Impatience Is a Virtue: A Life Where the Buck Stops

"[A] detailed account of an accomplished career that brought [author and former Indiana governor Mitch] Daniels to the brink of running for president . . . [includes] amusing anecdotes and lessons . . . a solid record of achievement." ~ The Wall Street Journal

Shortly after he was named president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels was asked by the journalist Jonathan Alter if it bothered him that he could have been President of the United States instead. It bothered those who thought then a...