Mitch Daniels 2016: 9 Noteworthy Tweets About Potential GOP Presidential Hopeful

As with many leftovers from the 2012 presidential election cycle, there are plenty of appeals going around for a presidential run for Mitch Daniels in 2016, especially online. Yet the two-term Indiana governor seems content with his current position presiding over Purdue University.

His comments about taking on other roles during the 2016 presidential race also lend credence to thoughts that there will be no Mitch Daniels 2016 campaign to look forward to.

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While Daniels repeatedly has made it clear that his family outweighs a desire to seek the presidency, that has not stopped many from trying to nudge him along via social media.

Support for a Mitch Daniels 2016 run for the White House appears strong and broad. While one might find a bit of sarcasm in the Daniels-related commentary in Twitterdom, the zealousness by some admirers is commendable.

Here are nine noteworthy tweets regarding a potential Mitch Daniels 2016 campaign.

Obama's free community college proposal is similar to @purduemitch's idea for Indiana. http://t.co/lwU2KXwBbD pic.twitter.com/eEwE92IZmS

— IndyStar (@indystar) January 16, 2015

A book is coming out about Mitch Daniels. Does this mean there may be a 2016 run by him?

— Aaron Gardner (@Aaron_RS) January 14, 2015

Mitch Daniels fanning speculation re: 2016 by co-chairing Council on Foreign Relations-backed Task Force Report on Noncommunicable Diseases

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) December 2, 2014

@carolfoxlover Wait, let me test that. I also like Mitch Daniels a lot and wish he would run in 2016. What say you?

— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) August 21, 2014

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Is it wrong to hope Mitch Daniels loses his battle with Purdue faculty so he can run for POTUS in 2016? pic.twitter.com/y70KSWs3F7

— Ann (@IndyMuttMom) January 25, 2015

apparently, paul ryan is a huge mitch daniels fan. nice... http://t.co/Gr8t1NHd0T

— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) November 7, 2014

Proposed Jon Huntsman 2016 campaign slogan: "I kept Mitch Daniels out of the White House by embarrassing his wife." http://t.co/66asQGE5Ah

— Charles Hoskinson (@cehoskinson) May 7, 2014

Paul Ryan on 2016: "Other than Mitt and Mitch [Daniels], there's not a ..." Decides to stop himself there. http://t.co/LBMuD6MN3Z

— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) November 7, 2014

Asked if he has his eyes on 2016, Daniels tells CSPAN: "only as an attentive citizen." http://t.co/QyziwMl3QT

— Maureen Groppe (@mgroppe) September 23, 2014

 

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