two years where we can look and say what happened a your process? we are deciding to prejudge every issue based on who the occupant of the lighthouses rather than letting evidence deliberately being played out and analyzed and assessed in some objective way. neil: well put. thank you very much. stick with us. thank you very much. we were talking about the president, if any of this is affecting his fund-raising abilities, he has a funny way of showing it. in the latest period, republican national committee reporting $125 million raised in the third quarter since this dustup itself and the controversy over this, but an excess of $15 million for the president s reelection campaign itself. 125 million in total in the third quarter. this is only a more recent development. in the same period, one of the biggest money makers and the democrats with bernie sanders. he took in $25.3 million.
christie move some 1,000 miles south, from the garden state to cash-rich florida. more than a week after the bridge controversy blew wide open, this week, christie s first trip out of state. a jam-packed weekend with stops in orlando, fort lauderdale and palm beach. his star power and fund-raising abilities will be on display in the midst of a political scandal. the governor is in town to fund-raise for florida governor rick scott, who despite the controversy is not shying away. i know he did the right thing, he apologized, he went to the community and apologized. i look forward to seeing him. reporter: and as its chairman, he will also raise money for the republican governors association. christie will attend events on palm beach to network with his potential donor base, those he would rely on if he decides to run for president in 2016. i think florida republicans would be a lot more excited if it was pre-bridgegate but he should play really well, especially in southeast florida
earlier in orlando, and let s just say that she played a little guessing game with us about what happened inside, and here is the interview. reporter: what was the reaction to governor christie in there? yes, very good. reporter: what did he talk about? well, he talked about how wonderful governor scott was. reporter: well, what did he say? well, absolutely nothing, he said absolutely nothing. scott is going to win. so you heard it there, martin, he said zip about the scandal, and this is a weekend full of events so perhaps maybe he is going to say something about one of the events happening there, but the biggest thing about this entire weekend and the trip to florida is that it is a measure of where chris christie stands in terms of the star power and the fund-raising abilities and at a news conference right after this unfolded, he was asked by a reporter whether or not this
third place. rick santorum, michele bachmann, rick perry the folks on the bus trips all over iowa last few weeks, don t even show up breaking barely double digits. it is an indictment really of lack of retail politic and could profundly affect these campaigns. i know jon huntsman is focusing on new hampshire. if ron paul has been speculated and that poll certainly shows it is a possibility. if he wins in iowa, how would that affect the race, carl? well, really speaks to a dissatisfaction in the republican party. ron paul s determination. this is his third presidential run. he had has been running lots of ads in iowa. he has a great fund-raising appat russ apparatus. coined the term money bomb with his fund-raising abilities. he has been very aggressive in getting them ready to rock for the caucuses he has lots of seniors because his domestic message does appeal. the stop spending message really works well with fiscal conservatives in iowa.