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WELL MITCH DANIELS HAS ONE
MONTH REMAINING AS GOVERNOR OF
INDIANA.
JIM SHELLA SAT DOWN WITH THE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR THIS WEEK TO
GO OVER WHAT HAS BEEN AL-
AL-QAEDA -- ACCOMPLISHED.
CLEARLY HE IS PROUD OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS MADE DURING HIS TWO
TERMS IN OFFICE.
WE SAT DOWN WITH MITCH DANIELS
TO TALK ABOUT HIS EIGHT YEARS IN
OFFICE.
WHAT SORT OF GRADE WOULD YOU
GIVE YOURSELF?
I DON'T THINK I CAN GRADE
MYSELF.
THAT'S FOR YOU AND OTHERS TO DO.
Reporter: HE WON'T GIVE
HIMSELF A GRADE, BUT HE WANTS
CREDIT FOR SHAKING UP STATE
GOVERNMENT.
I HOPE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER
THIS TIME AS INDIANA TURNING A
CORNER AND DECIDING TO A STATE
THAT LEADS CHANGE AND OTHER
PLACES, AND WE ARE THAT TODAY.
Reporter: DANIELS IS MOST
PROUD OF THINGS LIKE ROAD
MOVEMENT, AND PROPERTY TAX CAPS.
HE IS WORRIED THAT EDUCATION
REFORMS COULD BE REVERSED BUT
MOSTLY THE GUY WHO TRAVELED THE
STATE IN AN RFID IN 2004
PROMISING CHANGE FEELS LIKE HE
DELIVERED.
HONESTLY IF I KNEW THEN WHAT
I KNOW NOW I WOULD HAVE SAID,
YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE WORTH
IT.
THIS IS A GOOD THING.
Reporter: HE BUILT THE KIND
OF RECORD THAT LEAD OTHERS TO
ENCOURAGE HIM TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
LOOKING BACK I'M VERY GLAD
ABOUT THE DECISION I MADE.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAND IN
YEAR SEVEN AND EIGHT.
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
THE SESSION IS SUPPOSED TO GET
LAME.
Reporter: THAT INCLUDES RIGHT
TO WORK LEGISLATION AND A TAX
REBATE.
YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE JOB?
NOT EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IN
THE AGGREGATE, SURE.
Reporter: NEVERTHELESS HE
SAYS IT IS TIME TO GO
IN ONE SENTENCE THERE WE
HEARD HIM SAY A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS HAPPENED.
WHAT ABOUT FAILURES?
Reporter: ONE OF THE BIG
FAILURES WAS THE CONTRACT WITH
IBM TO RUN THE WELFARE SYSTEM.
HE SAYS THAT HE WISHES HE WOULD