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After a hard-fought battle, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has held off a challenge from former President George W. Bush to defend his title as the winner of the Ticket's Tepid Romney Endorsement tournament. By a vote of 3,110 to 2,748, readers preferred Daniels' scornful characterization of Romney as out of touch with the middle class—delivered in an interview hours after he endorsed the former Massachusetts governor—over Bush's terse "I'm for Mitt Romney." All Tepid Romney Endorsements: "I'm for Mitt Romney, " Bush told ABC News Tuesday morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him. —Former President  George W. Bush,  May. 15, 2012 "Now is the time for Republicans to unite behind Gov. Romney and take our message of fiscal conservatism and job creation to all voters this fall." —Former Florida Gov.  Jeb Bush,  Mar. 21, 2012 "With all due respect to my fellow conservative leaders...