Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said on Fox last night that it would be a “complete misunderstanding” to brand Richard Mourdock’s primary victory over six-term GOP Sen. Richard Lugar as a Tea Party victory.
On “On the Record,” Greta van Susteren asked Daniels, onetime chief of staff for Lugar, about the primary and the status of the Tea Party in the country right now.
“Oh, it’s a factor. It was a factor here in our state,” Daniels said. “But in this contest, very honestly, the winner, Richard Mourdock, started with two-thirds of the regular Republican county chairmen and added to that as he went along.”
“So this was a test between two good friends of mine two, good allies and two really good people,” the governor continued. “But it would be a complete misunderstanding to label this a Tea Party phenomenon when in fact, the winner had been very strong majority with rank-and-file Republicans who felt they knew him, had seen a lot of him.”
“He has been elected twice, statewide in the last six years,” Daniels added. “He’s a Republican regular. That was the decisive factor.”
Um, yeah, keep telling yourself that, Mitch.
Why am I supposed to like this D-bag (Daniels)?
1. rbj Um, yeah, keep telling yourself that, Mitch.
2. JoshINHB Why am I supposed to like this D-bag (Daniels)?
Say what you will, Mourdock did win the support of the Republican county chairmen. Have others, such as the Tea Party, been changing who the county chairmen were? Quite possible.
Ah, Mitch Daniels. Liar. Bald faced liar.
And this is the guy the Repub. establishment got its muslin panties damp over? Yep. The one whose wife took a hike on him and his children and then he took her back.
Toad.
I’m with you rbj and Joshinhb… the republicans are delusional but the tea party (regular people)is going to shake them and wake them..
Daniels was correct. It was the county chairmen but also Tea Party. The tea Party needs the Republican Party, but the Republican Party need the tea Party more to remain relevant. To dis Daniels is not very smart. We need all of the Republicans we can get. Daniels is a stanch conservative and has shown budgetary constraint his views on fiscal matters are close to the Tea Party. We need to win in November. Enough slamming Republicans, if we disagree with a candidate do what was done to Lugar vote them out in the Primary. When the time comes I will try to get Graham out in SC.
– wearing a cuckold’s horns.