In the Green Room: Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) on Tackling America’s Problems

Brandon Stewart / June 09, 2010

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels stopped by the Heritage Foundation yesterday to meet with conservative bloggers. His visit came a few days after The Weekly Standard released a lengthy piece on him, written by TWS Senior Editor Andrew Ferguson. Afterwards, he sat down with us for an exclusive “In the Green Room” interview.

A vocal champion against Obamacare, both before and after its passage, Governor Daniels did not let up on his criticism. “I think it is a misnomer to ever refer to it as ‘reform’. It doesn’t reform anything. It perpetuates the system we have with all these senseless features that make healthcare cost too much now. It is clearly based on fraudulent fiscal forecast. This was perfectly clear when they passed the bill but all the data that has come out since shows—as we always knew—that costs will be even higher to taxpayers.” (more…)