Indiana Democratic Party Chair Dan Parker on Gov. Daniels’ failure to lead this legislative session

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2009

Contact: Jennifer Wagner, 317-752-6497

Statement from Indiana Democratic Party Chair Dan Parker on
Gov. Daniels' failure to lead this legislative session

"For four months, Mitch Daniels has been hiding under his desk, periodically emerging to tell lawmakers he's not interested in offering any leadership on key issues this session.

"Unemployment fix? Not my problem, Daniels told lawmakers. CIB bailout? Don't look to me for guidance, he said.

"Last night, Daniels' failure to lead resulted in no budget passing: a budget agreed to by Senate Republicans. Now we're heading into a special session that Mitch Daniels could have prevented.

"He didn't put any solutions on the table. He didn't broker any compromises. He did not bring people together. He just embraced the current mantra of national Republicans: No, no, no, no, no."

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