The former Indiana governor would, in theory, fit the bill. But he says he’s ‘too smart’ to say yes.
Former Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels scoffed at the idea that he would be a candidate for such a unity campaign. | Darron Cummings/AP PhotoMitch Daniels said that he has had informal conversations with backers of the centrist group No Labels about their efforts to run a third-party presidential ticket.
But the former Indiana Republican governor scoffed at the idea that he would be a candidate for such a unity campaign. “They’re too smart to ask, and I’m too smart to say ‘yes,’” Daniels told POLITICO in an interview when asked whether he was weighing a third-party bid on behalf of the organization. That Daniels, who famously eschews political labels like “conservative” or “liberal,” would sidestep entreaties from a political outfit that calls itself No Labels as a potential candidate is another sign of the difficulty the group might have in fielding credible candidates. As a Republican who once proposed the idea of a social truce as he explored a 2012 presidential run, he cuts the profile of the kind of less-rancor, more substance candidate the group hopes to attract.
As for the conversations he’s had with the group, Daniels said it was not “any direct engagement” but, rather, conversations roughly a month ago with a few of the organization’s backers. But the idea of a marriage between him and No Labels has been the topic of some buzz.
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