We imagine Heidi Klum Germanically intoning, "Chrisss Daaly: are you IN, or are you OWT?" Well, folks -- he's out.

The Guardian has the entire text of his statement, but here's the paragraph we found the most intriguing:

Sarah and I arrived at last night's meeting with the intention of announcing my entry into the race and were moved by everyone's willingness to act on faith. When I called on progressives for support for a Mayoral run, progressives responded. But I also sensed that the reservations in the room were real. Progressives are certainly ready to vie for the Mayor's seat, but, unfortunately, I am not the right candidate.

So 1) Chris's wife (whose baby is due a week before the election) was persuaded to agree to his run, and 2) Chris listened to people on both sides of the issue and made a mature and reasoned decision not to run for mayor. Wow, that's not how we would have guessed either of them would have gone!

We must admit we're kind of relieved Daly's not running -- we were getting kind of stressed out just thinking about covering it.

Picture by campaignphotographersformatt, off flickr. (Sorry for accidentally dropping the photo credit line!