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Been following. republican presidential frontrunner mitt romney has added the endorsement of new jersey powerhouse governor chris christie, a week after he officially declined to enter the race himself. ben webber is an adviser for the campaign. chris christie is appearing at 3:00 this afternoon, we'll carry it live, the endorsement in person there in new hampshire. what does he bring to mitt romney? >> first of all, we know he's a grass roots hero and brings grass roots excitement. more than anything, he's choosing to endorse governor romney on the day of a debate that is devoted solely to th...

He did a good job raising money with $17 million and having $15 million in the bank, so a very slow spend rate that he has a lot to stretch out towards the primaries, but boy, he's got to do a better job tonight. >> he's got to really prove, and prove the rhetoric. it is going to be interesting because he's going to be seated close to the candidates. it's always tougher to attack when you're next to them. we'll see how he handles that dynamic as well. >> and he is behind in polls, in new hampshire as well. seen a big surge for herman cain. thanks so much for joining us, david. and breaking n...

realize the conservative part of the republican party, you can measure it a bunch of ways. in iowa, for instance, half the caucus goers we surveyed identified with the tea party. that was herman cain advantage there. he leads among tea party supporters in iowa. and he does better, he's closer to romney in new hampshire among tea party supporters. the new hampshire republican electorate, though, is more moderate, less conservative than the iowa electorate. that would be the big warning sign for mitt romney as he decides how seriously and how much resources does he devote to iowa. for ...

internal? >> i think when you look and realize the conservative part of the republican party, you can measure it a bunch of ways. in iowa, for instance, half the caucus goers we surveyed identified with the tea party. that was herman cain advantage there. he leads among tea party supporters in iowa. and he does better, he's closer to romney in new hampshire among tea party supporters. the new hampshire republican electorate, though, is more moderate, less conservative than the iowa electorate. that would be the big warning sign for mitt romney as he decides how seriously and how much...

Listen to this: >> i know that we can't keep spending money that we don't have. that's why i fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus. i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> reporter: bachmann is number two on the air, pawlenty is the on other candidate running ads and he's way back in the polls, bachmann is the only candidate has not disclosed how much money she raised in the second quarter but it's also true she just raised money in the last few weeks. alisyn: and so carl, is the thinking that michelle bachmann is mostly stealing the thunder from tim palent gle. >>...