Gov. Daniels spoke to George W. Bush about potential White House run

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said he's spoken to George W. Bush about the possibility of running for president, but wouldn't reveal the details of the conversation.

"That’s between him and me," Daniels, who served as Bush’s budget director during the president's first term, told Fox News Tuesday. The two-term governor has been mulling a presidential bid, but again sounded reluctant when asked if he'd like to run.

"Would I like to [run]? No. What sane person would like to?" he said. "Believe it or not, I’m not one of those people who’s ever sat around scheming and dreaming. Never entered my mind, but I’ve agreed at the behest of a lot of people to give it some thought."

With the Indiana legislature's session wrapped up, Daniels said he's in the process of determining whether to mount a White House bid. "I know I owe people an answer," he said.

Daniels sounded disappointed while talking about Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's decision not to seek the GOP's 2012 presidential nomination.

"It would have been fun to be in it together," said Daniels, who served with Barbour in the Reagan White House.

Daniels is in the midst of an East Coast swing.

He picked up an award from the Columbia Business School in New York on Monday. He's in Baltimore on Tuesday to accept the Ronald Reagan Award from the Harbour League, a conservative advocacy group. And he'll be Washington on Wednesday to give a speech on education at the American Enterprise Institute.