do. i will always be grateful for their confidence in me. over the last few weeks, i've thought long and hard about this decision. i've explored the options, i've listened to so many people and considered whether this was something that i needed to take on. but in the end, what i've always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not abandon. >> wow. well, you know, howard, i'm going to be cynical here. how many times have we heard, i want to spend more time with my family, when you've been fired. and here we have a guy who says, i want to spend more time with new jersey. now, was that a veiled shot at palin for skipping a job she'd been elected to? was that a veiled shot at rick perry, who has plenty of time to run across the country, and he's still governor of a bigger state than new jersey, and he's got all the time in the world to go running around the country. or a shot at mitt romney, who