him about the upcoming presidential election his thoughts on george bush versus john kerry, campaign politics and the war in iraq. what is the economic impact of fighting now and paying later? >> i don't think it's positive. i think it is a big negative. look at north korea. frankly, i think if the united states used that as a launching base to go into iran and clean out some of their nuclear problems maybe all of a sudden i would start the say that was a great move because we ought to look at iran and north korea, what they are doing with nuclear weapons. >> let me ask you about this choice people make. what kind of a choice is it -- i mean, historically, a re-election campaign has been distinctive from a regular presidential campaign because you basically have a track record of a phi for four years. is this really what it's about, if the guy has done a good job keep him versus cover thing him. or is it a historic question. >> i think in this case it's