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The Indianapolis Star

June 6, 2003 Friday City final Edition

'The Blade' leaves mark on Washington;

Daniels ending stint as budget director with a
record of spending cuts and a huge deficit.
BYLINE: BY MARY BETH SCHNEIDER AND MAUREEN GROPPE
MARY.BETH.SCHNEIDER@INDYSTAR.COM

SECTION: CITY STATE; Pg. 1B

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WASHINGTON -- The pictures of his family were already gone, boxed and shipped
back to Indianapolis.

So, too, were most of the other personal touches collected by Mitch Daniels
during his more than two years as minder of the nation's finances.

The blade, though, remained.

Alone on the mantle of the marble fireplace in Daniels' office in the ornate
Eisenhower Executive Office Building it sat, an elegant swoosh of steel sheathed
in black.

"Sentimentally, I was slow to take that down," Daniels said.

The sword, a gift to Daniels from some Indiana friends, is the embodiment of
the nickname President Bush had bestowed upon him: "The Blade."

By tonight, it, too, will be gone as Daniels closes the door on his 29-month
tenure as director of the Office of Management and Budget. By Saturday, he
expects to be in his car, "setting a land speed record" back to Indiana -- and
an expected run for governor.

But this week, Daniels wasn't a candidate. He was, still, "The Blade."

To admirers, the nickname summed up Daniels' attitude toward federal

spending.

He was the guy who told big shots no; the administration's hatchet man
slicing back spending.

To critics, the blade Daniels' wielded was a dull one, and the nickname is
more ironic than accurate.

His sharp wit, they argue, cut deeper than his budgets.
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Because on Jan. 23, 2001, the day the Senate confirmed Daniels as budget
director, the federal government was amassing a surplus of $236 billion.

Today, on Daniels' last day as budget director, the nation instead is digging
record deficits. For fiscal year 2003, which will end Sept. 30, Democrats
estimate the deficit will be $416 billion, while Republicans put it slightly
lower, at up to $375 billion.

Paul Light, director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution, a

liberal Washington think tank, praised Daniels' work in improving the management
of the federal government.

But, Light added, "on the budget side of the equation, it's hard to give him
much more than a failing grade, given that budget deficits have gone through the
roof."

"I don't think that was his fault. I think that's his boss's fault, and I
think that's Congress' fault," he said. Still, he added, Daniels has to share
the responsibility.

Stephen Moore, president of the conservative Club for Growth, which advocates
lower taxes and smaller government, called Daniels "the fiscal conscience" in an
administration that needs one.

Daniels, sitting in a winged chair in his office with a copy of the federal
budget in his hands, showed only an I've-heard-that-all-before resignation when
asked about the deficit.

He ticked off factors that dramatically reshaped the nation's budget

priorities, including the cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A balanced budget is an important goal, but not the most important goal,
Daniels said. "It ranks behind defending the lives of Americans and trying to
create jobs and economic growth."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld scoffed at anyone who would blame

Daniels for the deficit.

"Oh, my goodness," Rumsfeld said. "He's the president's agent. What Mitch has
done is an absolutely wonderful, wonderful job" of putting Bush's policies into
practice.

And when people fired away at those, it was Daniels in the line of fire.

"He must have had a Kevlar vest, because taking the bullets (for Bush) was
certainly part of the job," said Chris Ullman, a former budget office spokesman
who now is vice president of communications for the Carlyle Group.

Joshua Bolten, White House deputy chief of staff, has been tapped by Bush to
succeed Daniels as budget director.

Tensions with Congress are inevitable for whoever holds that job, Bolten
said.

Still, Daniels is criticized for having more than his share of running
battles with Congress.
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Bill Hoagland, an Indiana native who is a policy adviser to Senate Majority

Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Daniels did "a good job under some extremely
difficult circumstances."

But, he said, his relationship with Congress "was not as good as we would
have liked," and the deficit leaves a shadow on his tenure.

As he finished his last week as budget director, Daniels was focusing on the
wins -- from putting government services out for competitive bids to performance
audits of government agencies.

"I leave," he said, "with a great sense of fulfillment."

Call Star reporter Mary Beth Schneider at 1-317-444-6827.

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The Associated Press State & Local Wire

July 28, 2008 Monday 5:05 AM GMT

New debate group seeks 3 governor's debates

BYLINE: By MIKE SMITH, AP Political Writer

SECTION: POLITICAL NEWS

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DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS

There are always debates about debates the dates, locations, formats when it
comes to high-ticket political contests in Indiana and elsewhere.

Deciding on when, where and how often becomes an election-year issue itself,
with each campaign saying it's all for debates but making its own set of demands
while competing media outlets join the fray. Sometimes those and other squabbles
result in just one or two debates, or none at all.

A nonpartisan coalition of media and citizens groups was formed last year in
hopes of organizing and sponsoring three general election debates between
Indiana's candidates for governor this fall. The Indiana Debate Commission's
theme is "Putting voters first."

"We wanted to be scrupulously neutral and put the debates so voters come
first in the way they are organized and produced and way they reach the people,"
said Kevin Finch, news director at WISH-TV in Indianapolis and president of the
commission representing one of its members, the Indiana Broadcasters
Association.

The commission was fostered by the Indiana Coalition for Open Government,
with planning beginning in February 2007. The idea was that a broad-based,
formal organization was needed to deliver a message to candidates that it was
serious about providing a formal structure and hopefully large audiences for
organized debates in Indiana.

The group decided to make its first test the 2008 general election race for
governor, whose candidates are Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, Democrat Jill Long
Thompson and Libertarian Andrew Horning.

Finch said the organization has gotten positive reaction from the campaigns
so far.

"There's a sense, a realization, that we're taking something off their plate
they don't have to mess with," he said. "They can go about the business of
campaign fundraising and campaign appearances and we will take care of the
details."
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Finch said when the campaigns meet with the commission, they know they are
talking to groups that represent or at least reach a lot of voters. The groups
include the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the Hoosier State Press
Association, the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors, the League of Women
Voters of Indiana and the AARP.

The commission has identified some potential dates, visited at least a dozen
venues and has significantly narrowed down the locations list. It wants one
debate each to be held in northern, central and southern Indiana. The next steps
are to lock those in and settle on proposed formats.

When the group announced its creation last November, one goal cited was
avoiding disputes that marked the 2004 governor's race between Daniels and
then-Gov. Joe Kernan. There were only two debates between them despite it being
considered a marquee matchup between two heavyweights.

Phil Meyer, station manager for Bloomington's WTIU-TV, a PBS station, said
last November that media outlets argued that year over who would host debates
and who the panelists would be. The campaigns stoked those disagreements, he
said.

"There was a lot of back and forth and the parties were playing the stations
against each other a lot of negotiations that weren't in the best interest of
the voters," Meyer said when the commission's creation was announced.

Finch said the commission is not trying to be dictatorial and has been
negotiating possible terms with the campaigns.

Jeff Harris, spokesman for the Long Thompson campaign, said it has had
discussions with the commission and it's possible debates "could go through this
group."

Daniels' campaign spokesman, Cam Savage, seemed more positive about working
with the commission.

"They seem very organized," he said. "We haven't agreed to any formats or any
details, but because we know it's such a broad coalition, we trust they will
organize very professional debates worthy of the voters."

Horning, the Libertarian candidate, said he favored the commission because he

thinks it will put pressure on candidates to speak directly to voters' concerns.

Time will tell whether the commission is successful in its first test, but
its goal seems worthy putting voters first. Maybe there will be fewer debates
over debates.

EDITORS: Mike Smith has covered Indiana's Statehouse and political scene
since 1993.

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