articulate, very smart. he could, you know, mitt romney has the potential to be an excellent candidate. i've talked to romney's people about that, and they understand it, and his problem is that he won't stick with one set of ideas and just drive them forward in a way that people can attach themselves to. he's always, you know, adjusting himself based on whatever pressure he's coming under so he seems extremely variable. >> no, what do you think about his weaknesses. >> you know, his big con seat, expertise, what he learned when he was a management consultant. >> paul: every problem can be solved with the smartest people. >> yeah, get all the smartest people in the room and they'll pars the political differences and come up with some sort of expert solution and i think that has a lot of weaknesses as a political strategy. >> paul: there's no larger philosophicalization than as people comes down to difference of philosophy like the role of government. >> and his convictions.