the '08 campaign from mccain and his own example. for example, do not pick an untested, unvetted shoot for the stars running mate. it will not end well for you. another lesson was a little less obvious and a little more personal. one mitt romney needed to learn the hard way. even if the election doesn't seem like it's all about foreign policy, you have to at least appear like you know what the heck you're talking about. you're asking to be the commander in chief, not the haircut in chief. so do not confuse all the bad guys, all the people who don't like america, and each other, and roll them into one big ball of evil. >> this is about hezbollah and hamas and al qaeda. this is a worldwide jihadist effort to try to cause the collapse of all moderate islamic governments and replace them with a caliphate. >> it's not that. half of those people hate the other half. that's not true.