NARROWING ISN'T WIDENING:

Mitch Daniels won’t run for president in 2012 (Chris Cillizza, 5/22/11, Washington Post)

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.”

Daniels’ decision not to run ends months of public speculation about his interest in the race in which he went from entirely uninterested to a man on the verge of a national bid.

And, it almost certainly means that an already wide-open race for the GOP nomination in 2012 will become even more so in the coming weeks.

Tim Pawlenty is home and dry. His only stumbling block was that he and Mitch are the same guy.

Posted by oj at May 22, 2011 7:46 AM
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