identities of the front runners have an albatross around their neck that they cannot win the general lectionnewt gingrich, mike huckabee, mitt romney, michele bachmann, cannot win in a general election. the idea should be to beat the current administration, to win and not to have our favorites unnecessarily nominated. if i had to pick one at this point, i would say tim pawlenty. governor christie has been adamant. i think he needs more experience under his belt. hopefully, the soon the recently former ambassador to china, the former governor of utah has done a spectacular job in utah. i used to live there. i think he is a winnable in a general election. if i could incured by fellow voters to do one thing it would be not to become so enamored with the first half of the demographic. it has to be said out loud that barack obama one of the main reasons he won is because he was the first winnable african- american. so many african-americans i know was so twitter pated about that. host: we will take our final call. dave in pittsburgh on the democrats' line. turn down your tv if you could dave. let