>> mitch daniels? i doubt it, because as charles said, giving the response to the state of the union is traditionally a really rotten assignment. they can it not to measure up because of the pomp and circumstance of -- they tended not to measure, but because of the pop and circumstance of the president's speech. mitch daniels did well, but let's face it, it is a bar this high off the ground. >> republicans are hungry for a leader who will step up and solve problems. it may have been a minor league performance, but they are hungry for that message. romney could deliver eight. it is an answer to that being a rich guy problems. he could turn around and say look, i am for doing these markings, everybody needs a piece of the action. >> if, as a wealthy person, romney were to propose something that would take a cut out of his income and his wealthy friends, he would have a ton of credibility if he adopted one of those things. mitch daniels -- i know -- romney has not embraced a single policy proposal along t

so that's the mitch daniels' record. that's his fiscal record that the republicans want to highlight with their state of the union speaker this year. yes, of course, that is all in the past. that's all mitch daniels' past, that's his resume. what about his time since? what about his time since as indiana governor? yes, what about that? >> we are -- and this is what it was like in indiana during mitch daniels' own state of the state address earlier this month. i don't know if anyone heard him give that address over the hollering and protest hullaboo. those efforts have even lit up a whole new part of the indiana republican party that had not been activist before, or at least had been loyalist before, but is now pledging to go after any republican who votes to support governor daniels' union-stripping right to work legislation. the group, which is calling themselves lunch pail republicans, has formed a pac. they say they've already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. today they wrote to indiana republican legislators

>> mitch daniels? i doubt it, because as charles said, giving the response to the state of the union is traditionally a really rotten assignment and they can not measure up because of the pomp and circumstance of the president's speech are. mitch daniels did well, but let's face it, it is up by this high off the ground -- is a bar this high off the ground. >> maybe it is a minor league performance, but they are hungry for that. romney could deliver, and it is the answer to his being at the rich guy problems. he could turn around and say, look, i'm for doing the hard things, everybody has to have a piece of the action, the rich, the poor. >> that would have credibility if, as a wealthy person, romney was actually proposing something that would take a cut out of his income and his wealthy friends. he would have a ton of credibility if he adopted one of those things. mitch daniels -- i know, but romney has not embraced a single policy proposal along those lines. if he did, he would have instant credibilit

daniels on what mitch has called the red menace of debt. really just passing mentions. it wasn't the emphasis on his speech tonight. you get the sense what he really wants to talk about is how to spend more of other people's money on that program, on this program, because the federal government, through the creation of entitlements or more spending programs, knows how to do things better than everybody else. that's what i heard tonight. >> roland, a lot of those elements appealed to the democratic base. you saw them standing up and applauding enthusiastically. >> but it appeals to the american people. what the president basically said is congress, get your butt to work. paul is right. the close there was absolutely strong. any preacher would love to have that kind of close when he said it's the mission that matters. i'll tell you, ari, if you're out there, republican or democrat, and you're trying to keep your home, you like what the president had to say. if you're a republican or a democrat and you want your kids in college and you want th

i have to ask you about governor mitch daniels' address. i know you were able to hear at least some of it. were you able to hear some? >> i was certainly able to hear some of it. >> first, i guess he accused the obama administration of running a grand experiment in trickle-down government. so do you recognize what that might mean? and secondly, do you think there might be a sort of crack of light here for moving forward in a bipartisan way, after governor daniels said that we should crack down on the wealthy having so many tax privileges? >> well, i think, as the president said this evening, we are optimistic. we think that if everybody comes together, there is an opportunity to move forward. i will say i thought -- i agreed with you, rachel, i didn't think that he had a very -- that mitch daniels had a very optimistic vision about our future. so on that, we would disagree. in terms of making sure that we have a system that's fair and equitable, that's sustainable for the long haul, where if you work hard and play by the rules, you'll be ab

mitch daniels giving the republican response. we'll show you how a panel of undecided voters reacted to what they heard in live protesting. candy crowley, senior political analyst, david gergen, john king, political analyst, knloer yeah burger, paul begala, and ari fleischer. any surprises tonight? >> i think it was a solid speech. book ending it with two foreign policy achievements, the end of the war in iraq and the death of osama bin laden made it a very sort of solid speak and a reminder to voters, hey, by the way, remember, here are the two things i did. as i mentioned before, here is a president who gets tire marks for his foreign policy than domestic. >> were a lot of the things he was suggesting, that states require that students stay in school until 18 -- >> a nice call, but no, much of this will not happen. this was far more designed to be an agenda for his second term too, take it into the debates in november. i think it was politically deft from his standpoint. he showed democrats that he's willing to fight. that he's

a preview of governor mitch daniels. your thoughts. >> an interesting choice in mitch daniels, second term in indiana he has done a good job in terms of making it more friendly in terms of job creation, taken it from deficit to surpluses and mitch daniels is not part of that issue. he is not part of that drama. striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what may get accomplished between the capitol hill between now and the next election. >> brett: mike, where lawmakers come afterwards to spin what they sau thought about the state of the union address. we'll head back as necessary

a preview of governor mitch daniels. your thoughts. >> an interesting choice in mitch daniels, second term in indiana he has done a good job in terms of making it more friendly in terms of job creation, taken it from deficit to surpluses and mitch daniels is not part of that issue. he is not part of that drama. striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what may get accomplished between the capitol hill between now and the next election. >> brett: mike, where lawmakers come afterwards to spin what they sau thought about the state of the union address. we'll head back as necessary

i have to ask you about governor mitch daniels' address. i know you were able to hear at least some of it. were you able to hear some? >> i was certainly able to hear some of it. >> first, i guess he accused the obama administration of running a grand experiment in trickle-down government. so do you recognize what that might mean? and secondly, doou think there might be a sort of crack of light here for moving forward in a bipartisan way, after governor daniels said that we should crack down on the wealthy having so many tax privileges? >> well, i think, as the president said this evening, we are optimistic. we think that if everybody comes together, there is an opportunity to move forward. i will say i thought -- i agreed with you, rachel, i didn't think that he had a very -- that mitch daniels had a very optimistic vision about our future. so on that, we would disagree. in terms of making sure that we have a system that's fair and equitable, that's sustainable for the long haul, where if you work hard and play by the rules, you'll be able

response to the president's state of the union address is this guy republican governor from indiana mitch daniels and the thing all americans should know is they listen to his speech is that he's a great multi-tasker because not only can he give a partisan response to the state of the union but he can also wage a war on working people at the same time on monday the indiana state senate has legislation to turn their state into a so-called right to work state that legislation is expected to pass the state house and may be signed into law soon by governor governor mitch daniels and on from that point on working people in indiana are screwed so what exactly to do right to work laws mean let's take a look inside a factory or call it tom's tractor company has ten employees who work there let's say a majority of them six decide that they're going to form a union under the wagner act also known as the national labor relations act passed back in one hundred thirty five you have to our administration they have the right to do just that a majority they have a union just like when i incorporated the

mitch daniels, the governor delivered the republican rebuttal last night. with due respect, the government had nothing on michele bachmann's tea party response to last year's state of the union. mainly because he was so conventional in the way he looked right into the camera. >> good evening, my name is congresswoman michele bachmann from minnesota six 6th district. the tea party is a dynamic force for good in our national conversation and it's an honor for me to speak with you. >> and then there was three years ago, who could forget louisiana governor bobby jindal giving the official republican response. >> good evening and happy mardi gras. i'm bobby jindal. like the president's father, my own parents came to this country from a distant land. as a child, i remember going to the grocery store with my dad. he would tell me, bobby, americans can do anything. let me tell you a story. during katrina, i visited sheriff harry lee. i told him, sheriff, that's ridiculous. before i knew it, he was yelling on the phone. congressman ginnedle is here? he says you can

mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. they are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damndest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. >>> the pressure from the republican establishment that newt gingrich and rick perry should not go after mitt romney's business record. they should leave it alone, a good sign for democrat, if mitt romney is the nominee even republicans know his time in corporate finance may be more of a liability an asset. what if that republican establishment pressure works? on gingrich and perry. what if newt gingrich and rick perry cave like s

mitch daniels giving the republican response. we'll show you how a panel of undecided voters reacted to what they heard in live protesting. candy crowley, senior political analyst, david gergen, john king, political analyst, gloekn yeah burger, paul begala, and ari fleischer. any surprises tonight? >> i think it was a solid speech. book ending it with two foreign policy achievements, the end of the war in iraq and the death of osama bin laden made it a very sort of solid speak and a reminder to voters, hey, by the way, remember, here are the two things i did. as i mentioned before, here is a president who gets tire marks for his foreign policy than dome domestic. >> were a lot of the things he was suggesting, that states require that students stay in school until 18 -- >> a nice call, but no, much of this will not happen. this was far more designed to be an agenda for his second term too, take it into the debates in november. i think it was politically deft from his standpoint. he showed democrats that he's willing to fight. that

daniels or maybe it is for mitch daniels maybe says yeah let's make it the united states but less blood's bust these workers down to the point where they're making virtually nothing at all. right to work for less is a destructive destructive institution or a destructive idea law for the united states and we need to stop it although it looks like indiana tragically is going to go down this road. it's the good the bad in the very very old trick but there are a silly ugly the good. mass of dar's city dobby despite being home to eight percent of the world's proven oil reserves abu dhabi is making strides in moving away from oil and towards green energy a government that small nation has invested billions of dollars into mazda our city which is a planned city development will be finished by two thousand and twenty five and one of the greenest cities in the world master will be home to forty thousand people who all use electric vehicles and all energy in the city will be produced through photovoltaic wind and geothermal power even though they have literally oil in their backyards dobby recogniz

mitch daniels now is the time to go ahead with the big anti-union rights push. they are trying to get it down before the super bowl to avoid the attention, democrats are doing their damdest to slow them down. this is what mitch daniels has on his hands as a result. >>> with mitt romney running away with the presidential nomination, you don't envy the non-romney republicans in the race right now. kind of a topic if you would rather be an also-ran, not qualifying for the ballot in virginia, or whether you would rather be mitch daniels, having picked this fight with his own state and looking forward to this being sound of the super bowl. [ female announcer ] that's the all-natural sugar she puts on her grapefruit. but is she eating sugar this week? maybe she wants the all natural, zero calorie stuff. but if you're wrong, you're insinuating she's fat. save yourself. it's only natural. [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily

any chance mitch daniels still gets into the republican race? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. because it looks like romney is going to take florida and i don't think he'll be caught after that. >> okay. remember if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thank you for watching. hope to say you right here next week. maybe governor romney should tell us how much money he's made off how many households. >> have you checked your own investments? you have investments through mutual funds that invest in fannie and freddieyz these two gentlemen are distracting from

any chance mitch daniels still gets into the republican race? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. because it looks like romney is going to take florida and i don't think he'll be caught after that. >> okay. remember if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at jer@foxnews.com. that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thank you for

>> jon: all right, did any of you catch the republican rebuttal by mitch daniels of indiana? >> oh, my god! is that who that was? >> jon: uh-huh. >> i thought that was the ghost of calvin coolidge. (laughter) >> that's ridiculous. the republican rebuttal was clearly a surrealist homage to "egg balance on top of a hat." >> jon: i got more of a "benjamin button" vibe. just a couple minutes before he gets super handsome. anybody? >> sorry, jon, please, if we're going with movies this is obviously "albert nobbs." it's glenn close dressed like a victorian gentlemen. >> i don't see it. >> wait for it. wait for it. okay. >> oh, yeah, all right. snoo. >> i thought that guy looked like one of those spooky portraits in a scooby do haunted house with the eyes that follow you. ruh-roh. >> jon: i get that. well, listen guys thanks so much for your analysis. this met all of my expectations. i think from now on panels shouldn't watch these speeches. >> i agree. >> well done. >> jon: (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back to the show, my guest tonight, a research associate at harvard un

thirty five net national labor relations act yesterday the indiana governor and bush economic adviser mitch daniels and the republican did the republican rebuttal following the state of the union which in this mr w. . today the end in a house passed a right to work for less wall so now the senate the house this is the first time what makes this significant is that this is the first time a right to work for less has come to a midwestern industrial state this represents a full out war on the right of workers to have democracy in the workplace and make money no mistake about it a workplace is not a democracy it is a kingdom. and you know with kings and lords and serfs and a union is a democracy where it is there's a majority vote to bring it into existence there's a majority vote for its leadership everything but conservatives don't believe in democracy they want plutocracy in the workers in the workplace those pesky workers who we can't have those pesky workers in charge of things tom friedman in cities new york times wrote praising workers being housed in dorms in the fact in a factory in th

mitch daniels remains governor of indiana. the republican party go on because voters have a funny way of deciding for themselves what's going on in this cycle. did he just do himself a favor and did he just deliver a welcome message to the base? >> i think it was really a unifying message to the base. this is a message sort of an eat your spinach message on the budget, but he talked about means testing but also eliminating text preferences, not raising tax rates. that's a purely conservative republican message. it would appeal to tea party supporters, i would appeal to ron paul supporters, the economic side, but with a much more broad based foreign policy. he is a real mainstream conservative and a very appealing one. if he taken himself out of the race. but he can always be someone they can turn to in some way. >> another break. then our coverage will continue with senior counselor, senior advisor to the president david plouffe and massachusetts governor mitt romney both with us live. ssport? . past five years' tax returns. h