obama white house is the most afraid of. i think that's actually a ploy. i don't believe a word of it. the question is is today's republican party prepared for a moderate? i think this is not the cycle for it, particularly if you look at the midterm election of last year. it wants a true blue conservative, a constitutionalist of sorts. i'm not sure that he will be the one. >> but he is an accomplished governor and a manager. i think that will help him a lot. >> bill: last question. if your assessment is accurate then, mitt romney doesn't fit that either because is he not a traditional conservative man. >> he is not. he is not as far to the left as huntsman will position himself and also romney has a track record. he went through the cycle once. he did get some conservative support. and he is extremely organized and, also, in this cycle, he could present himself as the kind of moderate manager with