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to the republican party. so basically a net plus for romney that the christie decision. but what s going on on wall street and in close to 150 other cities and college campuses, this two-week-old occupy wall street movement has the potential we have to say just the potential to be kind of a tea party of the left. and this would be potentially very harmful to romney for this reason. in the same way that the tea party focused the enormous frustration out in the country on the government and an obama, this occupy wall street movement, if it grows and doesn t get hijacked, which are big ifs. there s a lot of ways for it to go wrong. if it actually keeps going, this occupy wall street movement could focus resentment and anger on wall street and on romney who s kind of a poster boy for wall street.
obama. here to discuss where does christie s decision lead republicans, is analyst jonathan alter. also former chief of staff to republican congresswoman michele bachmann, roy carey. thank you both for joining me. hi, chris. roy ron, sorry. i ll call you by the right name. how about that? ron kercarey. there s a conventional wisdom among liberals like myself this roiling discontent says something about the weakness of the field or the ideological rigidity of the tea party s elements of the base. which of those do you think are accurate? you have to look back at history, chris. look back at 2008. rudy giuliani and fred thompson were atop the republican field and faded very quickly. you re seeing a good debate. this is what a process is supposed to do, supposed to test every candidate under pressure and see which one really has the strength to take it all the way. i don t think we have to worry about the republican field being
there s a lot of substance there. people undersell her a lot, but, you know, she s very demanding and has she has some of the characteristics herman cain may be suffering from that they want to be the smartest person in the room and sometimes don t want to listen to people who maybe have a broader and more experienced background that she could benefit from. i hope herman cain is going to listen to smart people. want a paycheck. there are people out there you can bring to your campaign that can make you a smarter and better candidate. some of these political candidates haven t learned to let go of some of the controls and look to people who can add value that s needed in a presidential politics. that was a very polite way of answering my question. anybody who can t listen to smarter people in the room who always has to prove they re the smartest person in the room by definition should not be president. that s msnbc contributor jonathan alter and ron carey, former chief of staff to