Those who are annoyed with Gov. Mitch Daniels' speed-of-light changing of the natural order of things in Indiana AND distrustful of The National Review, that bastion of traditional conservatism, will just love this, a glowing National Review tribute to Daniels called "Indiana Is Open for Business":
There's about to be a building boom in Indiana, which is desperate good news for a state that has been severely challenged by the global manufacturing shift and years of ambivalent leadership.
The chief architect of the boom is the state's decisive Governor Mitch Daniels, President Bush's former budget director. In Washington, Daniels drew scorn from congressional big spenders, acquiring the nickname “the blade” for his cost-cutting and privatizing ways. (The moniker could just as easily apply to his sharp wit and intellect.) The spenders in Washington, however, won those battles — big time — swallowing the blade and earning today's enmity from the Republican base. But now Daniels is back home and in charge, and he is engineering a turnaround of an entire state with sophistication.
Just to rub a little salt in the wounds, here is a line in the article quoted from an Indianapolis Star editorial: “the protectionist, xenophobic rhetoric
