New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's open to becoming the Republican vice presidential candidate, although he doesn’t give the prospect good odds. 
 
 “If Gov. [Mitt] Romney were to come and talk to me about it, I’d listen, because I love my party enough and I love my country enough to listen,” Christie said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” 
 
 “But I love being governor of New Jersey,” he said. “If you’re betting, bet on me being the governor of New Jersey into next year." 
 
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 Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham said on Sunday they don’t expect a brokered Republican National Convention and expect Mitt Romney will do well Tuesday in the presidential primaries in Michigan and Arizona. 
 
 “I think he’s going to win both states,” Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” 
 
 The South Carolina senator, who has not endorsed in the GOP race, said Romney redoubled his efforts after losing in South Carolina. 
 
 “He’s getting better and better,” Graham said. “Our front runner Mitt Romney really has sharpened his skills.” 
 
 “I’m confident Mitt will do well Tuesday night,” McCain said. 
 
 The Arizona senator likened the GOP debates to “mud-wrestling,” and Lindsey admitted the candidates have been “bruising each other up.” But both said they expect a Republican to emerge victorious in November. 
 
 “I like our chances,” Graham said. “We just need to get the primary behind us.” 
 
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 Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Sunday zinged Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for criticizing the administration's actions in Afghanistan. 
 
 Gibbs, who's now advising President's Barack Obama's campaign, said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that the Obama administration is trying to defuse current tensions in the country and that Gingrich is not someone many people would look to for leadership on foreign policy issues. 
 
 “If there’s a problem on a lunar colony, he’ll be among the first we call,” Gibbs said. 
 
 
 
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 Conservative commentator Ann Coulter predicted on Sunday that Jeb Bush was throwing his hat into the ring in hopes of being chosen the Republican nominee, but had harsh criticism for that prospect. 
 
 "It looks like we can throw Jeb Bush's hat into the ring, along with Sarah Palin , as hoping to be chosen as the nominee after a contested convention," Coulter said on "Fox News Sunday.". 
 
 Coulter was reacting to comments Bush made earlier on in the week, when he said that the Republican presidential candidates are "appealing to people's fears." 
 
 The conservative author, who is supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , said that a Jeb Bush candidacy would be a disaster. 
 
 "I think on closer examination, Jeb Bush would be the worst of all candidates to run, for one thing," said Coulter. "We don't need another Bush. That would be embarrassing to the Republican Party." 
 
 "He's more pro amnesty for illegals than his brother was, more than Rick Perry was," she added. 
 
 But Coulter also took aim at the topics being discussed in the Republican presidential primary. 
 
 "We shouldn't be prattling nonstop about contraception in the middle of an economic meltdown," she said. 
 
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 Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said on Sunday he believes former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has a real chance to win the Republican presidential nomination. 
 
 “I think he’s got a legitimate chance to be the Republican nominee," Gibbs said on CNN’s “State of the Union." "He's clearly somebody who has a very different economic background than Mitt Romney; he’s somebody that is blue collar; he’s from Pennsylvania; he’s not worth $250 million and I assume his wife doesn’t have several Cadillacs.” 
 
 
 
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 On this morning's edition of NBC's "Meet The Press," David Gregory made note of the fact that Mitt Romney has not appeared on the show once this campaign cycle, despite a longstanding invitation: 
 
 "One note to the viewers, because it comes up on social media from time to time," Gregory said, following an interview with Rick Santorum. "We have had a longstanding invitation to have mitt Romney on the program, and up until now he has declined. We certainly hope he will change his mind and come on for an interview in the course of the primary process." 
 
 Romney has run a very reclusive media strategy relative to the other Republican candidates in the 2012 primary. Romney went almost two years without appearing on any Sunday morning show before finally agreeing to an interview with "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace in late December. But he has been absent from the rest of the Sunday morning circuit. (He's appeared on Fox News Sunday twice this year.) 
 
 Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have both appeared on Meet The Press four times this cycle; Ron Paul has appeared twice. 
 
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– Ann Coulter today added to the chatter about a white knight riding in to swipe the GOP nomination at a brokered convention—and the Mitt Romney supporter is none too pleased about the prospect, reports Politico. "It looks like we can throw Jeb Bush's hat into the ring, along with Sarah Palin, as hoping to be chosen as the nominee after a contested convention," she said, adding that Bush "would be the worst of all candidates," "embarrassing," and bluntly concluding that "we don't need another Bush." She did, however, appear to agree with Bush's assessment of the focus on hard-right social issues, saying, "We shouldn't be prattling nonstop about contraception in the middle of an economic meltdown." Elsewhere on your Sunday dial, as per Politico: Lindsey Graham on Romney's chances Tuesday: “I think he’s going to win both states. He’s getting better and better. Our frontrunner Mitt Romney really has sharpened his skills.” Chris Christie on the chances of him being VP: "If Gov. Romney were to talk to me about it, I’d listen, because I love my party enough and I love my country enough to listen. But I love being governor of New Jersey. If you’re betting, bet on me being the governor of New Jersey into next year." David Gregory on AWOL Romney: "We have had a longstanding invitation to have Mitt Romney on the program, and up until now he has declined. We certainly hope he will change his mind and come on for an interview in the course of the primary process." Robert Gibbs on Santorum: “I think he’s got a legitimate chance to be the Republican nominee. He's clearly somebody who has a very different economic background than Mitt Romney; he’s somebody that is blue collar; he’s from Pennsylvania; he’s not worth $250 million and I assume his wife doesn’t have several Cadillacs.” Gibbs on Newt Gingrich: “If there’s a problem on a lunar colony, he’ll be among the first we call."