Three things grab me aboot this.

1. I don’t know why we don’t give the response in front of a live audience like Gov. Bob McDonnell did two years ago.  It was the best response given to the SOTU in a while, plus there’s a big difference between doing it that way vs. the hostage tape way we usually do it.

2. The “American Idol” primaries would have eaten Mitch Daniels alive.

3. He should have run anyway.