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Petraeus, and the military is his core competence, if you will, an agency that much, much larger than the c.i.a., and it is an agency that is only partly adapted as an institution to this new kind of war, and he would be an inspiring leader and particularly at a time where the wars are going to continue but defense budgets are highly likely to be reduced. it is almost a moral imperative to put your best general at the top of the uniform architecture. >>clayton: thank you, we appreciate you joini...

Democrats said republicans are not offering positive ideas. is that a fair criticism. >> maybe a little bit. but when your opponent is shooting themselves in the belly, you stay out of the way and let them do that. you have superstars in the republican party like paul ryan who has a great road map for economic recovery . on the issue of the leadership in the white house. i think it is important that the president obama bring someone in the white house to run things. there is a issue of core comp...

Democrats said republicans are not offering positive ideas. is that a fair criticism. >> maybe a little bit. but when your opponent is shooting themselves in the belly, you stay out of the way and let them do that. you have superstars in the republican party like paul ryan who has a great road map for economic recovery . on the issue of the leadership in the white house. i think it is important that the president obama bring someone in the white house to run things. there is a issue of core comp...

The way the country is going. what can he offer to solve that problem? mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, youre revealed to be who you are. and hes not a back slapping urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the yalls and the cheese grits. hes a serious man with a record of accomplishment. and he particularly has a record of accomplishment in making broken things work right. and i think being able to communicate that through the pr...

Mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, you are revealed to be who you are, and hes not a back-slapping, urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the "yalls" and the cheese grits and all of that stuff. hes a serious man with a record of accomplishment, and he particularly has a record of accomplishment in making broken things work right. and i think being able to communicate that through the prism of, this is how it benefits you the vote...

What can he offer to solve that problem? mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, you are revealed to be who you are, and hes not a back-slapping, urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the "yalls" and the cheese grits and all of that stuff. hes a serious man with a record of accomplishment, and he particularly has a record of accomplishment in making broken things work right. and i think being able to communicate that through the prism...