the congressional editor of the military times newspapers, john barry, formerly of newsweek, roland thompson the institute and tom berman of npr. roland, i want to start with you, eastbound thoi i think rick would -- even though i think rick would challenge you. but let's go to the presidential campaign. unless everybody missed it, it's a presidential election year this year. who are the top advisers to the republican frontrunners at this point, newt gingrich and mitt romney? >> the situation reminding me a little bit of clinton versus obama a few years ago. the romney defense team is like a who's who of the republican establishment. former pentagon comptroller doug zachhime former missouri m senator jim callant, former navy secretary john layman and you have a much smaller group advising gingrich, just mainly cia director jim woolsly, national security adviser bud mcí farland, but there is this view that advising newt gingrich on anything is a tough sell because he already thinks he knows. in the case of romney, he has put together what appears to be a bedrock of supporters in the establis

roland. does newt gingrich have a point or is this wishful thinking? >> at this very point rudy giuliani and fred thompsonck in the republican polls. what happened to them? two of the worst campaigns in history. look, there's no doubt that newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house is wariding a wave. all of this talk about, you know, debates and, you know, general election strategy against president obama, you need to win the nomination. he does not have smooth sails. he still has lots of issues. so, i would say, newt, calm down a bit, don't get cocky and arrogant. you still need to win some primaries. >> here's the thing, will. i guess, i guess we do. who knows what's out there, but pretty much newt is a known entity. all of his scandals and all the skeletons, i guess, have come out already. people already know about him and are supporting him. does he have a point? unlike herman cain? >> that is huge, don. that is huge. first of all, all of newt gingrich's flaws. look, we know his issues with his wife and infidelity. most don't involve the word sex which is huge. second, we already know them all. t