live took on the christie withdrawal. it s not going to happen. i know you want me to run, but this, this can t go national. my style works in one place. new jersey. if i run for president, i got to go to places like mississippi, in june. i mean, can you picture me in the mississippi heat in june? and, by the way wait, mitt, earmuffs. you got it, gov. look, i m going to run in 2016, i just can t do it now. let s just say, i got to make a couple things go away first, all right? but after this poor bastard loses, i ll get a nice head start, i ll run in four years, it will be great. fat president. come on, it writes itself. wow. i think the reason governor christie didn t run, by the way, is he knew, like in that, he wasn t prepared. and next up, pop quiz. this one brought to us by the democratic national committee
as we told you at the top of the show, americans continue to see their earnings decline, despite an official end to the recession in 2009, for those who don t have jobs, it feels more like a depression. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends the average length of unemployment for a a person who has lost a job has increased from 24.1 weeks in june of 2009, to 40.5 weeks last month. that s according to bureau of labor statistics who says the 40-week period is the longest in more than 60 years. enough of the real news, let s huddle up around the water cooler to see what you missed on snl. the opening sketch had a fake group of republicans still begging chris christie to get into the race. i know you want me to run. but this this can t go
it s not going to happen. i know you want me to run, but this, this can t go national. my style works in one place. new jersey. if i run for president, i got to go to places like mississippi, in june. i mean, can you picture me in the mississippi heat in june? and, by the way wait, mitt, earmuffs. you got it, gov. look, i m going to run in 2016, i just can t do it now. let s just say, i got to make a couple things go away first, all right? but after this poor bastard loses, i ll get a nice head start, i ll run in four years, it will be great. fat president. come on, it writes itself. wow. i think the reason governor christie didn t run, by the way, is he knew, like in that, he wasn t prepared. and next up, pop quiz. this one brought to us by the democratic national committee
candidates out there, even front-runner mitt romney. let s see how saturday night live took on the christie withdrawal. it s not going to happen. i know you want me to run, but this, this can t go national. my style works in one place. new jersey. if i run for president, i got to go to places like mississippi, in june. i mean, can you picture me in the mississippi heat in june? and, by the way wait, mitt, earmuffs. you got it, gov. look, i m going to run in 2016, i just can t do it now. let s just say, i got to make a couple things go away first, all right? but after this poor bastard loses, i ll get a nice head start, i ll run in four years, it will be great. fat president. come on, it writes itself. wow. i think the reason governor christie didn t run, by the way, is he knew, like in that, he
meatball convention in town. i get that. listen up. you have to start showing governor romney some respect. i mean, how do you think he feels watching you like everybody more than him. governor christie, we don t want to stay with him. we want you to run. it s not going to happen. i know you want me to run, but this, this can t go national. my style works in one place. new jersey. if i run for president, i got to go to places like mississippi in june. i mean, can you picture me in the in mississippi heat in june taking questions from some yoke he will while i breathe like tony soprano? you all right? it s not going to be pretty. okay. actor ben stiller hosted last night s episode. you can watch more clips of the show at nbc.com. you got to go there.