this is an ongoing, you be folding process. i think people who have been in the room have been in wartime white houses and have to make these kinds of decisions, as it's unfolding, over which we don't have a lot of say, we don't have a lot of room -- >> what grade would you give the president so far? >> i'd say he's got a clunky start and trying to maneuver into a place to represent our values and our interests simultaneously. tough balance, but something that he's learned in the last two years which is evidenced by his keeping all of the bush security apparatus in place. >> is that at a, a b, a c, a d, or an f? >> i'd say he's a president being tested. >> and you're refusing to say. >> i can't give him a grade. it's unfolding. >> is he doing a good job or a bad job? >> i think he's doing okay under the circumstances. >> so you're with mccain and lindsey graham? >> i'm also for let's send a good public message, something that was not always done in president bush's time. let's speak with one voice publicly and then have the