Mitch Daniels

Nate Silver of [fivethirtyeight] created the following chart that shows Mitch Daniels to the left of Mitt Romney. I don't really agree with this.

Romney, more moderate, must show right-wing crazy to capture the loony, evangelical side of the republicans. Mitch is a right-wing, evangelical loon [link] so he can show a more moderate side.

In essence, Romney is a moderate who plays a right winger on TV. Mitch is a right-winger who plays a moderate on TV.

tnb