i think his daughter went to carthage. he asked me to be his campaign manager. i said that is not my thing. i'm a policy guy and not a political guy. he said, in that case, in that case you should run for my seat. i said, run for your seat? that is crazy. i am 27 years old. he asked me why not and i said, i was young and no way could i win. it was not my plan. he said, if i listened to all of the people who told me what i could not do, i would never have gotten anything done in my life. what do you care about, what do you believe in? i told him i believed in the principles of our founding fathers. i loved public-policy because i wanted to solve problems. that is what he needed to hear. he said run. i still was not convinced. i called my mentor. i lost my father when i was a kid, so i grew up with mentors. one of my best was a guy named jack kemp. he was a congressman from new york. i asked him, what do you think? should i do this? he said absolutely, you would make a huge difference. go do it. i called another mentor. bill bennett. i asked, does this past the la