Mitch Daniels three-peats as Romney tepid-endorsement champion

— -- By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio, Mitch Daniels held off a challenge from Rick Santorum to remain the champion of the Mitt Romney tepid-endorsement circuit.

This is Daniels' third straight victory, including triumphs over Newt Gingrich and George Pataki, the former New York governor who won an eight-candidate tepid-endorsement bracket at Yahoo News.

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