you know, any bad feelings. i think that he came out of that race, you know, as someone who had been on the other side of a tough campaign against him. with people feeling pretty good, you know, about mitt romney at the end of the campaign. >> if chris christie had entered the race today, that obviously would have been great news for rick perry. centrist republicans would have been splitting votes between mitt romney and chris christie and would open up a lot of room to move for rick perry. right now rick per we doesn't have his footing. looks like mitt romney has a real straight shot at the nomination. do you think there is -- is there anything important to know about how the republican establishment is going to or not going to coalesce around mitt romney? >> i think a couple of things, rachel. i think you saw ken langone, a big christie supporter coming