>> timothy herbst, mayor of trumbull, connecticut. i want to thank you both for coming. i've enjoyed your chat. i have a very simple question. last two presidents have really i think put an emphasis on who they have selected as a vice president looking for certain things in their running mates. if you were advising mitt romney, what would you be advising him as to look for in a running mate to somebody running with him as vice president. >> a great question. steve schmidt. >> my wife has said i should never give an answer to a question about who to pick for vice president. we won't tell her. look, i think first and foremost on the issue of who to pick for vice president, it's an important question and i think there's a lot of lessons to be learned from the 2008 campaign, but also from the 2004 campaign, because i think the selection process is fundamentally broken in a number of different ways. and both parties have resulted in nominating people who were manifestly unprepared and unqualified to be president of the united states. john edwards on the democratic side and, o