Mitch Daniels won’t run for president in 2012

[jaxx]

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won’t seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a decision that could well throw the field open to other late entrants.

“In the end, I was able to resolve every competing consideration but one, but that, the interests and wishes of my family, is the most important consideration of all,” Daniels said in a statement emailed to supporters early Sunday morning. “If I have disappointed you, I will always be sorry.”

<..> In the end, those family concerns seemed to trump the encouragement Daniels was receiving from within the GOP. Daniels is the third GOP candidate to bow out of the race in the past eight days. Trump as well as former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said no to the contest during that time frame.

With Daniels now out of the running, there is likely to be a renewed effort by some to encourage the likes of Christie, who has risen to national prominence thanks to his tough-talking style in New Jersey, to reconsider his past refusals to run.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-..._blog.html

So another one quits before he's out of the gates. Will there be only nuts and Mitt running for the GOP?

[Dimwitted Fool]

the thought of Christie, or one of the other nutbags, running is amusing, but WHAT IF HE WINS?

Trump, Palin, Bachmann-- they're distractions brought to us by bored media trying to find something interesting this early in the game, but in the end electing a President is serious business.

Look at the trouble the last useless fool caused.

[NJMaverick]

(05-22-2011 07:18 AM)Dimwitted Fool Wrote:  the thought of Christie, or one of the other nutbags, running is amusing, but WHAT IF HE WINS?

Trump, Palin, Bachmann-- they're distractions brought to us by bored media trying to find something interesting this early in the game, but in the end electing a President is serious business.

Look at the trouble the last useless fool caused.

Christie is rapidly wearing out his welcome in NJ

[Ikonoklast]

Thought as much.

Too much baggage.

[Willinois]

Who?

The strong candidates won't run this year. It's a lost cause for them. Romney will stay in because he's too obsessed with trying again to give up.

[There Is No Spoon]

Not surprised either. If your wife and kids HATE politics, you DO NOT want to be President of the United States.

[Ikonoklast]

I wonder if we can get the rest of their candidates to get smacked in the head with a door and drop out of the race?

Or publicly humiliated by the President of The United States, a la Trump?

Or both at once, that would be awesome.

[OptimistesMaddie]

Daniels wife left him once so it's not to crazy to think she would leave him again if he went ahead with this.

As the economy continues to improve, OBL dead what are they going to run on?

Gingrich imploded, Bachman will lose most if not all Moderates....

Romney well can't totally dismiss him but will the Republicans support him?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Props to Ikonoclast for calling it. Daniels had me fooled.