ron christie is a republican strategist who's not deranged. he worked for vice president dick cheney. i'll let that verdict not stand. and willie brown is the former mayor of san francisco, the former speaker of the house of california. by the way, gentleman, in a "new york times" opinion piece entitled "why the anti-christ matters in politics," history professor matthew averies sutton wrote, "for some evangelicals, president obama is troubling, the specious theories about his place of birth, his international tendencies, his measured support for israel, and his nobel peace prize fit their long-held expectations about the anti-christ. millions of voters like their depression-era predecessors fear that the time is short. the sentiment that mr. obama is preparing the united states, as president roosevelt did, for the anti-christ global coalition is likely to grow. barring the rapture, mrs. bachmann or mr. perry could well ride the apocalyptic anti-statism of conservative christians into the oval office." i'll tell you, it's hard to make what to

. >> i'm joined by tara tadel and ron christie. welcome to the both of you. >> thank you. >> good morning, alex. >> ron, the governor didn't exactly slam the door shut. he said i'm feeling it, too. but the question is, why is the gop so obsessed with christie? >> well, i think he's a successful governor and a blue state of new jersey. he's done very well to help balance the budget and work across the party lines with the democratic legislation to balance the budget but the fact of the matter is, alex, i think this is a lot of courtship or could he? i don't think he runs. i think he is enjoying his moment. >> okay. that may well be the case. tara, david axelrod that president obama's facing a titanic struggle to re-election in 2012. were governor christie to make a run on the white house, how would that affect the president's chances in 2012? could he be the most formidable opponent throughout? >> i think the governor would be a formidable opponent but if he runs which i don't think he will, would he make it through the republican p

. >> but i still love ron christie. >> take care, guys. >>> a short time ago the labor department announced the number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose by 11,000 last week. john boehner will offer his response to a jobs plan in a speech that his office has dubbed liberating america's economy. luke russert is little on capitol hill. what can we expect to hear from the speaker? can we expect to hear anything new from the speaker? >> reporter: the most new thing you'll here within the speech is an instruction to the joint super committee here on capitol hill to try to deal with the issue of tax reform in their negotiations leading up into november and christmas where they are supposed to come up with ideas to save the nation $1.5 trillion and john boehner would like to see more of that. what you'll see in the crux of the speech, liberation from policies that boehner and republicans believe or not pro-he's going to want the government to have less restrictions. in terms of what the president said last week with his jobs bill, boehner will say, we can find common ground or a few

president's plan with tara, a democratic strategist and the founder of the tara group as well as ron christie, republican strategist and ceo of christie strategies. tara, as we are sitting here together, i'm giving you some looks as wer watching this speech go down and here we have the president really throwing down the gauntlet to fire up the base about the policies and especially when it comes to rev news. the president also talking about the buffett rule. the fact warren buffett's secretary is paying more within the tax rate than what he pays as a billionaire. but the phrase, one sided deal that hurts the folks the most vulnerable. he's not going to go for that. i thought, walk off. then go into apology about it. i know this hurts people politically and all this other stuff. people don't want to see that right now. they want to know, this is what i think, what i feel, this is how it's going to get done and how we're going to grow as a coun country. why do you think we get the apology on the back end of the statement? >> i think the president has been under fire lately and he wants to make

his latest post it's too late for chris christie to run. and ron kerry. u think it would be a mistake for chris christie to get in the race? >> i just think it's too late. too much time has passed by. it is hard to build a successful campaign. the scrutiny he would be under, every mistake he would make and every candidates makes mistakes, it would be piling on. candidates need an a on ramp. especially in the instant era we live in with the internet. i think it's too late for him. >> it's interesting, dana, because people say i'm not interested in running, then they turn out running. he's actually saying i'm not ready to be president. that's pretty definitive. what's behind all this talk? wishful thinking on the part of some republicans? >> well, the word choice that chris christie uses is really interesting to me because he's always said, i'm not ready to be president yet. i'm not ready, not yet. at some point it might be in the cards, but not 2012. i don't think he'll do anything until 2016. he still needs to fill his obligations to his constituents. he s

please chris christie. please ron paul. please somebody run.hat perry is just a little bit too far out. >> this will continue in the green room. >>> coming up -- unleashing the power of google on the unemployment crisis. i asked the internet giant's chairman eric schmidt why businesses are sitting on their profits as millions of americans stare down unemployment. millions of americans stare down unemployment. >>> google, the quintessential success story of the new american economy. as companies around the country bleed jobs, google just keeps hiring. this week, i sat down with chairman eric schmidt to ask what it will take for businesses to follow his company's lead and put americans back to work. thank you for joining us. everyone says that confidence is the name of the game. that the economy and consumers aren't going to start buying, businesses aren't going to start hiring again, unless they feel a period of confidence and stability, producing the kind of confidence that's necessary for a hiring binge. >> the economy is today stuck behind th

christie to run. and dana loesch and ron kerry. think it would be a mistake for chris christie to get in the race? >> i just think it's too late. too much time has passed by. it is so hard to build a successful presidential campaign. the scrutiny he would be under, every mistake he would make and every candidate makes mistakes, it would be piling on. candidates need an on-ramp. especially in the instant era we live in with the internet. i think it's too late for him. >> it's interesting, dana, because people say i'm not interested in running, then they turn out running. he's actually saying i'm not ready to be president. that's pretty definitive. what do you think is behind all this talk? wishful thinking on the part of some republicans? >> well, the word choice that chris christie uses is really interesting to me because he's always said, well, i'm not ready to be president yet. i'm not ready, not yet. i think, at some point, it might be in the cards for chris christie, but not 2012. i don't think he'll do anything until 2016. he s

. >> ron kerry, i'd like to get your conservative republican perspective on the christie for president phenomenon that may or may not turn out to be real. we know rush limbaugh is very suspicious saying christie isn't really one of them, he didn't a ditto head limbaugh hard core conservative. how do you think christie would be received in this campaign? >> i think he would suffer the same fate of rick perry where he may jump out as flavor of the month but once you start to peel the onion back and look at different positions, you'll find there are going to be issues where he may not be in sync with all the conservatives across the country. one thing conservatives are looking for is authenticity this election cycle and someone with a consistent record. that's what minute romney's biggest challenge is his inconsistent record as a conservative. we've been burned before as conservatives. look at richard nixon, he introduced wage and price controls and went to china. you look at george h.w. bush where he said, read my lips, no new taxes and then raised taxes. we have been promised by candida

ron paul. >> we didn't leave anybody out. >> and you said christie is doing what romney has done. he said, have i to do what romney did, so i have to spend years succeeding up to them. they have got a lot different person -- personalities. if romney was human he would be kristi. >> that's an interest ling -- interesting picture. they have different personalities and that accounts for something. >> their tone was like when they explain to somebody that getting a course is awesome. >> i have so much time to myself and i live above a garage now. >> well, you have sold me on this thing. >> living above a garage is awesome. >> they say you could be very healthy and overweight. who is they? >> a couple of fat guys i know. >> captain pudgey. >> they have wings and pitchers. the wings are in the pitchers, floating in the beer. >> why would you go to a bar with a name like captain pudgey. >> i didn't really go. i was taken there. >> over the weekend? >> yes. >> and then i was hypnotized. >> you said it would be odd if christie lied to his brother, todd, for not running. i don't think he is

ron brownstein and shira. >>> weren't of the things about chris christie is a lot of people, a lot ofpower drive. haven't gone out and backed one candidate. ron makes the point, he would offer a lot of the same stuff romney does, romney hasn't had has big, warm hug from the middle of the road conservative business community, which -- >> no. even when rick perry wasn't in the race, mitt romney didn't break 30% in support. that's a concern that he has. >> the person who isn't the candidate or didn't run or didn't win always has higher popularity than the person who did. somebody said the other day, this is why we should have recommended hillary clinton. her approval would be higher, she's not the president. >> not dealing with unemployment. >> if i were chris christie i'd enjoy the attention and thinking, i don't know if i want to get in on the mess. >> i'd be saying, thank you, thank you, but i don't think. >>> oh, it is 47 past the hour. just ahead on "american morning" is bill clinton helping our hurting president obama? we asked you that question earlier and will read your answers c

ron paul helped lead it. >> what about chris christie, who when i interviewed him, i spent a day with him, fascinating charactercious. i watched him over the hurricane the other day i thought being very, very strong in his leadership and powerful in his rhetoric to tell people to get off the beach and so on. i'm getting a sense that although he said to me absolutely no way am i going to run in 2012, he is coming under pressure, do you think from republicans to chuck his hat in the ring? >> i think he has to be. because i do think -- i don't know if he is really a plausible president of the united states. to his credit, he himself has said i'm not ready for this. it's not the time. he's not saying i'll never do it. he has been in this job for a very short period of time. on the other hand, he has certainly done more than some of the other candidates in the republican field. my guess is he is sincere that he doesn't want to do it and he is probably right not to do hit the time from his own point of view. but will there be pressure on him? i would think so. he is an adult. he eis a mainstream conservative. he is n

ron johnson and south dakota. i'm starting to miss john mccain. the real will he or won't he fervor is around the popular new jersey governor, chris christie. he said he won't run, but hasn't pushed away from the table and left the room. if it's such a piece of cake to walk into the white house, why doesn't he do it? is it possible that president obama won't be that easy to roll over? is it possible that as he showed this weekend before the congressional black caucus, this president is getting started. >> take off your bedroom slippers and put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we have work to do! >> barbara lee is a member of the congressional black caucus and joins us from capitol hill. good afternoon. >> glad to be with you. >> president obama was in rare format the cbc annual award speaking in thundering tones with a rolling cadence. why is the president so assertive and effective and much less so when he is governing? >> i think the president is very effective while he is governing, given especially the obstructionist agenda of the republican tea party. when yo

christie and get everybody to look at him. these people are bought and paid for by corporations and the global deletes. that is all this is. ron paul, he is a man of the constitution. he's got good morals. the rest of these people, they adjust the same old political machine as obama, bush, clinton, bush, and the rest of them. host: we will leave it there. ron paul coming up again on twitter this morning. indiana. tom, good morning de caller: good morning. host: what do you think about the field? caller: i like herman cain. because i watched him on tv last week and he mentioned something i don't think a lot of people know -- the government is raiding social security to pay for a lot of other programs. and if they stayed out of that, social security would never go broke. and i would like to see a republican -- herman cain, ron paul, are anybody say, let's get out of the wars within one month or two months and stop wasting our money over there because it is not appreciated. i don't like ron paul's -- watching the debate, the last one, where he says get rid of minimum-wage. it would not create more jobs for poor people. what does

christie to get into the race. so do the me owe kofb of conservatives seem to believe they have found in him someone not named mitt romney, not ronlem is that all these forces want a candidate to match the campaign well under way. it is a republican campaign already of heat and hatred that wants obama out of the white house. it's a campaign of negativity, it's a candidate who is negative and angry and can show it in his face. mitt romney had it too good to be that by. he's got a beautiful family, enjoys a happy life with them and has a quarter billion dollars salted away. he's not your ticked off middle class guy hitting his pillow each night with anger about about deficits, debt or same-sex marriage. he's the kind of debbie their guy you meet at the chubb and chat with about college football, how the kids are doing so well and how gate the fall weather's been. chris christie on the other hand is the kind of guy you just got stuck in traffic, got cut off by some cab driver and stuck his head or at least his hand out the window to signal his attitude. the word is attitude. it's a big city word for ticked off and not afraid to say