me, governorg michael leavitt, a former hhs secretary of the bush administration. governor leavitt, you have worn many hats. ae of them also helming transition. you did that for mitt romney. he did not win that election, for whenin the process these campaigns start thinking about a possible transition of power. it's interesting. in 2010, it provided that there acts and it was majorndidates organizing transitions. it starts as early as april, certainly by may because there's , organizingh to do , so it'snal government quite a sophisticated operation, and large. host: what do they do? thet: they have to appoint positions. getting that cleared is important. then there's the first 100, 200 days of the administration to fulfill campaign promises that campaign represented to the public. that gets down to riding executive orders. the third is to organize , and lastly, it is what we are seeing with the president-elect today where he is supported by his transition. ory don't have the trappings the normal organization that would go through. how much money has been involved i

me, governorg michael leavitt, a former hhs secretary of the bush administration. leavitt, you have worn many hats. ae of them also helming transition. you did that for mitt romney. he did not win that election, for whenin the process these campaigns start thinking about a possible transition of power. it's interesting. in 2010, it provided that there acts and it was majorndidates organizing transitions. it starts as early as april, certainly by may because there's , organizingh to do , so it'snal government quite a sophisticated operation, and large. host: what do they do? thet: they have to appoint positions. getting that cleared is important. then there's the first 100, 200 days of the administration to fulfill campaign promises that campaign represented to the public. that gets down to riding executive orders. the third is to organize , and lastly, it is what we are seeing with the president-elect today where he is supported by his transition. ory don't have the trappings the normal organization that would go through. how much money has been involved in this? w

me, governorg michael leavitt, a former hhs secretary of the bush administration. governor leavitt, you have worn many hats. ae of them also helming transition. you did that for mitt romney. he did not win that election, for whenin the process these campaigns start thinking about a possible transition of po