Pence not running for President; may run for Governor

[SemperFiUSMC]

Mike Pence has announced he is not running for President, which insiders think is the signal he is running for Governor. The irony is that with his decision not to run for President now it is more likely he'll be a viable candidate for President in 4 or 8 years if elected Governor.

Rep. Mike Pence closes door on White House run | The Indianapolis Star | IndyStar.com

 

[ol' trucker]

Mike Pence has announced he is not running for President, which insiders think is the signal he is running for Governor. The irony is that with his decision not to run for President now it is more likely he'll be a viable candidate for President in 4 or 8 years if elected Governor.

Rep. Mike Pence closes door on White House run | The Indianapolis Star | IndyStar.com

Yes Sir, can pretty much gaurantee he will run for Governor.

 

[88GT]

<--- Me, when I found out he wasn't running for prez.

<-- Me, when I realized it meant we could have him all to ourselves in Indiana.

 

[JCR]

Governor Pence sounds good to me.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

There's only been one President elected from the House, and it did not turn out well for him.

Pence needs some management experience if he does want to be President. Couple of (successful) terms as Gov. will help.

 

[88GT]

There's only been one President elected from the House, and it did not turn out well for him.

Yeah, and the guy from the Senate sucks something fierce too.

 

[ol' trucker]

Yeah, and the guy from the Senate sucks something fierce too.

You got that right.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I can't put my finger on why, but I not liking the idea of Pence being an executive in any form. He'll never be the man that MD is.

 

[ol' trucker]

I can't put my finger on why, but I not liking the idea of Pence being an executive in any form. He'll never be the man that MD is.

Right!

 

[Kutnupe14]

Right!

It's tough to see ole Mitch go. He done so many good things for the state, and I think most of it is lost on the part of the general public. That Toll Road windfall was pure genius. States have been trying to copy it to no avail. It's was one of the few times, ever, that private business was outsmarted by a state.

 

[PistolBob]

The 2012 Presidential election is going to be a wild ride for anyone in it. I am glad that Pence has decided to sit it out. The republicans need to come together with one or two main candidates and start selling them to the public right now.

Obama and Biden are already on the re-election trail, and face it, the American registered voter is too disinterested to even show up at the polls. It's up to us to make sure we get our friends and family registered and in the voting booth. Having Obama and his sorry bunch in charge for an extra four years is about as appealing as a colonoscopy with no joy juice.

If he runs for Governor, I think he'll have a very good shot at winning. I still wonder what that Bayh character has up his sleeve.

 

[88GT]

I can't put my finger on why, but I not liking the idea of Pence being an executive in any form. He'll never be the man that MD is.

On what do you base your opinion?

 

[kingnereli]

I wouldn't complain if he ran for governor. He would get my vote. Although, I really like having him in Washington.

 

[Duncan]

<--- Me, when I found out he wasn't running for prez.

<-- Me, when I realized it meant we could have him all to ourselves in Indiana.

Me, when I found out he wasn't running for prez.

Me, when I realized it meant we could have him all to ourselves in Indiana.

Thanks
Duncan

 

[jedi]

No one in their RIGHT MIND would want to run for prez in 2012.
Some extremely hard decisions on a ton of "milk programs" (ie. SSA, Medicare, Welfare, etc...) will have to happen in 2012-2016 and the only way to "save" those programs is going to be cuts in benefits and tax increases. Cause no one has the guts or will power to out right end those programs. As such whomever is our next prez is going to be a 1 timer becuase the masses are going to hate him/her for the cut/tax increase. If ya thought I8BO had it bad with a bad economy ya have not seen nothing yet. SSA is on the brink of collapse and when it goes all hell is going to break lose.

 

[Rebecca Sink-Burris]

I think this is a good move for Pence, he has plenty of time to run for prez later. Right now I like Gary Johnson, former gov of NM, as a Republican candidate for prez. He is traveling the country talking about cutting the federal government by 50%! Now that is my kind of candidate.

 

[hornadylnl]

I think this is a good move for Pence, he has plenty of time to run for prez later. Right now I like Gary Johnson, former gov of NM, as a Republican candidate for prez. He is traveling the country talking about cutting the federal government by 50%! Now that is my kind of candidate.

What is his track record for cutting the NM government?

 

[Pyroponce]

Pence made a good call. The Republican field is so wide open it's anybody's game. Not to mention that Pence has practically no national profile. He has a much better shot at winning the governorship, and using that to build a track record to run on in 2016 if Obama wins.

[sarcasm]Of course, since the world ends in 2012, this whole discussion is moot.[/sarcasm]

 

[jedi]

Pence made a good call. The Republican field is so wide open it's anybody's game. Not to mention that Pence has practically no national profile. He has a much better shot at winning the governorship, and using that to build a track record to run on in 2016 if Obama wins.

[sarcasm]Of course, since the world ends in 2012, this whole discussion is moot.[/sarcasm]

Yeah thanks 4 reminding us.