obviously rick perry lost a lot of support after last week s debate. neil: brett, a lot of these that want them in the race look good from afar, but look what happened to michele bachmann and what happened to rick perry and we go through these guys and maybe chris christie the same could happen to me i could get the michele bachmann treatment, soar and then fizzle, i don t need it. est: and everything we hear is he made that decision. so, this will all be put to rest, again, i guess for a little while when he comes out and says, no, really, i will have to commit suicide before i run. yes, the last guess is right he could say, i ve been drafted. but the biggest rob for him he said i am not ready. i am not ready to be president. neil: but people could be ready. what keeps bringing his name up and you have discussed it on the show, the blunt factor that he
traitor? even jon stewart is making fun of the media s lack of interest in ron paul. what gives? a new york times columnist throws his weight behind the creation of a third party. tom friedman on beltway gridlock, the economy and why the coverage of politics reminds him of epsn. yahoo! digs up allegations that money, cars sex were improperly provided to university of miami athletes. i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources . he s an instant front-runner in some polls, but he hasn t had an easy ride in his first week as apartment candidate. he drew plenty of attention from veracious political pundits, most of it negative, especially true when he said if the fed chairman keeps printing money and said that would be almost treasonous. isn t perry crossing the line with all of this talking about treason, talking about black cloud over the country? isn t this way over the line? bad way to start. you don t want to accuse the federal reserve chairman of being guilty of