romney. perry fallen by the wayside. bachmann by the wayside. christie is not running. the one person the republicans thought might be able to go against obama and really wheat him decided he was not going to rub. >> bill: that was christie in your opinion that. >> was christie. >> i think that 55% as a conservative i hope that actually translates next november in the election. i think what that reflects is two things. number one, widespread discontent and disappointment with the president that his economic policies have not worked and actually took a bad situation and made it worse. for most persons. and number two i also think this reflect the state of the economy. now, a year is an eternity in politics. a day can be an eternity, right? anything can happen. >> bill: i don't buy that. i disagree with you on that. with all of the primaries being moved up now to january, we're really on the train here. it's roaring down the track. >> the reason that christie didn't run there were two reasons. number one didn't want to lie to his constituents because he said what do i have to do,