ambassador to israel martin indyk and mark burns. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." well, mitt romney and rick santorum battled it out in arizona and michigan, newt gingrich went south to his old stomping grounds in georgia. he was the congressman from the 6th district there for more than 20 years. 76 convention delegates up for grabs in georgia, more than any other super tuesday state. looking to jump-start a campaign that hasn't won a state since mid-january, gingrich is pressing hard with a plan for $2.50 gallon gasoline, double barrel blasts and superlative predictions. >> i believe we have a chance, a very real chance to win a historic election of landslide proportions carrying control of the senate, increased votes in the house and decisively defeating the left for the first time since 1932. >> former speaker newt gingrich joins me now. thank you so much for being here this morning. let me start with that comment you made in ohio about the possibility of a landslide victory, a historic proportion, taking over

on my right is martin indyk. they're all on my right. president and director of foreign policy program at brookings. my boss and all of our bosses. ask him what he thinks of his book. kenneth lieberthal of the john thornton policy on global economy and development at brookings and on the far right, and the 11, senior fellow in foreign policy at brookings refresh applies is in u.s. defense strategy and use of military force and homeland security and american foreign policy. these gentlemen are practitioners and scholars and bring a wealth of understanding and particularly in dealing with an issue like this, trying to evaluate the president's foreign policy they bring historical comparative understanding and it is easy to look at a press and see either in isolation or only in comparison to the last presidency. there was a broader historical context in which we have to look get the obama administration and this book really does put it in that context. i thought i would ask -- try to start a discussion and talk about issues raised in the boo

no, right is martin indyk, vice president, director foreign policy program at brookings. my boss, all of our bosses. ken lieberthal, director of the center, senior fellow of foreign policy, global economy and development at brookings. and from the far right is michael o'hanlon, senior fellow and where he specialized in u.s. defense strategy. all of these gentlemen are highly experienced. they have been practitioners as well as scholars, and bring a wealth of understanding i think, and particularly in dealing with an issue like this, trying to evaluate a president foreign policy, bring a lot of historical and comparative understanding. i think it's very easy to look at a presidency either in isolation our own in comparison to the last presidency. but, of course, there was a broader historical context in which we have to look at the obama administration, and this book really does put into that context. so i thought i would just ask, try to start a discussion here, talk about some of the issues that are raised and then i'm simply open it up to you for your questions as well.