Daniels bows out “a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be president.”

Here is a very good run down from Michael Barone on who we are stuck with on the Republican side.

Thank goodness Daniels is out. That is one less let's-make-a-deal with the Democrats for 'bi-partisanship' and temporary favorable press.

Remember, the press loved McCain until he ran for president, and they hire his air-head daughter because she has the same group-think.

Some observations as Daniels bows out | Michael Barone | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner

By: Michael Barone 05/22/11 12:52 PM

... In, in alphabetical order: Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum.

Probably in: Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman.
Probably not in: John Bolton, Sarah Palin.

Out: Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, John Thune.

Declared out but still being wooed: Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Paul Ryan.

Observation number one: only one of the In or Probably In candidates holds public office, and that is Ron Paul who in the House of Representatives is often on the minority side of 422-1 roll calls. ..
Observation number two: some of the In candidates have had problems lately ....

Observation number three: some of the In candidates have underperformed the Republican base vote. ...

Observation number four: I pass along Hugh Hewitt’s observation that only two of the candidates currently in the race have been assembling first-rate organizations so far, Pawlenty and Romney...

Observation number five: There has been lots of moaning about the poor quality of the field of Republican candidates. Some of this comes from the Obama camp, who naturally want to argue that none of these candidates’ experience measures up against what Barack Obama has had in the White House these past two and a half years; Republicans can argue that at least some of these candidates have more executive and government experience than Obama had in 2008...[and still do in my opinion!]

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/some-observations-daniels-bows-out#ixzz1N7NLvyMt