Political journalists are like market research - always seeking the next big thing.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, where will the Republican presidential nomination next year. DeMint's offhand response? "No, I do not."
When Kathleen Parker of CNN asked Texas Gov. Rick Perry if he would go, said: "I'm not interested in leaving the best job in America."
Perry and DeMint - with GOVS. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Chris Christie of New Jersey - remains firm in its commitment to retaining their current job.
Most people do not choose any of them out of the meeting. And to varying degrees, are all hot political power. So much so that 10 months after his initial term of the New Jersey Governor Christie - Republican 'And' Boy "- fell ill with an answer.
"What?" I'm going to jump off a building if I'm nominated. I can not say anything else. I am not a candidate for president, told News 12 New Jersey, in October.
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Well, he should have said - if appointed, I did not run, if elected, I intend to use.
This is what Major General William Sherman said in 1884, permanently remove any freak presidential election scenario may occur, giving rise to the term Shermanesque statement.
Jindal won the event on MSNBC's "Hardball."
"I'm certainly not a candidate for the presidency. I know you get a lot of guests who are shy with you. There is no harm in that statement, he said.
And if there are 50 ways to leave your lover, there are 100 ways to ask New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg if he tries to move to another zip code.
"No. 1, I am not a candidate for the presidency. I could not be more clear about this, "he said, when reporters asked questions.
There are good reasons to wonder if Bloomberg's appeal beyond its city limits. He is a billionaire who was a Republican, an independent and a Democrat. Can the coalition?
The plot is enough to keep the question coming.
The NBC program "Meet the Press," Bloomberg said he was not looking at the possibility of running. When asked if he would change his mind, he said, "No way, no how."
Meanwhile, General David Petraeus - commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan - said the commander not asked by a photographer for Vanity Fair in a photo shoot.
