Reticent Mitch Daniels walks to the line again, but bows out of Indiana Senate run

Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, widely considered a top-tier potential candidate for Indiana’s open Senate seat, announced Tuesday that he would not be running, dashing the hopes of the old GOP establishment, much as he did almost a dozen years ago when he declined a bid for the White House.

“After what I hope was adequate reflection, I’ve decided not to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate,” Daniels said in a statement. “With full credit and respect for the institution and those serving in it, I conclude it’s just not the job for me, not the town for me and not the life I want to live at this point.”

Daniels’s decision leaves Indiana Rep. Jim Banks as the lone candidate in the Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Sen. Mike Braun — for now.

For a few weeks, it appeared as though Indiana could serve as the stage for a showdown between the old Republican Party establishment embodied in leaders like Daniels, President George W. Bush’s former budget director, and the ascendant hard right of the party represented by Banks, who shot to prominence in the Trump era.

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Banks is the asshole who wants to stop women from crossing state lines for an abortion. Come on Indiana. You can do better.