LAST TICKET: Daniels hints he might not run in 2012; Tom Coburn wishes Gingrich weren’t alienating

The Ticket

Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment:

• Mitch Daniels says his day job might keep him out of the 2012 race. (AP)

• Tom Coburn thinks Newt Gingrich might scare people. (GOP 12)

• Rand Paul is headed to Iowa. (Des Moines Register)

• More than 130 top congressional staffers are former lobbyists. (OpenSecrets)

• George W. Bush showed up to honor Bill Frist on Capitol Hill. (First Read)

• Paul Ryan wouldn't fare so well if he ran against Herb Kohl in Wisconsin. (The Hill)

• Orrin Hatch and Dick Lugar try to make nice with FreedomWorks. (CNN Political Ticker)

• Jim DeMint is The Godfather in Florida's Senate race. (St. Petersburg Times)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger hung out with Robert Downey Jr., in his man den. (Twitter)

• Drew Carey has zero interest in running for Senate in Ohio. (Dave Catanese)