he won out of bo xilai who was a maoist and a koch guy.i jinping would want to steer the government in a better economic place. he has decided the communist party's number one and it needs to be protected at all costs. we have a huge anticorruption probe. the response to the smog in beijing is something he is pushing very hard. there is a lot to work with in terms of helping him look good. i think we can engage productively on that basis. bill: i think we're seeing the tip of the iceberg in government controlled economy. it will get a whole lot worse, not better. john: russia is a big issue in this election, partially because there is an idea that black putin is trying to devil in our affairs. what would your posture be towards russia? gary: i would like to engage putin in a game of chess. i know bill would like that same opportunity. that said, we need to join hands with russia democratic likely to deal with syria. do we really want to go to war over the baltic states? it broke up -- the ussr. if you want to call it a civil war, i wouldn'