Chuck Todd On GOP Field After Ames: There’s Room For ‘One More’

NBC’s Chuck Todd told the crew on Morning Joe this morning the Republican presidential field may be–in the opinion of the conventional wisdom–down to a “top tier” of Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, but Todd says a key question today is whether there’s “an opening” for “one more in the field.” Todd says now former candidate Tim Pawlenty was considered a voice of the establishment, or “the Chamber of Commerce candidate, if you will.” For some big money donors, the choices of Perry, Bachmann and Romney may not be satisfying, leading to a call for one more big name–a Chris Christi, for instance.

Asked what would “tip this” for a potential candidate like Christi, who has insisted for months he would absolutely not enter the race, Todd said “it’s if this Perry rocketship that’s lifted off the launch pad fizzles out in a hurry.”

Watch it here, from MSNBC:

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