LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): I mean, it's just like, hide the ball, hide the policy. So --
MERCEDES SCHLAPP: Yeah, that's right.
INGRAHAM: You know, you keep Colin Powell out there and I guess people are somehow reassured after Iraq? Okay.
You know, you put all these old homies out there -- the hometown team, and you think we're going to be reassured after Iran and Syria and all the messes in the Middle East.