On Wednesday, Daniels admitted to a television reporter that instead of watching the State of the Union, he tuned in to the Purdue-Ohio State basketball game , which started at the same time as the speech.

"You caught me. I didn't watch it. I was watching the Purdue game as long as it was watchable," Daniels said, when asked what he thought of the State of the Union. "Honestly, I've read the accounts. I've got the text of the speech and I'll be reading it between now and the next stop. I think I'll just say that I'm very hopeful that we are going to see changes in national policy."