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Them? i have to go back to todd, whos chuckling at the joy youre getting out of this thing. >> listen, i think christies remark right there is the reason hes popular with, you know, people, a lot of people in the country, hes making sense, its ridiculous, he dismisses it as such. but, you know, thats great for him in a democratic primary. its not great in a republican primary. its a very conservative contest. the fact is, when his record and his positions on issues get out there, his appeals goi...

>> i think he doesnt run. and 100 days after he announces he doesnt run the second chris christie for independent candidacy movement will begin. >> okay. from facebook the conversation going on as were having our conversation here, and weve been monitoring it on facebook this morning. this was interesting from steve, this is for you congressman, hes saying theres going to be no jobs bill or compromise. weve got a divided government until some side comes back in november 2012 with a mandate. is w...

Final moments now with our final moments now with our roundtable. we want to look at a sound bite making news here this morning. my conversation with governor mcdonnell on the question of whether chris christie of new jersey is going to get in the race. this is what he said. >> chris christie. hes an extraordinary communicator. hes a great governor. enormous reforms. and everything from the pension system to budget reform in a blue state. i just asked him to be vice chairman of the republican ...

Why he thinks he should be president. and he says when he was governor he worked with people. he met with democrats, he met with them behind the scenes and most of it was done behind the scenes. you get a feeling this guy could break some backs behind the scenes, you know. >> but -- >> hes a democratic machine. >> he got historic budget passed in new jersey by doing business with democratic leaders. all democratic leaders dealing with a democratic machine. >> thats who loathed him, by the way. h...

>> i just hope he doesnt run. in the end his tremendous misgivings, maybe he is right. we have this with obama. he wasnt ready really. >> got four little kids. >> maybe christie isnt ready. maybe he feels like everybody wants him to but perhaps he does need longer. >> you could also argue that he might have a better chance at this moment of becoming the president of the united states than being re-elected governor of new jersey and given all of the problems of running that state. >> that is true...

Constituencies. i think that michele bachmann looks to me to be more deadly serious. she is born in waterloo, up there and talking about organizing. and -- iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. you dont hear that from sarah palin. certainly there has to be a competitive aspect of this. i think michele bachmann handled it very well and will make my own decision based on what i want to do and is a great lady and great friend. will be out there together if she gets in. we shall see. >> could you hoo...

Sarah palin to get on her bus this weekend and remain on his payroll if she was running for president. am i wrong to invest in his integrity on this matter? >> he would have some legal concerns that he would have to deal with. theres tuesday and theres wednesday. there are a lot of dramatic events that can happen. sarah palin is stuck -- you described very well the incentive she faces. shes stuck with a trap. the moment she doesnt run, the niche shes filling will become vacant and somebody will ...

Belly. she may have some desire to do it. she will be a factor either way. the betting is she still doesnt run. >> is she viable as a candidate? am i so biased i cant see it or so extremely self-aware she might run. >> in a general election, very polarizing. she has terrible numbers with democrats and independents. in a republican primary in iowa, the wait shapes up now, tim pawlenty has the best advantage in iowa unless michelle bachmann announces and then sarah palin. >> let me show you the fa...

Speculation and that is new jersey governor chris christie. he has repeatedly said that he is not ready to run for president and not going this time, but he has agreed to meet with a group of iowa republicans, prominent donors from the early voting state who plan to draft him to run for president, and he has agreed to take the meeting in new jersey later in the month, but he also told a radio station today that, quote, you have to feel nit yit your heart that you want to be president more than a...

Right now, and i will get a call from upstairs, $10,000 says he doesnt run. you are being watched by 1.5 million people, mr. trump you are not running but playing a game either these are very serious times and the membership are hurting and cannot afford their gas or food, and they are seeing inflation starting up and they cannot afford their norths and we have people in washington, dc like paul ryan, people in the states, serious people like governor christie out there trying to do their jobs a...