Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has announced he will not run for President. This spares the republicans another candidate of the Dole/Bush/McCain Liberal model. His excuse was that his family didn’t want him to run. In reality, it was his wife who said no. After all people will question the mental stability of a woman who left her husband, with their 4 children. People will also view Daniels as a wimp.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told supporters in an email early Sunday that he will not run for president in 2012, a decision he said ultimately came down to his family’s reticence about a campaign.

The announcement by the former Office of Management and Budget director and favorite of much of the Republican establishment will again roil the unsettled GOP field—and likely intensify efforts to convince another major candidate to join the race, such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

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“The counsel and encouragement I received from important citizens like you caused me to think very deeply about becoming a national candidate. 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. If I have disappointed you, I will always be sorry.”

This was a smart part on Mitch Daniels. He was lame and would be destroyed by Obama. This all but solidifies fellow Liberal Mitt Romney’s position for the nomination. Obama is smiling towards the bank.