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Gov. Daniels Preparing to Take His Appeal Back out on the Road Imagine the Legislature As a Big, Baloney Sandwich by BRIAN A V 11, No 22 Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 Gov. Daniels preparing to take his appeal back out on the road Imagine the legislature as a big, baloney sandwich By BRIAN A. HOWEY in Indianapolis Over the weekend, the news was unrelenting and unforgiving. The “I ask you to help us do Indianapolis Star reported that House Speaker Brian Bosma had “apologized” to Gov. Mitch Daniels for the “tone” of remarks he had made after the governor pulled school this. You have the most deficiency payments. "I think credible voices with our it's too early to say the defi- ciency won't be made up, and colleagues in the legisla- that decision won't be made ture.” by the budget director. It will be made by the legislature," –– Gov. Mitch Daniels, to Bosma said. The tone was the Chamber of Commerce’s wrong, but not the substance. The Evansville Courier & small businessmen and Press reported legislators women Thursday. “chafing” about the new gov- ernor’s “power grab” over commission resignations. Gov. Daniels chats with Indiana Chamber of Commerce mem- The governor bers just before he made an appeal for his legislative program The Howey Political Report is published received only a third of the on Wednesday. (HPR Photo by Brian A. Howey) by NewsLink Inc. Founded in 1994, The board and commission resig- Howey Political Report is an independent, nations he had sought, and some of those who didn’t were indignant that he had non-partisan newsletter analyzing the political even asked. process in Indiana. Brian A. Howey, Publisher Several news reports revealed an erosion of support for Daylight-Saving Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington Writer Time, as the four Vincennes area legislators (including freshman Republican State Jack E. Howey, Editor Reps. Troy Woodruff and Bruce Borders), State Rep. Steve Heim, State Sen. Vic Heinold and Democrat State Rep. Phil Pflum all said they wouldn’t vote for the Subscriptions: change. Senate President Pro Tempore Robert D. Garton said constituent survey $350 annually HPR via e-mail; responses were tied -- literally -- over whether to adopt DST. Garton gave Gov. $550 annually HPR & HPR Daily Wire. Daniels a tad bit of good news, telling the Columbus Republic he wouldn’t block DST, Call 254-0535. one of the governor’s top legislative priorities. And the tax hike, the one-year, 1 percent increase on wealthy Hoosiers, The Howey Political Report PO Box 40265 appeared to be in big trouble. Daniels was chastised for that by the Wall Street Indianapolis, IN 46240-0265. Journal on Monday. The Times of Northwest Indiana editorialized, “Immediately he was abandoned by many in his own party” on the tax hike and added, “Once the gov- www.howeypolitics.com [email protected] Indianapolis Office: 317-506-0883. Democrats enter the desert p.4 Indianapolis Fax: 317-254-0535. Washington Office: 202-775-3242. Roemer in DNC race to stay p.6 Business Office: 317-254-0535. MoveOn targets Chocola on SS p.6 ©2005, The Howey Political Report. All rights reserved. Photocopying, Internet for- Howey: What about the hydrogen car? p.8 warding, faxing or reproducing in any form, in whole or part, is a violation of federal law Columnists: James, Novak, Colwell p.9 and is strictly prohibited without consent of the publisher. Ticker: Skillman pushes Ag Dept. p.10 HOWEY Political Report Page 2 Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 ernor clarifies how the tax is to be calculated, that is, who will if you don’t vote with us, you’ll never see one of these in your bear how much burden, the people of Indiana will probably district.” respond favorably to his appeal.” Bayh used to do the traditional tarmac-to-tarmac fly- In the movie “Animal House,” when the Delta fraterni- arounds. Gov. Daniels is preparing to rev up Son of RV1 and ty was put on “double secret probation” by Dean Wormer, apply reason to the most conservative of Hoosiers living in how did the yearning Sen. Blutarski respond? the small towns, attending the Granges, possibly hitting “Road trip.” selected Chamber of Commerce Third House sessions, to That is how the new administration is going to have to make his case. deal with the primitive culture Walking across the road of the Indiana General On Wednesday, hitting the Assembly. There, leadership is road meant walking across defined by simplistic dogma Washington Street from the (no new taxes) instead of Statehouse to the downtown Marriott assessing the dilemma, inform- where the Indiana Chamber of ing constituents and helping Commerce was having its small busi- them develop a consensus. In ness conference. Many of the people the Indiana General Assembly, gathered probably make over to be a “conservative” is to boil $100,000 and stand to be taxed that the concept of leadership down extra 1 percent. They also stand to to no new taxes, pro-life on benefit from an aggressive revolution abortion and damn the gays. in the way economic development, The view of the world tax abating and limiting the regulato- by House Republican leader- ry processes are conducted. ship is this: We’ve been here Daniels gave a preview of his Gov. Daniels with the Chamber’s Kevin Brinegar Wednesday. for 16 years suffering. We’re reasoning. He told the small busi- (HPR Photo) glad Mitch Daniels won ness men and women, along with a because now we can do what handful of legislators, that his fledgling administration has pro- we want.” posed “the most ambitious, progressive, pro-business pro- A balanced budget means cash to cover spending, as gram” to change the economic climate. “We’re going to do opposed to revenue to cover spending. everything we can think of to make this the best sandbox in America,” Gov. Daniels said. A big, baloney sandwich and a road trip “With very modest changes, if everybody in every Imagining the Indiana General Assembly as a big sector relents just a little; demands just a little less, we can baloney sandwich, with a new, progressive Republican gover- set the pace for good things to come,” Daniels said in a very nor as the top slice, and the masses as the bottom, the route businesslike manner. It was not a pitched emotional appeal. to salvation of the new governor’s first agenda will be ... road “There are other things I’d like your help on,” Daniels trip. said. “We need Daylight-Saving Time so that every business Gubernatorial sources tell HPR that a new recreation- elsewhere knows what the heck the time is here in Indiana.” al vehicle has been ordered, meaning the governor will be hit- The room burst first into laughter, then applause with ting the road in the coming weeks, attempting to make his that line. "If we're going to come out of this economic hole as case to the people who elected him. “In a few weeks the new deep as the one we are in, we have to do everything that RV is delivered, and we are back on the road,” the source might make a difference," Daniels said. As for that balanced said. Gov. Evan Bayh used to call it stoking up the “white hot budget, again Daniels reiterated his line in the sand: no gim- heat of public opinion” that he used to motivate legislators. micks, “We can spend no more than we take in.” There was There were other ways Gov. Bayh did it. One story more applause. “Now is the time to do it.” was that Bayh would sit a recalcitrant legislator down in his office and he would open a desk drawer, pulling out a photo I need your help of a road grader. “Do you know what this is?” the governor Then came the direct appeal, one that Gov. Daniels asked (we’re paraphrasing here). “Take a good look because HOWEY Political Report Page 3 Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 will be making across the state in the coming weeks and character of five Democrats who went down to defeat. months. Daniels is bound by what he sees as a “constitutional "It's never mattered more than in the next two or duty” to balance the books and to structurally reform a state three months and if everybody pitches in, you won’t believe government in extensive decay. Bosma appears to be pre- the difference it can make" Daniels said. "I ask you to help us pared to do whatever it takes to defend the five freshman that do this. You have the most credible voices with our col- brought him to power, thus the drama surrounding the tax leagues in the legisature." hikes. As Daniels sat down with Chamber President Kevin Gov. Daniels appears to be seeking some common Brinegar, the people at the front of the room, like Barnes & ground. Asked about Bosma’s intention to seek a constitution- Thornberg’s Tim Oaks and John Willey, stood up and al amendment on marriage despite the recent Court of applauded. That rippled across the room to the back, where Appeals ruling that upheld Indiana’s law, Daniels said, “I the governor received about a minute’s worth of a standing understand those who want to build a stronger protection than ovation. already exists around the statute and submit that to the will of How that translates into populist pressure back home the people of Indiana.” at Third House meetings remains to be seen. Daniels and Bosma Back in the summer of 2002, a New York Times reporter named David E. Rosenbaum found his way into the Indiana House chambers.
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