INDIANA GOVERNOR TOUTED BY MEDIA MOGUL …
By FITSNEWS || Indiana Gov. Mike Pence isn’t among the top tier of rumored “Republican” presidential candidates, but he’s drawing support from conservative media mogul – and former candidate – Steve Forbes.
“Why shouldn’t (Pence) look at it?” Forbes said, according to The Indianapolis Star. “He knows what it takes to get things done. He brings the legislative perspective, the executive perspective and the principled perspective and it’s a good combination.”
Forbes made his pronouncements following an hour-long interview with Pence in Indianapolis – part of his “Reinventing America” summit.
When Pence deflected the speculation – saying focus on his presidential prospects was “more about the progress people in Indiana have been making,” Forbes drew an interesting parallel.
“I think Ronald Reagan said the same thing,” he said.
Pence served six terms in the U.S. House from Indiana prior to being elected governor of the state in 2012.
Several South Carolina lawmakers – including S.C. Sen. Kevin Bryant – encouraged Pence to run for president in 2012, citing his vote against the “Bush Bailout” as evidence of his willingness to stand against the “Republican” establishment on fiscal issues. Pence also led the Republican Study Committee, a group of more fiscally conservative GOP lawmakers who advocated for specific spending cuts.
What do we think of Pence?
Obviously we appreciate his willingness to buck the party leadership on bread and butter tax and spending issues – which is something we’d like to see more of from prospective GOP presidential candidates.
Of course Pence has also been an outspoken proponent of government regulation of marriage and gambling. Not only that he’s a global interventionist of the first order – supporting the ill-fated War in Iraq and urging ongoing taxpayer subsidization of Israel’s defense.
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This shows how deep the Republican bench is. The Democrats can’t come close.
Yes, but it is way, way, way too early to pick the horses … The Derby starts in July, 2016, fur crying in a bucket.
I don’t get this point. He is a typical ALEC Republican. He supports typical Republican ideas. Nothing for the middle class. Just another run of the mill Republican politician.
1. Tax breaks for the rich, and kill Social Security and Medicare to pay for it.
2. Stay the course with trickle down. Its got to start working at some point. After all the past 30 years of failure are no prediction of the future.
3. If you can’t afford health care, too bad.
Nothing new, Just more division.
Tom, you must have forgotten that the rational thinker never gets the “politician’s point.” Indeed, nothing new at all.
I fully anticipate another clown car primary. Those really are the best.
That is just the Bozos that ran against Lindsey.
Ditto that! Righty Tighty Radio won’t have anyone to kick around in the coming lame duck two years except each other and Oh Bummer.
Tom, say something intelligent for a change.
“He knows what it takes to get things done.”
Man, if I had a nickel for every time a politician mentioned something about “getting things done.” Ironically, that is the biggest bold-faced lie.
Unless, of course, “getting things done” has something to do with feeding one’s ego and wallet; then, absolutely, they are all “gettin’ it done.”
Or perhaps “getting things done” refers to bending the average citizen over and telling him to grab his ankles and prepare for what comes next. If that is the case, then they are successful, as well.
The unions had Wisconsin tax payers and municipal employees by the balls. Scott Walker changed that. That’s “getting things done”.
Yea, right. Walker was bought and paid for by the Koch brothers long ago. He has spent his entire time as Governor finding ways to benefit wealthy donors. Remember the time the radio station tricked him into thinking David Koch was on the phone? Another typical bought an paid for corrupt Republican. The average person in Wisconsin did not benefit from anything he has done.
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/10/still-spinning-wisconsin-voters/
I love those Koch brothers, especially David. He supports Nova on PBS. They are a lot better than Richard Trumka and Tom Steyer who have Democrats in their pockets.
The voters of Wisconsin seem to disagree with you. They reelected him twice in two years.
BT, Don’t forget George Soros. The most evil one human on the planet. He puts more money in liberal causes than the Koch Bros. ever thought about. And at least the Koch Bros. EARNED their money.
I do believe the Democrats and their cronies out spent Republicans and their cronies this last cycle, for all the good it did. Harry Reid’s PAC got him elected minority leader.
Oh please … Enough of the anti-Koch crapola, you taxsucking unionist “progressive” Fascist tool.
We can start with The Soros “socialist” wannabe manipulations of currency markets and follow up with the Grubered spew from the demo-Helots champions: Harry “where’s my BLM swat team” Reid, Nancy “pinched face” Police’, Checkbook Brabra Boxer and “More bullets than drinking water” Christi … if you all wanna start naming the UnAmerican “community” Activists. … Oh Bummer?
Yep, how about some more of “Not getting stuff done” since “getting stuff done” seems to end with a gov’t dick up everyone’s arse.
Correct! Again! Paraphrasing Mark Twain: Watch you behind when congress is in session.
Just remember this…It only hurts when the head goes in!
Lulz…”Steve Forbes says”
Not sure I’d take much stock in what ol’ goofy says. My favorite gaffe of his was in 2005 when he said oil would be $30/barrel
http://www.naturalnews.com/008605_oil_retirement_accounts_prices.html
That was about 3 years before it hits its all time high of $147/barrel. Of course, I guess you can say it actually did get to $32/barrel, but that was only because our economy (and demand) collapsed, so in that sense he was right..he just guessed it about 3 years early and completely ignored the reason why.
Kinda like it being in march of 1912 and guessing there would someday be a movie made about the Titanic.
If Steve had not been Malcolm’s son,he would probably be flipping eggs at The Waffle House.
A real inherited wealth dullard whose”endorsement” should be run away from.
Throw the dice,again.Is he really alive? Looks embalmed.
Yep, and sorta’ … “Putinish”
Get used to him. The only reason this guy left the US House to run for governor was to polish his resume to run for president.
Like Carroll Campbell…who ended up a lobbyist instead.
Yeah,but Campbell was a nice looking guy.Hollings would have been a great president.His accent ruined his chances.Politics is dead.I just want a handsome president:http://www.ccv.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Gov_Ted_Strickland.jpg
I’m only going by the picture above, but do we really need someone who already looks like one of the creepy robots in the Hall of Presidents at Disney running for the highest office?
The 2016 Republican race is going to get interesting as well. as wild. We have to get it right this time or it’s all over. It will take a really good leader to clean up the mess Obummer has let this country fall into. I hope someone will rise to the occasion. No one is standing out from the crowd yet.
Maybe another good Republican can knock us back down to where Bush left us.