Columbus, Indiana-based WCSI does the forensics on Mike Pence’s upcoming decision, and reports that he met with another Indiana Republican mentioned as a possible candidate:

Sixth district Congressman Mike Pence says the conservative activists publicly lobbying him to run for president have already done so privately. Pence says former Reagan administration attorney Ralph Benko advised him on the speech he delivered to the Detroit Economic Club after Thanksgiving, an address widely viewed as testing the waters for a White House bid. Benko and Former Kansas Congressman Jim Ryun are the only publicly named backers of the America’s President Committee, which on Monday launched an online petition drive aimed at gathering “tens of thousands” of signatures to urge Pence to run for President. Pence has been weighing whether to run for President or Governor, and says he intends to make a decision within the next couple of weeks. He isn’t ruling out running for reelection to his House seat.
The six-term Republican says he’s been consulting people nationally for the last several months about his next political move, and characterizes the public nudge from Benko and Ryun as one more element of that process. He says he’ll base his decision on what’s right for his family and where he believes he is most needed. Governor Mitch Daniels, who’s barred from seeking a third term, has also been delaying a decision on whether he’ll run for President. Pence says he met privately with the Governor Tuesday morning, and describes him as both a friend and “America’s best Governor.” Pence says he suspects he and Daniels are assessing their political plans in similar ways. Even if they end up facing off against each other in a Republican Presidential Primary, Pence says he believes it won’t damage their relationship.

I’m sure that both men would insist they’re making their decisions independently. But it’s easy to imagine their meeting beginning:

“So . . . you running?”

“I don’t know. How about you?”