that. chris christie would have to get on the ballot for the nomination, you know, on the floor. well, somebody has to nominate him. but somebody could nominate chris on the floor. i m sure the new jersey delegation would be glad to do that. then you could have a chris christie or a mitch daniels or a jeb bush or a paul ryan. but there s not likely to happen because you re really throwing the convention open at that point. what s going to happen is that but why wouldn t you do that, though, if because the base is not going to accept someone riding in out of you know, stage left or stage right. you say that. but the base doesn t want to accept mitt romney. but, joe, you know there s a different dynamic dealing with the folks right in front of you, and all of a sudden somebody comes out of nowhere and is put in front of you by the establishment. that i understand. i understand what you re saying, michael. but i do know this. if the night before the convention it s a
let s say, sam stein, have you the real leaders of the republican party. uh-huh. who are they? roger els. i m dead serious. you have roger els. and roger doesn t see himself that way, but he is the most powerful conservative voice in america. let s say you have roger els and haley barbour and jeb bush and 41 all on the phone. which of course the bushes like romney but they realize the conservatives are not going to go with him. and those guys all decide, you know, let s get out and start talking about, say, chris christie. a guy in new jersey that s got the highest approval rating of any republican governor. i think anything is possible. well, it s almost but it s premised on the idea that romney would accept that. no, it s not. why would romney release his delegates? i m talking about the second round. well, let s say theoretically they did. let s say that happens.
he drops off, can he say i want you on the first ballot, they still vote for him. say he drops out before the campaign. he can release them. he releases them? they are still bound to vote for him on the first ballot. after that, they can be released. but i can hold my delegates as long as i want. don t think mitt romney will just give them up on round two because somebody else was whispering in his ear like haley barbo barbour. that s just not going to happen. can you imagine a scene like board? can you imagine him standing at the microphone like hillary clinton did and doing that speech, you know, standing there and giving that speech for barack obama the way she did at that convention? the unity speech? do you see that happening with rick santorum and mitt romney and gingrich? not right now. i m not seeing it now. well, i think he s coming. he s coming. but you say that that echo chamber is bored. they are not bored.
houston s daughter, hear bobbi kristina in her own words, this hour on cnn. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. we re going to start with this, the sun is rising over afghanistan, the day american soldiers could face the fury. a killing took place in kandahar province, considered the spiritual birthplace of the taliban. the suspect is a u.s. army soldier. he left his forward operating base early sunday morning and traveled to the villages where the murders took place. afghanistan s president says 9 of the victims were children, 3 women and 4 men. nato s international security assistance force says the gunman is an army staff sergeant who actsed alone. he s said to be from joint base lewis mccord in washington state and assigned to a special forces unit. president barack obama spoke with the afghan president today. he offered his condolences and said that this incident doesn t represent the true character of the u.s. military. american troops could be l
the outside world with william cohen. it is a new day hopefully a far safer one for sunlts at a los angeles school at the center of a shobi ishocking child abu n scandal. they were greeted with an entirely new staff. the whole staff was replaced after the arrest of at least two teachers accused of committing lewd acts with students. eight alleged victims are expected to announce the first lawsuits in that case. president obama is let sing states off the hook when it comes to the no child left behind law. the president is expected to announce this hour that he s freeing ten states from stricter parts of the law in return for a promise to improve how they evaluate and prepare students. those states will no longer be forced to meet the requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. mr. obama s announcement is due to start at 1:55 eastern time and we ll bring it to you live. finally big relief to the tune of 26 billion for distressed homeowners. if y