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INdemo

(7,020 posts)
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 02:15 PM Jan 2018

Saw Mitch Daniels on MSNBC last evening talking about

privatizing our infrastructure the way he screwed up our Toll Road system and power grid...Say what you want but Daniels just entered the 2020 Republican primary...

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Saw Mitch Daniels on MSNBC last evening talking about (Original Post) INdemo Jan 2018 OP
He will need to answer why the toll road rights were sold exboyfil Jan 2018 #1
Oh please no. Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #2
Trust me ..Daniels is/was determined to stay clear of politics once INdemo Jan 2018 #3
2020 is a ways out Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #4
He's been dying to be POTUS for years. Gag me. He was the worst until joet67 Jan 2018 #5

exboyfil

(18,017 posts)
1. He will need to answer why the toll road rights were sold
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 02:19 PM
Jan 2018

for 60% more than what the state received for it eight years earlier. This was a distressed sale coming out of a bankruptcy (also would be interesting for a forensic accountant to go through where every dollar actually went on that original deal - I suspect most of it went into the dealmaker's pockets and a portion got kicked back to those who allowed the original sale.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,780 posts)
2. Oh please no.
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jan 2018

I mean, he's not as bad as Trump but he's still a Republican. Out of curiosity, what makes you think he might be running in 2020?

INdemo

(7,020 posts)
3. Trust me ..Daniels is/was determined to stay clear of politics once
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:14 PM
Jan 2018

.he took the job as President of Purdue..he crossed the line and broke his silence. It was probably the Republican party leaders, the high rollers, that knocked on his door as to what they might believe is the savior of the Repukes hopes for 2020.
Trump will obviously not run..Maybe they look at Daniels as the Gerald Ford of 1974.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,780 posts)
4. 2020 is a ways out
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 05:32 PM
Jan 2018

and Trump will pretty much have to be dragged out of the WH. He would never go voluntarily (or quietly).

joet67

(624 posts)
5. He's been dying to be POTUS for years. Gag me. He was the worst until
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 09:23 PM
Jan 2018

we got Pence. I saw it, and he acts like we didn't screw our grandchildren. 😡

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