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Grassley: Daniels Could ‘Show That People Who Don’t Have Charisma Could Be Elected President’

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN)

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As the Des Moines Register reports, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has some nice things to say about possible Republican presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels:

“Sometimes I hear Mitch Daniels and I thought, maybe I oughta back him because it would be an opportunity to show that people who don’t have charisma could be elected president,” Grassley joked in a conference call with reporters today.

Grassley, who was asked about the importance of personal magnetism as opposed to policy in a presidential race, later made a point of saying his comments were “tongue in cheek.”

Grassley also added to his “tongue in cheek” comment, with some praise for Daniels. “He seems to be a very, very good governor, has a good record. He had a good record as OMB director,” Grassley said. “He is a person of substance and substance matters … particularly at a time of 9 percent unemployment.”

2012 Presidential Primaries, 2012 elections, Chuck Grassley, Iowa caucus, Mitch Daniels, Pres '12
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