What To Tell The Missus?
According to this article from Hot Air, Mitch Daniels wants to run. The only thing holding him back is the approval of his wife and children.
I want Daniels in it, not just because he's a FOR (Friend of Ricochet), but because the current crop leaves me cold. Daniels-Christie 2012 or Christie-Daniels 2012. A girl can dream, can't she?
But listen, the point is this: I totally -- and I mean totally -- get Cheri Daniels' hesitation. In fact, if I was her, I'd say, "No way, Jose (Mitch)," too.
What about you? Put yourself in her place and think about it. Does anyone think the media would respect her silence on their divorce and remarriage? Does anyone think that their girls would be spared scrutiny of every single life decision?
What could we tell Cheri to get her to let Mitch run? I'm fresh out of ideas. Is there anything? Even the "it's for the good of the country" line of reasoning seems sort of .... lame.
What do you guys got?
Update: Just realized EJHill touched on this in the member feed yesterday.
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Jul '10
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Mitch should tell his wife, "Look, I have a duty to 300 million Americans who didn't happen to run off with another man and abandon me with the kids. You do what you want. I'm running."
Edited on May 10, 2011 at 1:31pmSep '10
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The Presidency lasts eight years; the failure of the Republic, forever.
Aug '10
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I'm not sure that Daniels is a significant upgrade over Pawlenty or Romney. In fact, Rush said on his show the other day that Daniels is the favorite of the mainstream media which worries him.
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Kenneth: Mitch should tell his wife, "Look, I have a duty to 300 million Americans who didn't happen to run off with another man and abandon me with the kids. You do what you want. I'm running." · May 10 at 1:30pm
Edited on May 10 at 01:31 pm
Aw. That's kind of harsh. I actually respect (& like) Mitch more for taking his wife's view so seriously. I also respect & like *her* more for having serious hesitations. Seems like a pretty even, equal, match to me. Who among us doesn't have some sort of skeleton that the NYTimes would feast on if we were Candidate Spouse?
Jul '10
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Rush was just teed off because Daniels, in his CPAC speech, said that Republicans need strong majorities in order to affect change and that means attracting voters who never tune in to Rush, Laura Ingraham or Sean Hannity.
I heard the whole tirade and it made me think much less of Rush Limbaugh.
Sep '10
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She can just tell the media that they called a truce on social issues.
Mar '11
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He should tell her that, for the first time in her life, she can be proud to be an American.
Aug '10
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"My darling, we and our children will have no future unless the course of our nation changes. I can do it."
He had better be able to do it, or he will regret forever his failure. The stakes are huge.
Jul '10
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Ursula Hennessey
Kenneth: Mitch should tell his wife, "Look, I have a duty to 300 million Americans who didn't happen to run off with another man and abandon me with the kids. You do what you want. I'm running." · May 10 at 1:30pm
Edited on May 10 at 01:31 pm
Aw. That's kind of harsh. I actually respect (& like) Mitch more for taking his wife's view so seriously. I also respect & like *her* more for having serious hesitations. Seems like a pretty even, equal, match to me. Who among us doesn't have some sort of skeleton that the NYTimes would feast on if we were Candidate Spouse? · May 10 at 1:40pm
How is that harsh? The fact is that the woman ran off with a doctor and left Mitch to raise the kids. She owes him a debt of penance, big time.
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I like this. This is good. However, the media's mockery/scrutiny of the Bush twins seems to have no term limit. How's a mother to think about that?
May '10
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I said my piece over at the members section. However, begging your wife for permission doesn't exactly get you high marks in the "leadership" column. Maybe some touchy-feely points in the Cosmo survey...
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Kenneth
Ursula Hennessey
Kenneth: Mitch should tell his wife, "Look, I have a duty to 300 million Americans who didn't happen to run off with another man and abandon me with the kids. You do what you want. I'm running." · May 10 at 1:30pm
Edited on May 10 at 01:31 pm
Aw. That's kind of harsh. I actually respect (& like) Mitch more for taking his wife's view so seriously. I also respect & like *her* more for having serious hesitations. Seems like a pretty even, equal, match to me. Who among us doesn't have some sort of skeleton that the NYTimes would feast on if we were Candidate Spouse? · May 10 at 1:40pm
How is that harsh? The fact is that the woman ran off with a doctor and left Mitch to raise the kids. She owes him a debt of penance, big time.
Well, listen, do you know the details? I don't. I mean, maybe she had good reason to get out. Maybe he pushed her out in some way. Who knows? Point is, they're past it. (Apparently.) It doesn't bother me all that much.
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Prioritizing the needs of your wife and children = "begging"? Good to know.
I'm grateful my husband doesn't view his role as the head of our household, which includes such care about how decisions affect us, in such a way.
And I have to admit it makes me like Mitch that much more than he does view his responsibilities to his wife and children as so important. I'm also glad that he -- again, contra some of what we're seeing here -- demonstrates genuine forgiveness, so key to any healthy marriage.
Jul '10
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Ursula Hennessey
Kenneth
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Kenneth:
How is that harsh? The fact is that the woman ran off with a doctor and left Mitch to raise the kids. She owes him a debt of penance, big time.
Well, listen, do you know the details? I don't. I mean, maybe she had good reason to get out. Maybe he pushed her out in some way. Who knows? Point is, they're past it. (Apparently.) It doesn't bother me all that much. · May 10 at 1:48pm
It bothers the heck out of me. Abandoning your husband is one thing. Abandoning your children is another. Gee, I thought you were a family values gal.
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Sorry, EJ, I missed that. I updated to link to your post.
However, I would argue that considering the thoughts of your wife & children in a huge -- *huge* -- life decision shows true leadership, in fact, not Cosmo-style wimpyness.
May '10
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Call to service is on an entirely different plane.
Do you think that the guys slogging it out in Afghanistan wouldn't rather be home with their wife and kids? Think the wife had a choice or a say there?
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Kenneth
Ursula Hennessey
Kenneth
Ursula Hennessey
Kenneth:
It bothers the heck out of me. Abandoning your husband is one thing. Abandoning your children is another. Gee, I thought you were a family values gal. · May 10 at 1:57pm
Well, I am. But I am also a big believer in withholding judgment on marriages & parenting until one has all the (any?) facts.
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EJHill
Call to service is on an entirely different plane.
Do you think that the guys slogging it out in Afghanistan wouldn't rather be home with their wife and kids? Think the wife had a choice or a say there? · May 10 at 2:00pm
First off, the only way the two compare is that in both situations there is some risk of dying and lots of time away from the family.
The question in play here is whether the candidate wants to subject his family to a complete loss of privacy, potentially for the rest of their lives. That doesn't happen when your husband goes to Afghanistan.
The other thing is that the decision to serve in the military is either made with the wife's needs in mind or was done prior to the wife coming along. In which case she made the decision about whether this was the life she wanted.
That sounds like what's going on here, too.
Jul '10
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EJHill
Call to service is on an entirely different plane.
Do you think that the guys slogging it out in Afghanistan wouldn't rather be home with their wife and kids? Think the wife had a choice or a say there? · May 10 at 2:00pm
EJ, this is a bit off topic, that's why it used to be the practice not to allow soldiers to marry...below the rank of Sergeant, for enlisted; below that of Captain, for officers. "Captains may marry, Majors should marry, Colonels must marry", was the rule of thumb. In that era, prior to the Cold War Army, wives didn't have a say but there were far fewer of them.
As for Mitch, I'm not certain he's egocentric enough to believe that the fate of the Republic is entirely in his hands. I am hoping that he learns to fake it.
Nov '10
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