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On the recordSeptember 26, 2011
I don't feel like I'm ready to be president, I don't want to run for president. I don't have the fire in the belly to run for president. I don't feel ready in my heart to be president.
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Chris Christie
Republican · New Jersey
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Chris Christie expresses his lack of readiness and desire to run for president.

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