Daniels: Obama has 'Wrong Biases' for Fixing Economybr The Christian Science Monitor - Capital Hiltonbr On Friday, September 23, 2011, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters.Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. is the 49th and current Governor of br the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his first four-year br term as governor on January 10, 2005, and was elected to his second termbr by an 18-point margin on November 4, 2008. Previously, he was the br Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under George W. br Bush. He was formerly Senior Vice President of Eli Lilly and Company, br Indiana's largest corporation, where he was in charge of the br corporation's business strategy. Daniels was widely speculated to be a br candidate for President of the United States in 2012 before choosing notbr to run.