former louisiana governor buddy copps spoke about his interest running for president. he s one of the first republicans to launch a 2012 exploratory committee. this interview is about 50 minutes. and governor buddy roemer of all the names mentioned as potential 2012 republican candidates stores was not on the list. until about a month ago. why? i haven t made up my mind to explore until about a month ago, five weeks ago exactly. i had been out of politics literally and figuratively for the most part of 20 years. i built community banks. i have one that covers the state of louisiana. i love doing it. i m a businessman,, my training is to build companies, to grow companies. but beginning about six months ago, i became concerned about what was happening and not happening in america and so for the first time in a long time i thought my skills of planning and business acumen, putting budgets together, reforming the tax code, these sorts of things were exactly what this countr