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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 joining us this morning. coming up on the show take a listen to this. >> that is what you want to do! (in...

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 competence. you saw how they deal with a oil spill. bring in someone who knows how to run things and str...

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 competence. you saw how they deal with a oil spill. bring in someone who knows how to run things and str...

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, you're revealed to be who you are. and he's not a back slapping urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the y'alls and the cheese grits. he's 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 voter in a primary context and then ultimately in a gener...

Mitt romney? >> look, i think at the end of the day, chris, in this process, you are revealed to be who you are, and he's not a back-slapping, urban politician, you know, who can go down there and pull off the "y'alls" and the cheese grits and all of that stuff. he's 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 voter, in a primary context, and then ultimately in a general election context, convincing people tha...