evangelical missionary pope, a kind of st. paul for the 21st century is what the cardinals were looking for. and that that pope should have the shrewdness to choose, as i ve been describing it, jack welch, to clean up the vatican bureaucracy and to make it an instrument of what many of these cardinals are most interested in, which we call the new missionary for the church. we ve been talking and evaluating, george, about an american prospect, including o malley and dolan, and the president was asked about that theory and what he had to say in reference to whether or not an american could become the next pope. take a listen. i don t know if you ve checked lately, but the conference of catholic bishops here in the united states don t seem to be taking orders from me. what are the advances now that we ve seen the vote count
traction, if anyone, and one can imagine after lunch and the typical italian reposo who may not have taken a nap this afternoon that some of the coalitions are being readjusted and cardinals are thinking now as they reenter the sistine chapel. so you talk about those adjustments. if the conclave were to end quickly, after this next vote, what does that signify to you as to where the church is heading? i think it would signify a quickly reached consensus on what kind of a leader the church needs at this moment in history and it was already forming in the weeks after pope benedict s surprising announcement. there was a broadly forming consensus that a charismatic