If any governor were vulnerable to a strong challenge in a re-election campaign, it should have been Mitch Daniels, who has
made a lot of Hoosiers mad by pushing daylight saving time, leasing the Indiana Toll Road and in general shaking things up.
Instead, a new poll shows Daniels sitting on a wide lead over his Democratic challenger, Jill Long Thompson.
The Howey-Gauge Poll, taken the day after Barack Obamaâ??s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention and hours after John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, has Daniels ahead of Thompson 53 percent to 35 percent.
Thompson still isnâ??t well known. Only three of four respondents knew who she is â?? even after coming from behind to beat architect Jim Schellinger in a bitter primary election.
Why isnâ??t she getting traction?
Instead, a new poll shows Daniels sitting on a wide lead over his Democratic challenger, Jill Long Thompson.
The Howey-Gauge Poll, taken the day after Barack Obamaâ??s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention and hours after John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, has Daniels ahead of Thompson 53 percent to 35 percent.
Thompson still isnâ??t well known. Only three of four respondents knew who she is â?? even after coming from behind to beat architect Jim Schellinger in a bitter primary election.
Why isnâ??t she getting traction?
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Mitch, while not everybody agrees with him, has been very up front about his goals and beliefs. He readily admits that his policies are not always the most popular.
As for those who say he doesn't listen? What about the outer loop - the connector that he tried to have built around the SE side? People said they didn't want it and he pulled the program. A mistake to pull in my opinion, but he pulled it.
With Mitch you know what you are getting. It's that reason, too, that will ultimately put McCain Palin in command.