why doesn t chris christie run? why don t we have somebody else who can fight for this nomination. they re not running because they think obama is going to win in 2012. and frankly if one of them got in in the present mood, they would have to pull a mitt romney and start flip flopping to the right. just on bob s point, karl rove said recently that this was all an obama plot by not releasing his birth records, by letting all this right. because he knows it discredits the republican party. so the smart people in the republican party like karl rove know this is a total losener a general election. thank you. we really appreciate it. let me say also. jeb bush, chris christie, not mucked in this mire, right? but the problem is when they get into the primary, they re going to have to go into the same situation. they re going to have to appeal to that same crazy base. my guess is they do the same exact strategy. it s easy when they re outside of the race. i don t think it s as easy w