yes, virginia, there is a santa claus. or at least someone who in sharp contrast seems to some just as magical. indiana s mitch daniels has managed a feat other states dream of, balancing the budget while growing jobs. deep cuts in government employ to his own pay earned him the nickname mitch the blade yet his approval rating are 75% at last check and he s seen as an innovator on health care and education. joining us now is the governor of indiana, mitch daniels. he is also one of the names being floated as a potential gop presidential candidate in 2012. welcome to you, governor, and thanks for taking the time out during the holiday. anything for you, matthew. governor, tell me, on the economy, let s start there, you offered some prescriptions that
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half ago, two years ago, needs to continue as we set our sights to 2012 and what we hope will be the election of the republican president in 2012. welcome back to hardball. that was republican national committee chairman michael steele. last night on fox after a surprise announcement by him that he s going to run for another term as chairman, is this a good thing for the republican party? i have two republicans here. pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst and real life republican strategist, john feehery is hear supporting, well, are you one of the other people running against who are you running? longtime strategist maria did cheney tell you to do this? are you working for cheney? i knew maria before she was a bush person. did cheney tell you to do this? cheney doesn t tell me to do anything. he s the enforcer. is she going to beat michael steele? it s an open race. the republican party runs
president in 2012. welcome back to hardball. that was republican national committee chairman michael steele. last night on fox after a surprise announcement by him that he s going to run for another term as chairman, is this a good thing for the republican party? i have two republicans here. pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst and real life republican strategist, john feehery is hear supporting, well, are you one of the other people running against who are you running? longtime strategist maria did cheney tell you to do this? are you working for cheney? i knew maria before she was a bush person. did cheney tell you to do this? cheney doesn t tell me to do anything. he s the enforcer. is she going to beat michael steele? it s an open race. the republican party runs michael steele for big jobs, lieutenant governor of maryland, make him party chairman and keep dumping on him. why do they trust him with these positions again and again and again? you want him as
clinton and trump have run polar opposite campaigns. but they both at least seem to agree where to travel t. path goes through florida, 000, pennsylvania and north carolina. they are the most visited battle ground states for both side by far. the schedule never lies. i am joined by two folks who know about battleground blitzes and why the schedules do tell us something. sarah fagan a cnbc contributor and campaign strategist to the 2004 bush relay and bill burton, the national press secretary and with priorities usa which was the presidential campaign s super pac for obama if 2012. welcome to both of you. so the company schedule, sarah, it is obviously, i always we heard this, there s one thing you can never get more of. that s the candidate s time. the schedule is king. these schedules have been pretty traditional.