Governor Daniels recently did an exclusive interview with the Heritage Foundation on the devastating consequences of Obamacare, especially as it pertains to Indiana.

In addition, in a blog post Daniels wrote for Heritage, he noted:

I note with special sadness that first and foremost amongst the bill’s consequences will be the probable demise of the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP). This program is currently providing health insurance to 50,000 low-income Hoosiers. With its Health Savings Account-style personal accounts and numerous incentives for healthy lifestyle choices, it has been enormously popular and successful.

Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, soon to cover one in every four citizens, will not only scoop up most of HIP’s participants, but will also cost the state between $3.1 and $3.9 billion over the next decade. It is hard to see how my successors as governor will be able to avoid a steep state tax increase to pay for it. Meanwhile, our medical device companies and small businesses will shed jobs as they wrestle with the taxes and penalties levied to help finance Washington’s “reforms.”

On Tuesday’s show, we debunked the “Party of No” mantra the Democrats have thrown about willy-nilly about the Republicans.  We talk about the:

• Paul Ryan’s Roadmap
• John Boehner’s “Five Steps President Obama Can Take To Help Our Economy Create Jobs”
• 50 health care solutions that Republicans offered, but were hidden in committee

We also talked with my friend and Florida political consultant, Jacob Perry, about the primary results in Florida and the prospects for Marco Rubio, Rick Scott and Allen West in November.

"Gillespie on FTRradio.com"

Also, here is the monologue from the August 24th show.

"Gillespie on FTRradio.com"

You can find previous episodes of “Gillespie” archived here.

*The following was my opening monologue to start my internet radio show “Gillespie” airing Tuesdays at 7pm on FTRradio.com.  In case you miss the show I will be posting these here every Wednesday following the Tuesday show.*

Friends, if you caught last week’s monologue, you heard me discuss the two main competing philosophies of government here in the United States. We specifically discussed the benefits of the limited government philosophy under which the nation was founded, the principles which have enabled The United States to become perhaps the greatest nation which has ever existed. We talked about the importance of a consistent framework of laws to operate under as well as allowing free people the room to use their own creativity and energy to thrive.

However, in this current environment, the left has done a fairly decent job of painting the GOP as an obstructionist party, the so-called “Party of No”. But this silly “Party of No” nonsense would have you believe that Republicans in Washington are just a collection of frat boys trying to annoy the Democrats in charge by being as big of a pain in the rear as possible. At least, that what Democrats and their allies in the media would like you to believe. They want you to think that Republicans are just wandering around Capitol Hill trying to see what mischief can be caused next.

Unfortunately for them, we have Congressman Paul Ryan, a policy wonk with a reverence for bold new ideas. Congressman Ryan approaches new ideas the way Nancy Pelosi does a fundraiser, with an energy and excitement that literally overtakes you. He’s not afraid to put something out there for discussion, nor is he reading the latest polls, or God forbid, a teleprompter, in order to decide what he should say next.

But the funny thing about Congressman Ryan’s “Roadmap”, is that there isn’t anything on it that you would classify as “far out there” or truly off the map. Well, unless you’ve made government your god and worship at the altar of Keith Olbermann. Instead, Congressman Ryan’s Roadmap is filled with the kind of ideas that swept a soft-spoken former Governor of California into the presidency about 30 years ago. In fact, there’s no question that Congressman Ryan would’ve been very much at home in the Ronald Reagan administration. (more…)

Thomas Cook and I debated the merits of a potential Mitch Daniels candidacy for President in 2012 on Fox 59′s “Face Off” segment. We were put in a boxing ring (no, I’m not kidding) in the studio and told to “duke it out”. We ended up arguing this topic for close to 23 minutes before we were finally told to stop. If you want to see the entire unedited debate, you can check it out here.

One side note to the debate, I realized afterward that Mitch Daniels was actually born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania and not in Indiana as I had asserted. But that particular comment didn’t have anything to do with the overall debate.

Anyway, enjoy the video and make sure to take part in the poll on the right hand side.

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Works for us?  Really?  I hear something like that and I feel like playing a little game called “Follow the Money!”  When we follow the money on Joe Donnelly, what do you we find?  Well, since 2007, we find quite of bit cash come from the most liberal leadership in Washington.

Contributions to Joe Donnelly’s campaign account (from FEC records) (more…)