I’d say this is Mitch’s signal that he’s going to run for the WH.

As for his track record at OMB, he’s banking on the verified stupidity of the American public.

One more misogynist on a roll. Words fail me.

I fail to see the appeal for GOP primary voters, or Americans in general, of anyone with the previous job title of “Budget Director to George W Bush.” But, of course, it worked for that new Senator from Illinois, too, so who knows what the media chooses to tell voters about anymore?

Words fail, exactly…except to repeat for the xxth time….How it makes me roil that well-healed, healthy, white men (think they) have the sense, empathy, experience, dog in the fight position to pontificate and vote or boss on these issues. When one can get pregnant, be abused, whatever…yeah, maybe.

The only good thing about Daniels thinking of a Presidential bid would be that Hoosiers could get a new Governor!

…he’s banking on the verified stupidity of the American public.

well, nobody in Indiana has yet proven that to be far wrong….

Well, technically, States are allowed to refuse federal funding, aren’t they? There’s a remedy for that and they’re doing it in Wisconsin. I’m not sure if you can recall Indiana politicians at the State level, but it’s one way to go about it.

But then again, perhaps I’m a bit liberal in how I interpret the “general welfare” clause in the Constitution. There is absolutely zero federal funding for abortion and even if you have a moral objection to it, there’s insufficient grounds. However, what the funding DOES go towards is women’s reproductive health and they provide a huge range of services in that regard. This helps those lower income women that would otherwise be unable to get said services.

This isn’t misogyny, this is class warfare.

This is misogyny and class warfare.

If you want to learn anything, anything at all, about Mitch Daniels our old friend Doghouse Riley will teach you. He’s been following the little homunculus for quite some time now.

I stand corrected.

“Now watch this drive.”

I’d just like to say “You’re a PIECE OF SHIT”.
That is all.

x2

A sad day to be a Hoosier. Does anyone know of any anti-”Mitch the Blade” ground-game activity getting going?

I live in Indiana and I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK FROM THE CRAZIES!!!

/yelling

I thot I had replied to this diary, or one like it.

Let me be clear about that.

I HATE, LOATHE & DESPISE these ass hats, may they all rot in hell.

As always, thanks Mr. Dayen for all ya do.

One would think having been GW’s budget director would put paid Daniels’ political and social aspirations. Is it really worse for him to withhold support for infant and maternal medical services provided by PP?

No Hoosier will miss the import of Daniels’ denial of funding. It will hit poor, working and middle class African Americans and Latinos in Gary and Indianapolis much harder than it will Suzie May from Bean Blossom, who got into trouble at a frat party in Bloomington and had to start her European vacation a week early.

AND, vault himself into the top spot of the Top Five Douche-Bags in the solar system.

I have ordered the Family and Social Services Administration to see that Medicaid recipients receive prompt notice of nearby care options. We will take any actions necessary to ensure that vital medical care is, if anything, more widely available than before.

Clearly he’s got two positions in one:
Reagan’s: government is the problem
and the counterpoint: government is the solution
to fix the problems he and the legislature created

This is a good first step. No way, does the Govt. need to be in the procreation, or lack there of, business.
Now, can we de-fund NPR???

I could also say there is no reason for govt to make war against helpless civilians. Everyone gets a say on where their money is spent, then we don’t have any govt at all. Is that what you want?

maybe gov Chris (he who gives fat men a bad rap) Christie will be his running mate! And NJ can be get a new gov..the only problem is both parties suck and NJ will get yet another loser!

“. . .Indiana Planned Parenthood plans to sue for being singled out by the legislation, and the state could lose millions of dollars in federal funds that flow to aid for family planning. . .”

My hunch is Daniels is looking for that suit to energize his base.

Of course the budget can single out certain amounts for certain contractors for certain services. Nothing new there, however. . .

Suppose PP goes to court, and the state is ordered to budget funds specifically for PP as before even though Roe v Wade requirements have not been technically violated. It would raise an interesting precedent along with hackles on the right. Maybe that’s Daniels’ hope.

There is some fodder in this for the national stage AND the streets, no? Now I think that’s why Daniels is at this. A day or two ago I thought he’d decided definitely not to run. Not so sure now.

We should be defunding the huge war machine.

Agreed. The Governor isn’t saying you can’t kill babies anymore, you just can’t use public money to do it.

I’ll second that.

A right not to have the state interfere in a medical procedure is not the same thing having the right to make other people pay for it.

Whatever wonderful things Planned Parenthood is doing for indigent women’s health can still receive public funding if they’ll separate those services out from the abortion practice. The abortion practice will have to be independently funded without help from taxpayers until such time as sentiment among state taxpayers is not 2-to-1 against the funding.

Well then, I would like my federal income taxes separated into those services which I personanlly approve of-such as ending the wars in Afghanistan and bringing all troops home from Iraq.