… Ten days ago, the Indiana governor was seen as a possible dark-horse presidential candidate in 2016, the sort of guy who could appeal to social and fiscal conservatives, had ties to Washington, and/but was now a governor.
Today Pence is radioactive, after botching the signing of Indiana’s religious freedom law and its aftermath. Rather than spending the next few months — or years — stoking talk about his prospects on the national stage, Pence and his team now have to spend all of their energy rehabbing his image in the state so he can win reelection in 2016. CONT.
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post