We have a gun war brewing between Paul Ryan and Mitch Daniels – in gym terms, of course.

First context: earlier today I posted a picture of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels exhibiting his biceps for charity. Daniels was featured in my column today: Revenge of the GOP Nerd.

Daniels' press secretary emailed me the pic this morning along with this: "Hi David, read your column this morning. Good stuff. So OK, give you that one, but do any of those other guys have guns like these?" Replete with an image of Daniels' guns, it led to this  post: Indiana's Daniels: the Nerd with Guns. That picture is also below.

Now nerds are a competitive bunch. And so what hath Daniels' wrought? Fellow GOP budget guru, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, was another spotlighted Republican nerd-star. And it turns out, a Ryan ally believes Daniels camp is underestimating his fellow nerds. Thus, this afternoon, I was emailed this Politico story on Hill gym rats and a picture of Ryan. It's Ryan with his trainer:

The bicep pics beg the line, the nerds doth protest too much. But the emails are in good fun. And both sides are having fun.

To veer ever-more into the silly and settle this important issue, RealClearPolitics would gladly sponsor an arm wrestling match with a calculus component. Okay, probably not.

But for all those geek-groupies who would like to compare, here is the Daniels' pic:

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