on the hill shine between did. brit, your thoughts. >> it was interesting to me in the course of his state of the union address with this whole question of national debt and entitlement programs confronting us and people worried, the president spoke about what he would be prepare

republican governor mitch daniels expressed it well saying it's not truthful and that the only correct way of describing the state of the union is the word grave. well he have obama has proposed raising of taxes for the rich that will go down well with ordinary american went to congress support that idea well of course it's popular at the ordinary american but what obama failed to say in expressing his great desire for fairness is that nearly half of americans pay zero income taxes that's not fair and he doesn't dare say that he will put in a flat rate system in which everyone pays their fair share and so while it is very popular to say will increase taxes on the rich does it mean that we will no longer allowed to doctrines for investments in tax free federal and you know small bombs if so that will raise the cost of the federal and state borrowing and then already to the cost of debt and we will be in even deeper trouble than leonardo so he doesn't go into these kind of details and he's very selective about his choices or examples. the president has or has recently authorized the u.s.

good night. >> the official republican response tonight, given by indiana governor, mitch daniels. governor daniels is a two-term governor of indiana. he was also george w. bush's budget director, which does cast a little bit of a panumbra of his own reputation. chris, i have to put it to you, because you're the only person in the world to which i know of that i can complain about this, but the city upon the hill does not shine. the city on the hill never shines. i don't understand why it always has to be shining. >> okay. well, i'll have to think about that. >> all right. fair enough. >> but i really like that speech by mitch daniels. i thought it was really midwestern conservatism, the best kind, honest, fiscally conservative, of course, but recognizing that we have to protect our safety net, and we have to recognize that the rich cannot get all the pension money and all the entitlement money. there's just not enough to go around. we're going to have to have means tested and clean the loopholes. a very responsible look at fiscal conservatism that recognizes that the rich can't plu

mitch daniels giving the republican response. we'll show you how a panel of undecided voters reacted to what they heard in live protesting. candy crowley, senior political analyst, david gergen, john king, political analyst, gloekn yeah burger, paul begala, and ari fleischer. any surprises tonight? >> i think it was a solid speech. book ending it with two foreign policy achievements, the end of the war in iraq and the death of osama bin laden made it a very sort of solid speak and a reminder to voters, hey, by the way, remember, here are the two things i did. as i mentioned before, here is a president who gets tire marks for his foreign policy than dome domestic. >> were a lot of the things he was suggesting, that states require that students stay in school until 18 -- >> a nice call, but no, much of this will not happen. this was far more designed to be an agenda for his second term too, take it into the debates in november. i think it was politically deft from his standpoint. he showed democrats that he's willing to fight. that

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mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damndest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. >>> the pressure from the republican establishment that newt gingrich and rick perry should not go after mitt romney's business record. they should leave it alone, a good sign for democrat, if mitt romney is the nominee even republicans know his time in corporate finance may be more of a liability an asset. what if that republican establishment pressure works? on gingrich and perry. what if newt gingrich and rick perry cave like spinel

or maybe it is for mitch daniels maybe says yeah let's make it the united states but less blood's bust these workers down to the point where they're making virtually nothing at all. right to work for less is a destructive destructive institution or a destructive idea law for the united states and we need to stop it although it looks like indiana tragically is going to go down this road. it's the good the bad in the very very old trick but there are a silly ugly the good. mass of dar's city dobby despite being home to eight percent of the world's proven oil reserves abu dhabi is making strides in moving away from oil and towards green energy a government that small nation has invested billions of dollars into mazda our city which is a planned city development will be finished by two thousand and twenty five and one of the greenest cities in the world master will be home to forty thousand people who all use electric vehicles and all energy in the city will be produced through photovoltaic wind and geothermal power even though they have literally oil in their backyards dobby recognizes th

mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. they are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damdest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. [ female announcer ] that's the all-natural sugar she puts on her grapefruit. but is she eating sugar this week? maybe she wants the all natural, zero calorie stuff. but if you're wrong, you're insinuating she's fat. save yourself. it's only natural. [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily

mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push.ying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damdest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. >>> the pressure from the republican establishment that newt gingrich and rick perry should not go after mitt i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i want to fall in love again. [ female announcer ] discove

or maybe it is from mitch daniels maybe says yeah let's make it the united states but less blood's bust these workers down to the point where they're making virtually nothing at all right to work for less is a destructive destructive institution or destructive idea law for the united states and we need to stop it.

any chance mitch daniels still gets into the republican race? >> i don't think so. don't think so. because it looks like romney is going to take florida and i don't think he'll be caught after that. >> okay. remember if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's edition he

any chance mitch daniels still gets into the republican race? >> i don't think so. don't think so. because it looks like romney is going to take florida and i don't think he'll be caught after that. >> okay. remember if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thank you for watching. hope to say you right here next week. maybe governor romney should tell us how much money he's made off how many households. >> have you checked your own investments? you have investments through mutual funds that invest in fannie and freddieyz these two gentlemen are distracting from

>> jon: all right, did any of you catch the republican rebuttal by mitch daniels of indiana?> oh, my god! is that who that was? >> jon: uh-huh. >> i thought that was the ghost of calvin coolidge. (laughter) >> that's ridiculous. the republican rebuttal was clearly a surrealist homage to "egg balance on top of a hat." >> jon: i got more of a "benjamin button" vibe. just a couple minutes before he gets super handsome. anybody? >> sorry, jon, please, if we're going with movies this is obviously "albert nobbs." it's glenn close dressed like a victorian gentlemen. >> i don't see it. >> wait for it. wait for it. okay. >> oh, yeah, all right. snoo. >> i thought that guy looked like one of those spooky portraits in a scooby do haunted house with the eyes that follow you. ruh-roh. >> jon: i get that. well, listen guys thanks so much for your analysis. this met all of my expectations. i think from now on panels shouldn't watch these speeches. >> i agree. >> well done. >> jon: (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back to the show, my guest tonight, a research associate at harvard univ

mitch daniels remains governor of indiana. the republican party go on because voters have a funny way of deciding for themselves what's going on in this cycle. did he just do himself a favor and did he just deliver a welcome message to the base? >> i think it was really a unifying message to the base. this is a message sort of an eat your spinach message on the budget, but he talked about means testing but also eliminating text preferences, not raising tax rates. that's a purely conservative republican message. it would appeal to tea party supporters, i would appeal to ron paul supporters, the economic side, but with a much more broad based foreign policy. he is a real mainstream conservative and a very appealing one. if he taken himself out of the race. but he can always be someone they can turn to in some way. >> another break. then our coverage will continue with senior counselor, senior advisor to the president david plouffe and massachusetts governor mitt romney both with us live. ssport? . past five years' tax returns. h

a right to work in poverty and a right to work in a dangerous environment thanks to laws like mitch daniel will probably be siding later this week that they call the right to work and here's what's really troubling once indiana passes this law it'll be the first state in this region a manufacturing bill to pass a right to work for less law and this is where unions were born actually up and up into wisconsin as well it's becoming the place where unions are dine. and as a result the middle class is done. as this chart shows as union membership has declined in america so too has the middle classes share of annual income we need to put an end to this war and unions. just recently in wisconsin we saw the power actually let me do this is this is unionization and wages notice a correlation just recently in wisconsin we saw the power of the labor movement when it fought back against governor scott walker and collected over a million signatures to recall him from office we now need that same energy in indiana where governor mitch daniels is a rising star in the republican party and we need to turn

republican response delivered by mitch daniels. l speak from the auditorium change from the war memorial building in indianapolis. obviously a red state. here is a governor daniels. >> greetings from the home of superbowl 46. status of opposition imposes those out of power some responsibilities. to show a presidency to ex treasury agreement where it exists. republicans tonight salute our president for instance his aggressive pursuit of the murderers of 9/11 and bravely backing changes in public education. i would add to that list to admiration to the strong family commitment that he and the first lady have displayed. on this evening, presidents seek to find a sunny side of our national condition. when president obama claims that the state of the union is anything but grave he must know in his heart this is not true. he did not cause the economic and fiscal crisis that continue in america tonight. but he was elected on a promise to fix them and he cannot claim that the last three years have made anything but worse. the percentage of