and rick perry has tweeted that the next leg of his marathon is south carolina and this is the picture that went along with that tweet. nothing says commitment like full-length spandex and neon green running shoelaces. as they say. a curious development i will say, given last night. i think there was the expectation that maybe michele bachmann would stay in the race and rick perry would leave. steve kornacki from salon had an interesting point that rick perry is the only person in this race who is just trying to win the office of presidency. he s not trying to sell a book. he s not trying to, you know, raise his national political profile. michele bachmann however is out, and rick perry remains in. despite the fact i think romney isn t trying to sell a book, he already has a big national profile. fair enough, fair enough. i think mitt romney wants to grasp the brass ring of presidency. let s talk about michele bachmann s exit. one of my favorite things she stalked about in th
himself. she was first to speak out against herman cain. now she s back live. plus the man who always knows which way the winds are blowing, political or otherwise. what you may not know about america s favorite weatherman. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the gop has really been the elephant in the room of american politics as the party s front-runners play a game of political musical chairs, with perry, michele bachmann, herman cain, now newt gingrich s turn. listen to what he said today after a meeting with donald trump. i want not yet. he s got to do this debate. and a trump endorsement isn t the only one in play, even though the cain train has run off the rails, the former candidate s endporsment could come any day. there s only one man who knows what it means for the president s re-election campaign and that s david axelrod who joins me now. welcome. good to be with you, piers. you re feeling fairly chipper, aren t you? you had an extraordinar
against herman cain. now she s back live. plus the man who always knows which way the winds are blowing, political or otherwise. what you may not know about america s favorite weatherman. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the gop has really been the elephant in the room of american politics as the party s front-runners play a game of political musical chairs, with perry, michele bachmann, herman cain, now newt gingrich s turn. listen to what he said today after a meeting with donald trump. i want not yet. he s got to do this debate. and a trump endorsement isn t the only one in play, even though the cain train has run off the rails, the former candidate s endorsement could come any day. there s only one man who knows what it means for the president s re-election campaign and that s david axelrod who joins me now. welcome. good to be with you, piers. you re feeling fairly chipper, aren t you? you had an extraordinary week, unemployment dropping below 9%
now? he has no one to blame but himself. she was first to speak out against herman cain. now she s back live. plus the man who always knows which way the winds are blowing, political or otherwise. what you may not know about america s favorite weatherman. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the gop has really been the elephant in the room of american politics as the party s front-runners play a game of political musical chairs, with perry, michele bachmann, herman cain, now newt gingrich s turn. listen to what he said today after a meeting with donald trump. i want not yet. he s got to do this debate. and a trump endorsement isn t the only one in play, even though the cain train has run off the rails, the former candidate s endporsment could come any day. there s only one man who knows what it means for the president s re-election campaign and that s david axelrod who joins me now. welcome. good to be with you, piers. you re feeling fairly chipper, a
that will not be my endorsement. all right. let s bring in our paul steinhauser. so cain won t be supporting obama s re-election campaign. no surprise there. what a surprise. exactly. where do you think he ll throw his support? you know, there s a lot of speculation that maybe he throws his support to newt gingrich, the former house speaker. they are both from georgia. it was interesting on saturday. soon after cain suspended his campaign, gingrich at an event in new york city said some very, very nice things about herman cain. a lot of the candidates would like that support. here is the drama. late last night, gingrich adds a news conference today in new york city at 1:45. there s speculation, will cain be there or not? cain aides and gingrich aides saying no to that one. gingrich s people tell us at 1:45, gingrich will outline his 50-state strategy. a lot of the candidates would like cain s backing. no doubt about that we saw michele bachmann and ron paul yesterda