Indiana first lady tests waters with rare speech

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The wife of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels offered few clues about her husband's presidential ambitions Thursday night during a rare albeit largely apolitical address to state Republicans, but the high-profile and closely followed appearance generated speculation anyway.

"In the past the keynote speaker has always given a politically inspired speech," Cheri Daniels told the crowd of more than 1,000 people. "If you came here expecting that, I'm sorry."

Daniels, whose aversion to the spotlight was as much a topic of the night as her love of the state fair and all things farming, has held something of a veto over Mitch Daniels' decision of whether he will run for …