William Kristol doesn't want to give up on Mitch Daniels:
I've got to think Monday night’s debate further swelled the groundswell of support for Mitch Daniels.
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The only spectacle in American politics more off-putting than Newt Gingrich in self-righteous defense mode is Mitt Romney in self-righteous attack mode.
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My conclusion: If Mitch Daniels’s effective tax rate is 30 percent rather than 15 percent, and if he was never paid $1.6 million by Freddie Mac, he can be the next president.
I imagine Daniels has a lot of mixed feelings right about now. Being asked to give the Republican response to the State of the Union is quite an honor. But it requires him to sit through a Barack Obama speech.
