Campaign Spot reader Ben calls my attention to this exchange between Indiana governor Mitch Daniels and an Indiana television reporter, which could be interpreted as a sign that his heart isn’t really in a presidential run, at least at this moment:

Jim Shella: By not deciding are you, in fact, deciding?
Daniels: Maybe. It’s a great question. You mean, shouldn’t you be getting started and heading to Iowa and doing whatever it is people do?
Shella: Exactly.
Daniels: Maybe. If so, so. You know, my duty is here. My heart is here. I’m incredibly excited about the chance to do some more really good things for Indiana in the next four months and that’s coming first. So, if it’s too late, then it’s too late.

Of course, this is a safe, appropriate answer for a governor with time left in his second term. And the fact that Daniels appears to be not terribly eager for the ordeal of running for president might just be a sales pitch for his sanity . . .