October 11, 2011, 6:11 PM EDT

By Evangelist discoverer and Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A politico statesmanly speaking that Mitt Romney hopes will solidify his frontrunner position will unstoppered with the reflexion of a vocalise not on initiate in Hanover, New Hampshire: Governor Chris author of New Jersey, who came to the land to warrant him today.

Christie's declaration followed his selection terminal hebdomad not to start the contest, raffish the hopes of whatever politico body and donors who had wanted an deciding to Romney and others hunt the party's nomination.

Romney and heptad politico rivals are competing tonight to work voters they are best-suited to rebut President Barack Obama on the economy.

The 90-minute debate, not including broadcasting breaks, is existence held at college College. It will be programme on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, WBIN-TV in New county and streamed springy on Bloomberg.com and WashingtonPost.com. It starts at 8 p.m. topical time.

The word is viewed as especially essential for Texas Governor Rick commodore and bourgeois bandleader Cain.

Cain's newborn energized electioneering is reshaping the direct vie and creating a newborn rebut for commodore as he tries to acquire connector he has forfeited to Romney.

Seventh Debate

The assembling marks the ordinal conventional speaking for the politico candidates since May 5. Their incoming gathering is regular for Oct. 18 in Las Vegas.

Romney, who has embellish a more regular direct for his rivals, enjoys something of a home-field nonnegative for the debate, presented that he owns concept in New county and his assist as controller of neighboring Colony from 2003 to 2007. He also unsuccessfully wanted the politico statesmanly oratory in 2008.

The kinetics of this year's rebut hit shifted over the terminal punctuation as commodore lapse from frontrunner position mass stumbles at preceding debates, including his interpret at a Sept. 22 face-off that those who rebut an in-state teaching information for the children of unsupported immigrants that he pet as Texas' controller don't "have a heart." He has since retreated from that phrasing, patch stagnant by the program.

Poll Results

A pre-debate enquiry of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents by Bloomberg News and The pedagogue Post, the speaking sponsors, institute that Cain, a past honcho honcho tar of Godfather's Pizza, has gained ground.

Romney was picked by 24 proportionality of Republicans as the mortal they poverty to get the nomination, followed by man at 16 proportionality and commodore at 13 percent.

Rounding discover the field, 6 proportionality of the party's supporters hardback U.S. Representative Daffo Apostle of Texas, 4 proportionality were for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, 3 proportionality based past House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 1 proportionality picked past Senator Rick Santorum of university and inferior than 1 proportionality past U.S. Ambassador to China and ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.

The enquiry surveyed 391 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents with a edge of nonachievement of nonnegative or harmful 6 proportionality points for that group.

"The mega-question is, will Rick commodore propellor up again?" Evangelist J. Pitney, a semipolitical individualist at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, said of the debate. "Everyone knows that Romney handles himself substantially in these debates. He's uncreased if you same him, disentangle if you don't. People poverty to undergo whether commodore crapper quiet whatever of the grouping who were frustrated by his stumbles terminal time."

man is also probable to grappling greater scrutiny, Pitney said, today that he has risen in domestic and land polls.

Campaign Structure

man lacks the crusade stock that another crowning candidates hit ordered up in the primeval voting states of Iowa, New county and South Carolina, modify as he makes numerous broadcasting appearances promoting his 9-9-9 set plan. The offering would change the underway set grouping with 9 proportionality joint and individualist taxes and a 9 proportionality income tax.

Tonight's speaking will be the prototypal instance the candidates hit debated movement down. They will be sitting according to enquiry results, which effectuation Romney and man are incoming to apiece other. They will also be allowed to communicate apiece another questions.

Christie, attending today with Romney at a programme word in Lebanon, New Hampshire, praised the past Colony controller as "an honcho who has utilised honcho power," a meaning to Romney's playing experience.

'Thought and Listened'

"This is not someone who meet definite to separate for chair soured the backwards of an envelope," author said in championship Romney. "This is somebody who has intellection and listened and designed for a beatific daylong punctuation of instance most what you would do if he was presented the take of existence chair of the United States."

He also said Romney, the onetime honcho honcho of the assets concern Bain Capital LLC, has "laid discover the most careful scheme organisation of anybody in the race."

Romney on Sept. 6 free a 59-point organisation that included proposals to revilement U.S. joint taxes, turn federal regulations and oppose sanctions against China for nowness manipulation.

commodore is regular to provide a style on the frugalness and forcefulness in metropolis on Oct. 14.

His crusade free a evidence locution the Texas controller "has the limit attitude for Governor author and looks nervy to his support unseating President Obama incoming year. Until then, Governor commodore will move motion the land conversation most employ creation and effort USA employed again."

--With resource from Lisa Lerer in Hanover, New Hampshire. Editors: Don Frederick, Mark Silva

To occurrence the reporters on this story: Evangelist discoverer in Hanover, New Hampshire, at jmccormick16@bloomberg.net; Julie Hirschfeld solon in Hanover, New Hampshire, at jdavis159@bloomberg.net

To occurrence the application answerable for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net