At a fundraiser in Chicago to support Gov. Daniels’ Aiming Higher PAC, former Illinois Governor Jim Thompson called Daniels “the best governor in the nation.”

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson brought up the elephant in the room at Friday night’s “An Evening with Gov. Mitch Daniels” in Chicago.

“He called Daniels the best governor in the nation and he talked about the not-very-well-kept rumor that possibly the governor might be running for president,” Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas said. — Post-Tribune