don cogman, why did you think somebody would want to read about mitch daniels' decision not to run for president? don: we thought it was an

brian: this week on "q&a," don cogman. cogman, a longtime friend to mitch daniels, discusses his book "run mitch, run" about governor daniels' decision not to run for president in 2012. don cogman, why did you think somebody would want to read about governor daniels' decision not to run for president? don: we thought it was an interesting story. it is about a person who had a reasonable opportunity to the president at that particular time. he had a particular issue that was important. it is the story of somebody who went through a process who never thought about running for president, who became convinced himself that it was something he probably could do, but did not do it because of family concerns. i think the interest is not only the story itself, but so many other people who are going through that right now, who will go through it in the future. what amounts to a life-changing decision, we thought it would be applicable through the years. brian: this is meant to be the history of why somebody decided not to run for pr

our guest has been don cogman. former administrative assistant to do a barton, the senator from oklahoma. thank you very much. don: thank you. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us comments about this program, visit us at qand a.org. programs are available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> as governor, mitch daniels talked about his decision not to run for president on a previous "q&a" program in 2011. find it online on c-span.org. other interviews you might enjoy, former npr president and public relations executive frank kiewicz on his career. mitt romney talking about his political philosophy at the time he was first considering a run for president. here's a look at what is coming up to fancy span. -- coming up today on c-span. "washington journal" is next. at 11:00, we take you to the bipartisan policy center for a discussion on

don cogman, why did you think somebody would want to read about governor daniels decision not to run for president? don: we thought it was an interesting story. it is about a person who had a reasonable opportunity to the president at that particular time. he had a particular issue that was important. it is the story of somebody who went through a process who never thought about running for convinced who became himself that it was something he but did notld do, do it because of family concerns. i think the interest is not only the story itself, but so many other people who are going through that right now, who will go through it in the future. what amounts to a life-changing decision, we thought it would be applicable through the years. to be thes is meant history of why somebody decided not to run for president. i want to show you some video recorded right here. it was june 3, 2009. [begin video clip] still of the same mind? no matter how many people right, we are getting back in the race. >> for many reasons, yes. >> you're not going to go back under any circumstances? >> i painted

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cogman,t has been don the former assistant -- thank you very much. don: thank you. ♪ give us your comments on the program, visit us on q&a.org. mitch daniels talked about his decision not to run for president on a previous q&a in 2011. you can find that online at c-span.org. other interviews you might mankiewicz, and mitt romney talking about his political philosophy at the time he was first considering running for president. announcer: c-span presents, landmark cases, the book, a guide to our series which explores 12 historic supreme court decisions, including marbury versus madison. brown versus the board of education, miranda versus --zona, and rovers i road versus wade -- road versus wade. published by c-span and cooperation with cq press. landmark cases is available for shipping. coming up next, prime minister's questions of the british house of commons. then a recent campaign event with rand that is followed on a discussion of the balance between personal privacy and national security. at 11:00, another chance to see our conversation with dan c

brian: this week on "q&a," don cogman. cogman, a longtime friend to mitch daniels, discusses his book "run mitch, run" about governor daniels' decision not to run for president in 2012. don cogman, why did you think somebody would want to read about governor daniels' decision not to run for president? don: we thought it was an interesting story.