Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.

Mitch Daniels (Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.) was the Republican governor of Indiana, serving two terms from 2005-2013. Previously he served as the first Director, Office of Management and Budget under President George Walker Bush. He was replaced in that position by Joshua B. Bolten. Daniels became the president of Purdue University after his second gubernatorial term ended on January 14, 2013.

2012 State of the Union GOP Response
Governor Daniels was chosen to offer the Republican response to President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address. This came in the midst of his push to change labor laws to make Indiana a so-called "Right to Work" state.

Right-to-Work Legislation
Daniels attempted in 2011 and 2012 to stifle labor rights in the state; in 2011, Democratic lawmakers left Indiana to prevent a vote on the legislation. At that time, Daniels said “I think if you're going to try to do something that fundamental, you owe it to the public to have that kind of an airing first, and that has not happened here.”

A year later, Daniels pushed the same legislation. The bill is inspired by model legislation provided by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

In 2012, Daniels also wrote the introduction to ALEC's annual report on the status of free-market education in the United States.

Other affiliations

 * Trustee Emeriti, Fund for American Studies
 * Governor, Boy Scouts of America

Contact details
Office of the Governor Statehouse Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797 Phone: 317-232-4567 Web: http://www.in.gov/gov

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Bush administration
 * Securities and Exchange Commission

External articles

 * Nicholas Thompson, "Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney. Meet OMB Director Mitch Daniels: The most powerful man in the Bush administration you have never heard," Washington Monthly, July/August 2001.
 * Brendan Nyhan, "Mitch Daniels' fuzzy math. The Bush budget director has a little problem with the truth," Salon, February 12, 2002.
 * Report: Mitch Daniels Among 32 Subpoenaed in Securities Probe, Associated Press (truthout), May 7, 2003.
 * "The Architects of War: Where Are They Now?" Think Progress, July 2007.