force one today to start a three day swing the misery tour. the misery tour. let me ask you this he ran a brilliant political campaign running for president of the united states. and then he became president and it s like hey, where did that brilliant guy go? what happened? where s the disconnect? he s very intelligent. he s a very intelligent man. that doesn t mean he s dealt with the world as it is and he hasn t been able to make government work. he hasn t provided the real leadership that a president has to provide. that s what i worry about. one of the things and you give him an a for his understanding of the reality of being president but i think what a lot of people voted for him for was that whole idea of hope and change. and changing the course of the way washington works. but what you re saying is there is a certain reality about washington and maybe that can t be changed. well, our democratic system is not perfect and it doesn t produce perfection. i think he c
have been going around saying i said this on the show last week. they re saying to professionals around the region and around the country, if the governor were to decide to do this, would you be willing to go with him either as fund-raisers or as professional staff people? that doesn t mean he s going to do it. the last word i had before i came on the air was one guy who worked for him at one point saying, if he s gone radio silent, that definitely means he s seriously considering it. that s all we can say about his decision-making process. john, this is your jurisdiction. new jersey is definitely considered part of the new york magazine jurisdiction. what should christie do with his moment? first of all, i ll confirm what howard is saying. it s interesting, throughout this year, a lot of, as you know, a lot of big money republicans in this area have been trying to get him to run. he s been definitive and private as well as in public. two weeks ago, the nature of the
this on the show last week, they re saying to professionals around the region and the country, if the governor were to decide to do this, would you be willing to go with him? either as fund-raisers or as professional staff people? that doesn t mean he s going to do it. the last word i had before i came on the air was one guy who worked for him at one point who said, look, if he s gone radio silent, that definitely means he s seriously considering it. that s all we can say at this point about his decision making process. john, this is your jurisdiction. new york magazine. new jersey is definitely considered part of the new york magazine jurisdiction. metro area. it s your big piece of the week. christie s moment. what should he do with his moment? first of all, i ll confirm who howard s saying. throughout this year, a lot of, as you know, a lot of big money republicans in this area have been trying to get him to run. he s been definitive in private as well as in public, no, i
been going around saying, i said this on the show last week, they re saying to professionals around the region and the country, if the governor were to decide to do this, would you be willing to go with him? either as fund-raisers or as professional staff people? that doesn t mean he s going to do it. the last word i had before i came on the air was one guy who worked for him at one point who said, look, if he s gone radio silent, that definitely means he s seriously considering it. that s all we can say at this point about his decision making process. john, this is your jurisdiction. new york magazine. new jersey is definitely considered part of the new york magazine jurisdiction. metro area. it s your big piece of the week. christie s moment. what should he do with his moment? first of all, i ll confirm who howard s daying. throughout this year, a lot of, as you know, a lot of big money republicans in this area have been trying to get him to run. he s been definitive in pri
property, the property owner is the one who s going to have the final say on that. rick may have wanted to, but couldn t. who knows? but if he couldn t, then he probably shouldn t have been there. it s just bad judgment on his part. jim, quickly before you go, rate for me exactly how shocked you were when you discovered this about the perry property? well, i want to say that rick perry s not a racist. this guy s a poippointed the fi african-american supreme court justice in texas. but it doesn t surprise me because they re clunky and they clearly did not vet their own candidate effectively. they should have done their own rerng and find out what stories are out there that could have been harmful. then they have all this history of issues in west texas of not that many african-americans that rick grew up around. he brings that with him to his