Mitch Daniels on Chris Christie, 2012, and Social Security Reform

Published September 26, 2011 8:19pm ET



Although Indiana governor Mitch Daniels would like to see his New Jersey counterpart run for president, Daniels said today that he doesn’t see any signs Chris Christie will change his mind. “I personally didn’t press him, so I have nothing to report,” Daniels said of his meeting last Thursday with Christie. “I saw no evidence that he’s going to change his mind.”


Daniels, who’s in Washington, D.C. hawking his book Keeping the Republic, stopped by the offices of THE WEEKLY STANDARD this afternoon and shared his thoughts on the 2012 Republican field, Social Security reform, Indiana’s push for a right-to-work law, and more.

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