The social conservative case for Mitch Daniels in 2012

Now that Mike Huckabee is out of the race (and my fingers remain crossed that Sarah Palin won't get into it), social conservatives have a tough choice among the remaining candidates. Two Mormons (one with a history of supporting civil unions, and the other having authored the prototype for the Obamacare mandate), a serial adulterer, and a former cap-and-trader with all the charisma of a wet noodle do not constitute a field setting anybody's heart on fire on the social Right.

He's making a point of stressing economics rather than social issues, but still, maybe the soft-spoken guy who took his wife back and has arguably achieved the most compelling record of any putative social conservative in the race is worth a look.