Mitch Daniels

Daniels in 2009

Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is an academic administrator and former politician who was Governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 2013, Daniels has been president of Purdue University.

Quotes

• I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic.
  • Reported in Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Mitch Daniels Takes CPAC", National Review Online (February 11, 2011).

• She is comprehensively experienced and has advantages that some of the other contenders would have to scramble to match in terms of her exposure to the world and many of the tough issues we are facing in foreign policy.
  • On Hillary Clinton, Bloomberg's With All Due Respect (February 5, 2015).