but we're seeing some polling chris christie would be top choice of republicans should we get there. k christie is running and i don't think he can be recruited. >> i agree. we don't think he is running and we don't think he can be recruited. who is to say mitt romney is not going to win in michigan. donald trump has come out and vocal on radio and robo telephone calls. romney is gaining momentum and i think santorum is losing the surge he had. >> monica: christie endorsed mitt romney. >> the guy we love has endorsed mitt romney. let's go with that. that is what we have now. >> chris christie, it's insulting for the guy. >> think there is a larger issue the reason chris christie is, because everybody knows i'm sorry to say it obama is going to be hard to beat. he is going to be hard to beat. >> monica: we have to take a quick break. more of the great american panel after the break and more news coming up. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lie onne of those

. >> how about chris -- chris christie. he looks like a big villain. >> i like what he says about the school systems and more conservative. >> you know what i like about where he stands? there is always a lot of shade. up top. chris christie it sounds president will a or somebody who runs a candy store. come on out, kids, it is chris christie's candies. thank you for agreeing with me. excuse me. can i ask you a couple quick questions? the scarf doesn't fit you. can i do a rating with you? i have a couple of write in candidates that are lesser known. do you, a, recognize them, b, would you vote for them? take a look. do you recognize that person? >> no. >> that is andy levy. he is the editor in chief of "cat fancy." >> his eyes creep me out a little bit. >> do you recognize this person? >> yes. but i can't think of his name. >> that is brett bier. >> that is greg gutfeld. do you recognize that name? >> no. he looks like a creep. >> well, he looks less creep ethan the other guys. >> do you recognize this guy? >> yes, but his

these are the fireworks. >> chris christie's brand of don rickles leadership is unusual. to have someone soap fiscally irresponsible who makes such poor choices and that troubles all over the country doing his don merkel stand-up routine, demeaning women, the bombast and all that, it's entertaining but it does not make for good governance. but we all need to focus on are things that make our economy grow when things that make our economy expand opportunity. but those measures, he's been a failure as a governor. none of us as democratic governors will take lectures from a man whose leadership is so badly flawed. we will stated more politely and with less headlines, but we will not roll over for this mean- spirited don rickles-style politics that he practices. >> governor o'malley is really not nworthy. smart or good. he is flippant, so give him credit for that. >> whether you enjoyed that or not, be prepared for more. some people in the political arena and are predicting an o'malley-christie run in 2016. we'll see. >> just a few days ago cannot -- ary. to go in februr the

and chris christie finds himself in a new jersey flag flap.riticized for honoring whitney houston. and days after her death, details about whitney's final hours continuing to emerge. what was found in her hotel room. let's go out front. >>> good evening. out front tonight, iran's threat to the united states in the united states. right here at home. now, as we said last night, no one buys rap's claim that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. today on capitol hill, james clapper drove that message home. >> iran's technical advances particularly in uranium enrichment strengthen our assessment that iran is more than capable of producing enough highly enriched uranium for a weapon if its political leaders chooses to do so. >> he also said that iran has the largest supply of ballistic missiles in the middle east and that they could one day be capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction. this is footage of iran's test missiles which they do like on show to the world to show the tower of their program and the country is working in inter-c

any more acceptable or for that matter mitt romney any less acceptable in fact chris christie isn't even a multimillionaire it seems like romney would really be there guys. the problem is that romney's been fighting the english language and losing the battle and to fight his own tax returns he's considered unelectable look at the poll numbers despite the massive money he's spent so forget he spent a lot of money already of their money. let's romney this time is not spending his own money he's relying on the what are called vulture financier's as not the bain capital people the big bain capital's like girl scouts compared to the guys who are backing them and how they make their money there's no question that their issue with romney is not that they disagree with him it's just that they can't get him the white house they're trying to invest in some real estate here in sixteen hundred pennsylvania avenue and romney can't seal the deal and they think they do chris christie can even you know with his. kind of william howard taft approach i guess in some way his goal because he comes off

let's play the chris christie scenario out for a second.ou don't have him going in the south because he's too pro gun control. you come in to a lot of the northern states. what happens about someone gets in after super tuesday? >> it's actually too late to get on the ballot in the vast majority of states. >> so you can't even get on the ballot? >> right. so any fantasy scenario involves a long ball attempt. it would involve a brokered convention. remember, all delegates are released after the first ballot. we haven't seen those kind of politics in a long time. so keep hope alive if you want to, folks. but it's going to be tampa, it won't be before. >> we like to speculate. what's wrong with that? maybe the guy gets on -- christie's big problem is remember he repeatedly said the reason he didn't run is that he was not ready to be president. that's -- it's one thing if you say i'm not running and then you get in. that happens all the time. i don't know how voters would react to that. but it's not looney to think that they could get to tampa.

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new jersey governor chris christie is right here in the studio with us this morning.ernor, it's always good to have you because you have this unusual habit of answering questions. >> we'll keep it going, bob. >> schieffer: let's talk politics this morning. your man, mitt romney, is having a lot of trouble even out in michigan it seems which a lot of us find hard to believe. i mean, it would seem to me he would be a shoe-in out there. yet, it just doesn't seem to be working. rick santorum was neck and neck with him. what's he doing wrong? >> well, you know, i don't think anybody is a shoe-in this year, bob. it's a very volatile electorate. part of this primary is that republicans are really focused on wanting to defeat president obama. i think our primary voters are shopping. they want to make sure they pick the very best person to give the president the very best race. they're not settled on it yet. it's not something that governor romney isn't doing. i think over the pace of time as they get to know him better, they're going to come to governor romney. >> schieffer:

chris christie, the popular governor of new jersey.bove former alaska governor, sarah palin, indian governor mitch daniels, and former florida governor, jeb bush. lucky thing that chris christie has a sense of humor. ari fleischer a, john avalon, a james carville are all with us. this brokered convention, in all seriousness, it gets people excited, ari. >> it's also nonsense at this point. you hear this kind of talk every four years and it's too early for anybody to give it any credibility. you've got to wait until at least after somewhat super tuesday, ten states vote on tuesday. it's too early mathematically to get to that. i'm not there yet. >> look, we're outfront and talking about it and that's the fact. but after super tuesday, we're going to get a good look at the map. knowing what we know now, it's mathematically possible that nobody hits 1,144. but some of them are excited about this possibility. >> someone said, and i wish i could remember who it was to give them credit, said, it's not a brokered convention, because a brokere

governor chris christie said he will veto the bill once it gets to him. we'll keep you posted. >>> tonight on 9 news now at 7:00 your king size snickers is losing its crown, one major candymaker announces big changes that welsh ringgits snacks. oh, no. we'll tell -- that will shrink its snacks, oh, no. we'll tell you why. >>> a plea for carmakers to stop distracted driving. >>> but first construction comes to a halt at the site of the world trade center. we'll tell you what happened next. >>> safety teams are investigating a construction accident at the world trade center site. a construction company says a cable on a crane snapped and that crane dropped metal beams 40 stories damaging a flatbed truck. no one was hurt in the accident, but subway service was disrupted for about an hour. >>> when that project is finished, the skyscraper will tower 1,776 feet above ground. >> but what if instead of always building up architects decided to build down? it is the idea behind this earth scraper project. the building would go 65 stories underground. it would stre

that would include chris christie. he would be a game changer.omebody who believes so much the idea that you pick vice presidential nominees based on what state they are from. i think what you do do, as you noted, is you pick somebody who fills in the gaps you do. chris christie does that for mitt romney. mitt romney's weakness is he can't come off as stiff. chris christie offers the counterbalance. he's dynamic and blunt. kind of a media darling. in that regard chris christie would be a good pick. >> you talk about the regionalty. that's an interesting construct. we look back. you have two conservative choices from swing states. bob mcdonnell and bob portman. are they too safe? >> there are a number of different factors that any campaign will consider. whether it will be can that candidate bring me a swing state, you have rubio in florida, it would if that's the argument. you have a question of balance. can somebody like chris christie really benefit a stiff, wooden romn romney. the most important factor is the sarah palin/hippocratic oath. abov

chris christie, -- eight heads to gov. chris christie, but christie has vowed to veto it. progress or politics? three years ago today, president obama introduced his controversial stimulus package, insisting it wld bring the u.s. out of recession. >> the stimulus, $787 billion of tax breaks, unemployment checks, and so-called shovel- ready project to create jobs. democrats call that our only hope. republicans said it would never work. did it? >> our economy is getting stronger,. america is coming back. no shortage of critics on the campaign trail. >> this president is not going to get credit for the economy coming back. he will get blamed of for it taking so long. >> the money goes to washington but is never distributed fairly. > the president is not interested in providing jobs, he is interested in providing benefits. >> jobs lost in february 2009 -- 651,000. economic growth down almost 7% and then buried today, 2.5 straight years of growth. >> if the economy keeps moving forward to the next few months, it will be tough to beat obama. >> the nation's debt is at an all-tim

they paraded chris christie with pride. the beaming looks on the face of the candidate and the candidate's wife. this couldn't have been more different from an endorsement you were greatly receiving. it's like you're holding a stinky sock six inches away from you. >> fox news is the only place he could continue to try to spin the fantasy, even as recently as last week, in primetime, by the way. but where does your friend, your buddy, donald trump go from here? >> i don't know. if mitt romney has anything to say about it, it won't be anywhere near him. i don't know where he goes. as he will tell anyone "celebrity apprentice" starts in a couple of weeks. he can't do anything until may. by then, maybe everyone will have forgotten about him. maybe he will have forgotten about the presidential race and won't want to get involved with it anyway. but how much more is mitt romney going to do to try to convince the conservative base to trust him and to convince them that he's one of them? remember, lawrence, when you and i were abou

but i think chris christie is making a longer term play.party is going to stay to the right for that long. i think it tells you about a key political mind thinks the party may be going in four years. >> there's a danger here for the republicans. >> there's a danger for him getting reelected in new jersey too. >> what is he talking about? he's talking about sex. gay civil rights or not civil rights. rather than talking about the economy. why did they elect him in new jersey? it wasn't because of social conservative issues. they thought he would deal with the deficit issues and financial matters. he's a big, tough guy. take these things on. they did not elect him to be pat buchanan of new jersey. >> why is he doing it? what's your conspiracy theory? why do they stop talking jobs and taxes and go into this cultural fit? >> he's trying to protect himself and mitt romney. i'm not sure jennifer is right that it's going to stay this far right. it depends on what happens in 2012 and whether it's a kounlt balance if they lose badly. >> part of it ma

if you don't run chris christie, romney will be the nominee and we'll lose. >> america, what the hell?

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the best one for that if rubio is out is chris christie. >> what does rubio bring with him? he brings several things. he's tea party endorsed and he has a lot of people that are not tea party. he's a cuban-american. >> he brings in the latino vote. is that big? >> he has the potential of being the hispanic president obama. >> he's quite -- >> what do you mean? >> way he has conducted himself in washington is impressive. he's never gotten out in front of himself and he's given a series of wonderful speeches. >> he gets the cuban vote. he doesn't get the mexican vote. but if rick santorum comes rolling in with 30% of the delegates, it's you have to to pass over him. but the thing is with christy with the gay rights and marriage amendment on the ballot in new jersey may be able to pull them out of democratic party. >> what else does florida have? catholic. >> he's anti-immigration. sew brings not necessarily goin to him. >> ask i have a frog in my throat. think about it. >> not with the hispanic vote. >> it's there but it's not there. there are four republicans now in the runni

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