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In SOTU Rebuttal, Gov. Mitch Daniels Calls Obama's Policies 'Pro-Poverty'

Igor Bobic | January 24, 2012, 10:46PM

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels gives the Republican response to the State of the Union.

Presenting the Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union address, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) attacked President Barack Obama, saying his administration's extreme and divisive policies have held back economic recovery. He said the country must instead be righted by a pro-growth agenda, a simpler tax system, and a balancing of deficits.

"No feature of the Obama Presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others," Daniels said.

Following a decision by the administration to delay construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Indiana governor said Obama's policies would put America in poverty.

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