mr. christy said he wouldn't enter the republican presidential contest these people said. mr. christy agreed to the terms earlier in september people with knowledge of the situation said and miss whitman is a prominent supporter of gop presidential con 10er of mitt romney. the dinner for 15 couples took place wednesday at the silicon valley home of miss whitman and her husband. at the dinner which each couple paid 15,000 to attend mr. christy said no whether he was asked whether he would join the 2012 race according to a person with knowledge of the event. but it goes on to say mr. christy made several fund-raising stops in missouri and california last week as he traveled to give a highly anticipate speech on september 27th at the ronald reagan library north of los angeles. we'll show you a little bit from that speech when one person in the audience begged him to run. randall, an independent in spokane, washington, go ahead. >> caller: good morning. well, what it really comes down to, chris christie running would not be wise due to his year-long campaign of saying i'm not going

mr. christie provides in large doses. new poll asked likely republican voters who who they're supporting. 25% say mitt romney. and mr. cain up 12 points in less than a month. governor perry down 13 points. and mr. cain is a compelling political figure come as cross as friendly and talks about tax reform with his 999 campaign. governor perry another story. americans were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. and also, mr. perry not made himself to available in forums like the factor so it's hard for americans to get to know him. he talked -- i talked with him on on the phone and he said he would be on the factor. on democratic side, the economy keeps getting worse. hard to see how president obama can make a come back unless jobs are create skptd stock market goes up a thousand points, however, mr. obama remains steadfast in his belief the federal government can control the economy and has an obligation to spend a massive amount of money spending on things like green energy. >> if we want to compete with other count

mr. christie has been swayed from his earlier refusals to run by an aggressive draft christie effort by republicansing gop field. now, it is impossible to say whether or not the republican field is actually going to get any bigger. as far as chris christie goes, there's no reason to put anymore faith in this current round of excited rumors about him than any of the previous rounds of excited rumors about him. the excited rumors, themselves, are evidence of something. they're evidence of just how unhappy republicans are right now with their options. the mike huckabee rumor, for example, started with the report in "reuters" that begins like this. "mike huckabee has been approached by conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of republican and presidential hopefuls sources tell reuters." conservative activists not happy with their choices, i think that means you, rick perry. maybe they have caught up with ten things about rick perry that worry conservatives as "the houston chronicle" posted recently. as for chris christie, the rumors he might someday decide to run though he said a thousand

mr. christie to run, including nancy reagan -- that's not true. i spoke to her last night. she laughed at that. she's a gracious host. she hosted him at the reagan library, but she's not pushing anyone to run or not to run for that matter. there's an enormous amount of wishful thinking on the part of the press to have him in the race. >> mark, they're going from one crush to another. it's beginning to resemble a dysfunctional dating program. so, it's beginning to be the destructive. if it goes on, for more months, it will have a negative impact. when our nominee has to stand against president obama. >> and as with dating, we're all better in theory than we are in reality. >> isn't that the truth? >> chris christie is a great theoretical candidate. he gets into the race and republicans realize he has made that comment that you played about sharia law. i think that his position right now is, he is not inclined to run. he's being polite, listening to all of the donors and republican establishment figures who want an alternative to romney. he'll make a decision this week. >> it

mr. christie has some issues he is waivering on that conservatives may question him on. gun rights, judiciary power. i mean, we've heard christie on both sides of these issues that he is going to have to deal with some flip-flopping too. that doesn't come off authentic as defined by brother richard over there. >> well, i think the biggest one you mentioned is abortion. really he has the same problem that mitt romney does. i believe it was 1993 when chris christie said he was pro choice and he has since switched that. it's about the same time mitt romney had the issue too in his 1994 senate race against ted kennedy. i agree with richard. i think once chris christie comes under scrutiny if he does run which i don't think that he is going to, if he does, though, he is going to face these same issues. right now people like him because yes he is a blank slate in some respects but also because he's on the right side of the issue of the day for the tea party and that is spending. and he's all about cutting spending and he stood up to the teachers unions and conservatives love h

mr. christie as of late.rompted a number of times before. based on that buzz what can we surmise about what he might intend to do this time? >> right it is definitely all a question of timing, he has been right about the timing before and wrong about the timing before, when he was a young county official, he rap for state assembly, the wrong time, he ran too quickly and lost the race. then 2005, he waited four years and won in 2009. so for governor. store, is a matter of him trying to figure out exactly -- he has been on both sides before so, now it is trying to gaming what he thinks had is the right time now. >> do you have a sense of what's most important to chris christie as he works through this decision? >> well, right now, it looks like the donors lined up, so it's -- we don't think it's a question of money at this point. a lot of establishment players are trying to push him into the race. apparently, his wife is no longer opposing a run for president. -- >> his family is on board? >> so it has been rep

mr. christie is good for three people. christie, himself, whose hart and soul and spleen weren't in. i don't think he would have wanted it. he would have been out there, would have been happy. he looks like a fellow who's very relieved speaking up there. this helps mitt romney also. mitt likes the hand and the cards that are out on the table. you don't want a new card dealt if that's the case, especially a wild one like christie. romney is satisfied. this is very good news for rick perry. i agree with the other fellows. i think perry has been written off too soon. i think he's going to get another shot at it. i think the tea party -- or let's take at two-thirds of the party that is, you know, dissatisfied with its choices and wants someone other than romney. they are almost going to have to move to perry because he alone has the legs and the money i think to go the distance against romney. i think he's going to get another look. so in a way, this is one of those things that was good for all three of them. perry and romney and christie alike. >> john heilman, you've been watching all

of failure with any kind of success. >> steve: how big is the endorsement yesterday of chris christie for mring chris christie does is big by definition. i think it probably helped romney a little bit. but to have a northeastern governor endorse the front runner from massachusetts is pretty much of a what did you think he was going to go? i think romney will collect lots of endorsements. i think he is the establishment candidate and he'll be the front runner in endorsements by a big margin. the challenge for mitt will be that may not be where the voters are. we have no evidence in 2008 that the voters were impressed by endorsements even in the home states and i think that this election will be decided, the primaries, at least, will be decided by the question. when can effectively change washington? who can get america back on the right track? who has the right core values to do that? i think whoever the nominee is will have answered those questions decisively and frankly, that's what i'm trying to do with our 21st century contract with america which people can see at newt.org. it's a very co

mr. christie and congressman paul ryan who have been most engaged in fiscal and economic debates over the field is weaker for their absence. and mr. christie's remarks yesterday about the lack of presidential leadership showed why so many people wanted him in the race. i also think that's why it was such a tough decision for him ultimately. i mean, he really, really had a hard time with this because he truly felt he wasn't ready, but he truly felt the pressure to step in to the void. >> in fairness, this has gone on before. i can remember -- and in 1992 when clinton was approaching the nomination, we've got to bring in cuomo, we've got to bring in kennedy, clinton can't win. when carter was running, church jumped in late. this goes on all the type. the nature of human beings is the grass is always greener, especially in politics. >> i absolutely agree. and that's what we're going through right now. again, romney's been the tortoise in this race, a lot of hares have jumped in and passed him. he's still slow and steady to the finish line. >> joe.msnbc.com. willie's news you can't use is nex

mr. christie came to the same people who hoped to see congressman paul ryan in the race and he goes on tosh, all made clear that they understood that we had arrived at a big moment for the nation. perform romney by contrast leaves the impression that the country has arrived at his big moment. chris han, your thoughts on that. >> like you said, 75, 77 percent of republicans consistently say they don't want mitt romney. cain has risen through the polls. let's face it, he's the only one on that stage who has personality, it's stunning and is uplifting in its ways. i think his 999 plan is a path to disaster for this country, and now that he's at the top of the polls you'll start to see people focused on what he's trying to do in his plan. let's face it, this guy has made a living selling things in this country and done a very good job at it so he's got a nice, simple plan that people can listen to and understand. that's what's helping him. martha: and definitely connecting with folks out there. that's why we're seeing these numbers for him. but the big question for him, and if you're in the c

mr. christie's withdrawal or non-entrance gives mr. romney more breathing space.ke of herman cain at 17%? >> mr. cain's numbers have doubled in the last month. some candidates have zoomed to the top. michele bachmann did this summer. she was in second place at one point. now she is in low single digits. mr. perry numbers have come down subject standingly. mr. cain has not been treated seriously by the news media. he may do better or worse. he's pretty much been ignored by the mainstream media. megyn: we'll have a debate on why that is. it seems that rick perry has lost the supporters to the same extent herman cain has gained them. are the folk jumping on the cain train former perry supporters. >> many people jumping on the cain train support the tea party movement and many of those same people were supporting mr. perry before his numbers began to dip. we can't say john here and sally here have changed. but there has been some migration among tea party types from mr. perry to mr. cain. megyn: what do you think of him around this 20 mark. is that a good thing for hi

mr. christie's potential rivals, herman cain, the former ceo of godfather's pizza, he took a swipe at christieeral in today's conservative party. >> i believe a lot of conservatives, once they know his position on those things you delineated, thelt not be able to support him. i think this is absolutely a

mr. christie's potential rivals, herman cain, the former ceo of godfather's pizza, he took a swipe at christieeral in today's conservative party. >> i believe a lot of conservatives, once they know his position on those things you delineated, thelt not be able to support him. i think this is absolutely a liability for him, if he gets in the race. >> and speaking of herman cain, he's going to meet with donald trump later today. a sign of republican political prowess. that's going to be interesting to watch, see how that turns out. really, martin, all we're really focusing on, at least in the early part of this week, is whether or not chr

christie? what's wrong with mr. perfect? even a new title, romney looks perfect, and chris christie not so much. what's wrong with romney from sea to shining sea roots, from michigan to new hampshire where he summers or california where he lives. with christie, you have jersey. the biggest contrast, romney's restraint versus christie's non-p.c. style. see what you think about the contrast with christie. >> you have had your chance. anything else you want to say? >> i want to see what you are going to say. >> the way this is going to ask, you ask the question, you wait for my answer, if you don't like my answer, you can vote for someone else. >> you know what? it's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you who are dividing this country. we are here to bring this country together, not to divide. >> john, chris: you addressed the contrast, like the democrats in 2008 that addressed hillary clinton, the g.o.p. is hungry for someone who matches the red hot moment in hand. beat him to a bloody pulp. john, that's you

mr. right. anyway. he's the one big winner today on the republican side now that chris christie is out.ana milbank is a columnist for "the washington post". you're the experts coming on here. who picks up the crumbs that this guy's not eating, chris christie? >> it's terrific news for mitt romney. in fact, i think mitt should give him a wing in one of his houses that he's been building. but this is exactly going according to the original mitt romney plan. you see perry fading, romney's again the front-runner, there's no other establishment candidate out there. you've got all these guys fighting over the tea party votes. you've got herman cain, unbelievable, in third place in this poll. and you've got a little bit of bachmann here and there. so romney -- >> wait, let's go to the numbers. i like this theory, we've been playing with the idea of the woman who's very attractive and all the guys who are chasing after him, but one guy just waits and waits and wait. here's the new "washington post" poll of republicans and republican leaners. i love that. they've got romney leading at 25 points.

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they have been watching over the last couple weeks and nothing's happening in treasury, and christie roamer says mr. president, there's no plan for citi group. obama says, there better be. he's angry. what do you mean there's no plan? all the sudden kristy feels emanuel's gaze on her. they huddle. emanuel's livid. i can't believe she said that without tim geithner being here to defend himself. forget the material issues. summers reports this to roamer minutes after. yes, yes, he's with it. you can't say that without geithner here to dwefd herself. jesus, she's right, there's no plan. i asked the president about this. it was not an easy moment in the interview at the end of the process. i said you were agitated. he said i don't know if that's the exact word i'd used. how did you feel? what did you say to tim? well, i don't remember exactly. the pure bureaucracy was not moving as fast as i wanted. i don't know that you call your treasury the bureaucracy, but it's a term of art, i suppose. this stuff was hard, ron, harder than i could have imagined to come up with solutions. talked to geithner too. he

finally christie romer says mr. president, actually there isn't any plan for citigroup. obama says, there had better be. what do you mean there is no plan? all of a sudden romer feels emanuel's gaze on her. the meeting breaks up and emanuel -- emanuel is livid. he says i can't believe she said that without tim geithner being here to defend himself. forget about the material issues. summers reports system, minutes after yes, yes christie. rahm was livid. christie i defended you. she is right. there isn't a plan. i asked the president about this. it wasn't an easy moment in our interview at the end of the process. i said you were agitated. i am not sure agitate it would be the exact word i would use. what did you say to tim? i don't remember exactly. the bureaucracy wasn't moving as fast as i wanted. i'm not sure if you would call your treasury secretary the bureaucracy but it is a term of art i suppose. this stuff was just hard, ron, harder than i could've imagined to come up with solutions. i talked to geithner too. it is in the book. into pages he affirms that he did wh

but you just know that mitt romney is going to be very happy to have chris christie, mr.poken, plain spoken as his very tough surrogate out on the campaign trail. i think you're going to see him out there a lot, guys. >> yeah. i wonder -- he didn't rule out a transaction. is that a possibility? >> chris christie -- i don't think chris christie needs to do transactions, and i do believe that chris christie supported mitt romney because he looked at the rest of the field and said, listen, we've got to get somebody that can win this race. i actually saw ann coulter on the "wall street journal" website. and she said you know these northeast governors. rick perry said that's just two northeasterners supporting each other. ann coulter said if you are a republican of the northeast, you unlike rick perry or michele bauchmann, you have had to appeal, chuck todd, to independents and democrats. so, yes, ann coulter saying it's a good thing as a conservative's conservative, it's a good thing these people actually know how to win in swing districts. >> i'll be curious to see what happ

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up next, christy is ♪ fare thee well ♪ farewell ♪ mr. be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >> all right. here is the headlines. he's not running. moving on, what did the media do for a narrative in the republican race now? >> well, the media are troubled because on the one hand they wanted christy in, you know, for entertainment purposes. on the other hand they sort of like to see things settled and sort of tidied up and things are becoming more complicated. nate silver at pfizer part of the new york times made the point that ten different candidates have been at the top deither won a straw poll or top of the republican poll. that's too much for the media to handle. >> the media want christie in for another reason. the liberal-- they saw him being soft on immigration, soft on gun control and this is an ideal. they want the conflict and who have they got now, romney and perry? >> republicans are like a bunch of daters on one night stands and go ba

too much to discuss these questions a move that's made this week's guest chris christie you see you know you've been here mr fahy is here what you think the rescue capsule with the quiet before you came here i was difficult you know years ago i came here merely said. check it out you know it's a lot of energy he was from new york is where the way i came from. i expected it to be very dark and very frustrating and depressing and my first impression was like that actually because if you go on the streets eight years ago you were in the streets people are very. well and nobody was smiling it was rather. just started a good winter so i was really bad but i started to laugh the city and also now if you were to give anything for us some advice about where to visit in moscow join the night well with a day definitely of course as. if you didn't look at the stars on top of. the specially that it is nice. very it's very beautiful i think if you come to this hotel here you have the top you can see the city council yes. it's very beautiful it's values amazing yes yes this is really great. and. i think you know just a c

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illuminations simply be too much to discuss these questions a move that speaks cast chris christie you see you know you can hear mr fahy is yeah what do you think the person capital would look like before you came here i was. eight years ago i came here. he said. it's a lot of energy he was from new york came from. i expected it to be very dark and very frustrating and depressing and my first impression was like that actually because if you go on the streets eight years ago you went to the streets people were very. well nobody was smiling it was raw. it was really bad but i started to laugh the city and also you know if you were to give anything for us some advice about when to visit her during the night well in a day definitely of course. if you did and look at the stars on top of. the four specially that it's nice. it's very beautiful i think you should come to this hotel here. you can see the city downstairs. it's very beautiful it's values amazing yes yes this is really great. and. i think you know just a cap and right around the city is not so expensive as they have to spend five hundred over since approximat

mr. chuck todd. >>> as rick perry falters, chris christie equivocates and michele bachmann faces some staff departures. it's herman cain that's surging. is there a mitt romney ceiling? why aren't we seeing better numbers from him? >>> and if it's tuesday, somebody is voting somewhere. today it's west virginia. where democrats hope to hold on to the governor's mansion there. it may come down to a referendum on president obama. a democratic loss could have a more chilling effect on congressional democratic relations with the white house than scott brown's win. >>> after 18 days, the wall street protests keep spreading. they're popping up in cities in california to maine. even in kansas city. we'll take you there. it's tuesday, october 4th, 2011. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. my first reads of the morning, today could be the day we finally hear from team christie once and for all about whether he is going to mount a last minute bid for the republican presidential nomination. behind the scenes, he's apparently gotten all the aid input he wants, all the donor input he wants. yes, there's bee

. >> whether governor christie is in or not, i have the same message. mr. or paul lenty was in or not, hit same message. >> i wasn't sitting on pins and needles waiting for the reaction. >>> call lean coowe have our pa us. okay. the chris christie hysteria is over. how is the new york media market going to handle it now? >> i know. we're falling apart, aren't we? >> what's going on here? there is no new yorker in the race. what are we going to do? >> i was hoping that you could play that song that you were playing earlier again if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with. >> it's a crosby stills and nash song. >> i'm not old enough to know that, chuck. >> very nice. >> you know, did we really expect he would get in? there was a fever sort of building in the last few days. but i think now it's sort of all eyes are turning to mitt romney and what happens now. >> and, jennifer, this is what the race is. to me, it's romney versus perry or romney versus romney? >> i think it's romney versus romney. he has had the benefit of being the luckiest

christie into the race haven't thought this through. >> reporter: in an interview with abc and yahoo! news monday mr. obama was asked about a recent christie comment calling the president a bystander in the oval office. >> if the guy is thinking about running for president he's going to say a lot of stuff. >> reporter: he calls himself the underdog in 2012 because of widespread concerns about the economy. >> i don't think they're better than they were four years ago. >> reporter: and a texas ranch leased by the perry family since 1983. in the statement perry's father painted over the offensive language on a rock soon after leasing the parcel in the early 1980s. in new york businessman herman cain who called the inaction by the perrys insensitive now says he accepts governor perry's response on the issue. >> i really don't care about that word. they painted over it. end of story. >> the republican presidential race has been a story of candidates going down as fast as they've gone up. one of the candidates michele bachmann has a campaign running on financial fumes, had to announce a series of staff depa

mr. romney, the challenge is for him to move on, especially with chris christie out of the race, to consolidate his support and to grow his support. >> this new poll shows mitt romney has the best chance against president obama in a general election. kate amara, wbal tv 11 news. >> did sarah palin say which plants to do now? >> in a statement, she said she plans to continue driving the discussion politically and she said she plans to chordate strategies in order to replace the president and maintained the house. >> kate amara, thank you. >> martin o'malley and katie o'malley are standing up to bullying. will encourage students to take a pledge. this is part of bullying prevention month. >> elijah cummings is taking aim at drug companies he says are taking unfair advantage of recent supply shortages. jennifer franciotti joins us live with more of the congress intends to do about it. >> he has requested documents from these companies. he wants to know if some of these price hikes he has been seeing is justified. he received a letter from the maryland women's basketball coach. for her, this is per

mr. spock is smarter. but captain kirk is us. chris christie now at this split second in political phenomenon is us. he's ticked off at the woman who called in. somebody giving him a hard time for where he sends his kids to school. that's fascinating to me. there is a touchiness for the american people, an edginess and the president connects with that now. i'm not saying he won't in a year or six months, but i'm trying to figure out what connects in a way that mitt romney probably never will and probably rick perry never will. a connection with regular people. >> you know, you are debating tonight an ideological debate. >> three things. the main thing is go left or center. >> go left or go center. if you look at the polls, you know, i have a theory that what makes chris christie more effective potentially against obama than romney is what? that the country doesn't want as much of a change as it does stylistically. who provides the best change? is the fear that romney is too much like obama? >> i think you're right. center right. the sweet spot

mr. cain is in new york governor chris christie in new jersey, his supporters are ramping up the pressuretate chief executive to run for president. they've even launched a new website today that seeks to draft christie into a presidential run. is that how it works? joining me now is "new york post" columnist and fox news contributor michael goodwin. you wrote an interesting piece, inside the passion of the christie. folks on the east coast know governor christie fairly well, i think a lot of the folks in the midwest and elsewhere are asking themselves, what is so great about chris christie? what is so great about him? why is there this incredible speculation about him? >> i think it's all about expectations. for chris christie a republican first of all to win in new jersey was a very big deal, and to govern successfully as he has been doing. one of the things that people don't understand about what he's done with the new jersey budget he's been governor for 18 months, he's submitted two consecutive budgets that are lower than the one before it. it's 7, $8 billion lower than when he took o

mr. president. but it is a demoralizing message for america. >> new jersey governor chris christie hammering the president'sconomic policies with tough talk that has so many republicans pleading for him to get into the presidential race. and we are back now with the panel. bill, question. you have been following this as clocksly as anyone in the world of politics, maybe on this planet. is he going to run? when are we going to know? >> i am not sure whether he's going to run. i don't think he knows. i think it's 50/50. i think we will know within a week, this week or the very beginning of next week. a couple of weeks ago i wrote an item to say, give me a schedule and suggested that october 10 and then he could emerge on october 11 debate from new hampshire. that would be exciting. if he jumps in the pool, he will make a dig splash. >> what does your gut tell you? >> i think he could do it. >> that's want what i am asking. do you think he will? >> yes. >> why? he said, i'm not ready. >> i was being honest, but a lot of people who i respect say not only can i win, not who can beat obama. who can govern? who is

mr. president but it is a demoralizing message for america. >> chris: new jersey governor chris christie hammering the president's economic policies with tough talk that has many pleading for him to get into the presidential race. bill kristol, you have been following this as closely as any one in the world of politics, maybe on this planet. is he going to run and when are we going know? >> i don't know whether he is going to run. i don't know whether he knows he is going to run. i think it is 50/50. i think we will know within a week. a couple of weeks i wrote a little item giving him a schedule for announcing and i suggested october 10 which is a week from monday and then suddenly emerge at the october 11 debate in new hampshire. it would be excitin exciting ie jumps in the pool he will make a big splash. >> chris: what does your gut tell you? >> i think he could do it. >> chris: do you think he will get in? >> yes. >> chris: why? he said i'm not ready. that is tough to come back from i'm not ready. >> he could say i'm being honest but i have been approached by a lot of people who thin

christie says no go and sarah palin is a no show. how will this change the 2012 race for the white house? >> i would like mr. cantor to come down here and explain what exactly is in this jobs bill he does not believe in. >> the president pushes his jobs plan and takes aim at his opponents by name. >> people are angry but they have nowhere to get the anger out. >> anger over the economy starts demonstrations as we observe another anniversary in the afghanistan war. >> i did not see this war being one or loss in the next several years. i think it will continue. >> welcome to "inside washington." i'm mark shields. gordon peterson has the week off a bank. new jersey gov. chris christie went from i object of intense republican desire to the big one that got away. >> the people sent me to trenton to get a job done and i am not prepared to walk away. i know not everyone agrees with my decision. but my loyalty to this state is what it is. >> christie had company. a former alaska gov. sarah palin. how does this bear well change things for the 2012 race? charles crowd hammer? >> i do not think it changes anything. i d