sabean can wait until january when beltran doesn't have that kind of offer.nd come in and swoop in. >> michael, what do you do? >> they are playing poker already. we saw beltran already in the season. maybe at the end of the season he said, just having buster posey back, freddy sanchez and me. that's not going to be enough. he's trying to run the front office already. that is not going to happen based on what the giants have told us about their payroll for next year. so he's kind of playing some bluff games, too. then brian sabean is contradicting himself when he says pitching is our priority. but then he says we're not too worried about tim lincecum because we have him under club control. >> is that part of the starting staff? is it zito and sanchez or someone else that could be in the mix? >> i don't think so. you're talking about the fifth starter. so much is made of something that is really not all that important. i finishing you've got a guy like zito, who has all that experience and a guy like sanchez who has all that talent. most teams for a fifth star

around things that every day people really care about like economic opportunity, energy- saving, sabean more proactive about what kind of framing -- so the government can be more proactive about that kind of framing to engage more people across different interests. >> we are out of time, but i want to thank the panel and all of you. we could not do this without you. enjoy the conference. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> here is a look at the prime- time schedule. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, republican presidential candidate herman cain on his plans for america, should he be elected. "the communicator's"looking at telecommunications issues including support from -- spectrum sales. on c-span3, live coverage of the kentucky gov. debate with the incumbent governor and two challengers in lexington. all these programs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the c-span television networks. >> the heat is on. this is the first time that i have seen in my long tenure in the politics where there is real heat. if these guys canno