." >> susie: joining us now to talk more about all this-- scott macdonald, head of economic research at aladdin capital. hi, scott. >> hi, susie, how are you doing? >> susie: i'm good, thank you. let's start out by talking about who is going to get the job. and the two names that everyone is talking about is the christine laguard, france's finance minister and also jean claude trichet, the head of the european central bank. what are your thoughts? >> i think both candidates have impressive resumes. i think lagarde has done a good job as finance minister of france and it appears there's a could laesing behind her by other europeans. it will be critical for her to get support from people like angela merckel. but either candidate is very well qualified. the big issue here is do the europeans get the chance to put another person from europe into that seat. >> susie: that's right, because we have been hearing from a lot of the asian nations saying that they want someone from one of the emerging market countries to head up the i.m.f.. how do you think -- and this job never goes to an americ