1 00:00:00,033 --> 00:00:01,833 >>> IS CHRIS CHRISTIE FOR REAL 2 00:00:01,833 --> 00:00:04,200 WE'LL DISCUSS THE GOVERNOR'S 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:05,200 CHANCES NOW THAT HE'S OFFICIALLY 4 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,800 JUMPED INTO THE RACE FOR 5 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,300 PRESIDENT COMING UP ON 6 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:11,833 "REPORTERS ROUNDTABLE. 7 00:00:11,833 --> 00:00:12,900 >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "REPORTER 8 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:13,966 ROUNDTABLE WITH MICHAEL ARON" IS 9 00:00:13,966 --> 00:00:15,200 PROVIDED BY NEW JERSEY 10 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,300 MANUFACTURERS AUTO INSURANCE AND 11 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:19,133 MORE, WHERE NEW JERSEY BUSINES 12 00:00:19,133 --> 00:00:21,033 AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 13 00:00:21,033 --> 00:00:24,133 AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. 14 00:00:24,133 --> 00:00:24,933 PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED B 15 00:00:24,933 --> 00:00:26,333 "NEW JERSEY BUSINESS" MAGAZINE 16 00:00:26,333 --> 00:00:27,333 THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 17 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:30,833 BUSINESS AND INDUSTR 18 00:00:30,833 --> 00:00:31,566 ASSOCIATION, REPORTING T 19 00:00:31,566 --> 00:00:32,733 EXECUTIVES AND LEGISLATIVE 20 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,533 LEADERS IN ALL 21 COUNTIES O 21 00:00:34,533 --> 00:00:41,833 THE GARDEN STATE SINCE 1954. 22 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:47,166 ♪♪♪♪ 23 00:00:47,166 --> 00:00:49,133 >>> HELLO, WELCOME TO "REPORTERS 24 00:00:49,133 --> 00:00:50,066 ROUNDTABLE." 25 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:52,400 I'M DAVID CRUZ IN FOR MICHAE 26 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:52,666 ARON 27 00:00:52,666 --> 00:00:54,733 ONE WEEK AFTER HIS OFFICIA 28 00:00:54,733 --> 00:00:55,033 ANNOUNCEMENT, GOVERNOR CHRISTI 29 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:57,066 IS BACK ON THE ROAD WITH A 30 00:00:57,066 --> 00:00:57,700 EMPHASIS ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. 31 00:00:57,700 --> 00:01:00,366 WE'LL ASSESS THE STATE OF TH 32 00:01:00,366 --> 00:01:01,500 MASON CAMPAIGN WITH TH 33 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:02,166 JOURNALIST WHO COVER THE 34 00:01:02,166 --> 00:01:02,500 GOVERNOR 35 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:03,866 CHARLIE STYLE IS THE COLUMNIST 36 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:05,466 WITH "THE RECORD." 37 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:08,133 MATT ARCO IS STATE HOUSE 38 00:01:08,133 --> 00:01:10,066 REPORTER FOR NJ ADVANCED MEDIA 39 00:01:10,066 --> 00:01:13,033 TERRY DOBB FOR BLOOMBERG NEWS, 40 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:14,100 AND MELISSA HAYES COVERS THE 41 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,100 GOVERNOR FOR "THE RECORD." 42 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:16,733 ANALYSTS, WELCOME. 43 00:01:16,733 --> 00:01:19,000 SO EVERYBODY'S GOT TIES ON 44 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,066 YOU'RE THROWING ME OFF A BIT 45 00:01:21,066 --> 00:01:22,033 MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR NOT 46 00:01:22,033 --> 00:01:23,500 WEARING A TIE. 47 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:24,633 SURPRISING ABSOLUTELY NO ONE 48 00:01:24,633 --> 00:01:26,500 THE GOVERNOR MADE HI 49 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:27,600 ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK 50 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,400 LET'S ASSESS HOW WE DI 51 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:29,800 ANNOUNCING 52 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,133 CHARLIE? 53 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:31,833 >> I THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY GOOD. 54 00:01:31,833 --> 00:01:34,000 YOU KNOW, HE HAD HIS -- YO 55 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,466 KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF TAL 56 00:01:35,466 --> 00:01:37,566 ABOUT HOW HE DIDN'T SPEAK FROM A 57 00:01:37,566 --> 00:01:39,100 TELEPROMPTER FROM THE NATIONAL 58 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:39,600 PRESS. 59 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,833 HE'S NEVER SPOKEN FROM A 60 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:43,200 TELEPROMPTER 61 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,033 AND I THOUGHT HE BUILT UP 62 00:01:48,033 --> 00:01:51,166 GOODCATED -- GOOD CADENCE, 63 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:52,000 CRESCENDO. 64 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,600 GOT THE MAIN POINT OUT 65 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:55,833 FRANKLY, IT WAS SPIN, BUT WHAT'S 66 00:01:55,833 --> 00:01:57,766 A POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT, WHAT'S 67 00:01:57,766 --> 00:01:58,766 A MARKETING MOMENT LIKE THAT 68 00:01:58,766 --> 00:01:59,833 WITHOUT A LOT OF SPIN? 69 00:01:59,833 --> 00:02:00,733 >> RIGHT 70 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:02,000 IT'S GOT TO BE MOSTLY SPIN 71 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:02,466 RIGHT? 72 00:02:02,466 --> 00:02:04,300 >> YEAH. 73 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:05,100 HE'S SELLING THE PRODUCT AND 74 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:08,533 BRAND OF CHRIS CHRISTIE AS A 75 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:08,666 TRUTH-TELLER 76 00:02:08,666 --> 00:02:10,866 AND THAT IS GOING TO BE TH 77 00:02:10,866 --> 00:02:17,600 ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT -- THE 78 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,633 NICHE AND PLATFORM HE' 79 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:19,333 OPERATING FROM 80 00:02:19,333 --> 00:02:21,966 AS CHRIS CHRISTIE'S ALWAYS DONE, 81 00:02:21,966 --> 00:02:23,433 HE'S LED FROM THE CHIN, PUT IT 82 00:02:23,433 --> 00:02:24,033 OUT THERE. 83 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:25,400 I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE 84 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,833 LOT OF EXAMINATION ABOUT 85 00:02:27,833 --> 00:02:29,166 MATCHING RHETORIC WITH THE 86 00:02:29,166 --> 00:02:30,733 REALITY AS HE GOES FORWARD 87 00:02:30,733 --> 00:02:32,233 MORE SO PROBABLY TO A DEGREE 88 00:02:32,233 --> 00:02:34,500 THAN OTHER CANDIDATES BECAUSE OF 89 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:35,266 THAT SLOGAN. 90 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:36,733 >> DID HE GET IT OUT, MATT, HI 91 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:37,266 MESSAGE? 92 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:39,300 >> YEAH. 93 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:41,200 WELL, I THINK IN TERMS OF -- ONE 94 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,200 THING HE HAS SPOKE FRIEND 95 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,200 TELEPROMPTER IN THE PAST, JUST 96 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:45,700 DISPLAYED -- 97 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:49,533 >> LESS SUCCESSFULLY, RIGHT? 98 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:50,966 >> STILL SLAMMING OBAMA FO 99 00:02:50,966 --> 00:02:53,066 USING A TELEPROMPTER 100 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:55,400 ANOTHER THING ABOUT HIS -- HIS 101 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:56,300 ANNOUNCEMENT WAS THAT IT WAS 102 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,300 KIND OF -- TRIED TO MAKE IT FEEL 103 00:02:58,300 --> 00:02:59,600 LIKE A TOWN HALL MEETING 104 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,500 HE HAD HIS -- EVEN THOEF A 105 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,133 ELEVATED STAGE, IT WAS ELEVATED. 106 00:03:04,133 --> 00:03:05,566 HE WALKED AROUND AND SCANNED THE 107 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:05,800 ROOM 108 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,633 THAT'S REALLY WHAT HE'S GOOD AT. 109 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:09,166 YOU KNOW, HE'S USING THAT TO 110 00:03:09,166 --> 00:03:10,766 WORK TO HIS ADVANTAGE. 111 00:03:10,766 --> 00:03:14,200 YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR 112 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,200 NOT IT WAS -- I THINK CHARLIE' 113 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:16,733 RIGHT. 114 00:03:16,733 --> 00:03:18,566 HE HAS HAS NATIONAL REPUTATION 115 00:03:18,566 --> 00:03:19,566 FOR BEING THE BRASH GUY. 116 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,033 NOW HE'S IN THE POSITION WHERE 117 00:03:21,033 --> 00:03:23,100 YOU HAVE TO USE THAT, HE HAS T 118 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:24,600 SPIN THAT AS AN ASSET. 119 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,266 YOU KNOW, HE'S BOXED IN A CORNER 120 00:03:26,266 --> 00:03:26,900 IN THAT WAY. 121 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,233 HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE WHEN IT 122 00:03:29,233 --> 00:03:30,600 COMES TO WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO 123 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,500 AND BRING HIS MESSAGE OUT IN THE 124 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:33,033 ROOM 125 00:03:33,033 --> 00:03:35,566 >> SURE. 126 00:03:35,566 --> 00:03:39,166 HE'S CONFIDENT, HE'S GOING WIT 127 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:41,500 THE FIRST AD FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 128 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:43,333 IT'S A CUT-UP OF THE 129 00:03:43,333 --> 00:03:44,033 ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH. 130 00:03:44,033 --> 00:03:44,433 >> YES 131 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:46,333 >> HE'S CONFIDENT, AND HE FELT 132 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:47,533 LIKE THAT CAME ACROSS THE WAY HE 133 00:03:47,533 --> 00:03:48,600 WANTED IT TO COME ACROSS 134 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:49,300 >> YEAH. 135 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:50,566 I DEFINITELY THINK SO. 136 00:03:50,566 --> 00:03:52,300 I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING 137 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:53,900 TO SAY THE AD, TOO, ACTUALLY 138 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,800 THAT AD, YOU KIND OF WATCHED HIM 139 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,333 SAYING IT, AND YOU THOUGHT LIK 140 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:58,933 THIS IS GOING TO PLAY FURTHE 141 00:03:58,933 --> 00:03:59,533 DOWN THE ROAD. 142 00:03:59,533 --> 00:04:01,166 THIS IS GOING TO BECOME PART O 143 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:02,266 THE CAMPAIGN 144 00:04:02,266 --> 00:04:04,100 BUT LIKE AS CHARLIE WAS SAYING 145 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,233 TELL IT LIKE IT IS THEME 146 00:04:05,233 --> 00:04:06,566 WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THEM, THE 147 00:04:06,566 --> 00:04:08,233 WERE TRYING TO PUSH THAT EVE 148 00:04:08,233 --> 00:04:09,200 BEFORE HE DECLARED 149 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,500 THEY WERE USING IT FOR THE TOW 150 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:11,366 HALLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 151 00:04:11,366 --> 00:04:12,233 HE PUT ON ALL THE POLICY 152 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:12,666 ADDRESSES. 153 00:04:12,666 --> 00:04:14,800 HE'S TRYING TO BE THE CANDIDAT 154 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,800 OUT THERE ON THE ISSUES TELLIN 155 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,100 PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW. 156 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:18,433 I THINK THAT ALL OF THIS IS PART 157 00:04:18,433 --> 00:04:19,600 OF THAT. 158 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,733 NOT JUST THE ANNOUNCEMENT BU 159 00:04:22,733 --> 00:04:24,133 ALSO THE POLICY SPEECHES HE' 160 00:04:24,133 --> 00:04:24,533 DOING, TOO 161 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:27,100 >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TV AD, 162 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,066 THAT'S A PERFECT CUE 163 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:30,000 LET'S LOOK AT THAT AD NOW. 164 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,900 >> LEADERSHIP MATTERS. 165 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,333 IT MATTERS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AN 166 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:34,433 AMERICAN LEADERSHIP MATTERS FO 167 00:04:34,433 --> 00:04:34,866 THE WORLD. 168 00:04:34,866 --> 00:04:37,033 BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO LEAD, WE 169 00:04:37,033 --> 00:04:38,733 HAVE TO STOP WORRYING ABOU 170 00:04:38,733 --> 00:04:40,633 BEING LOVED AND START CARING 171 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:42,533 ABOUT BEING RESPECTED AGAIN. 172 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:44,266 I AM NOT LOOKING TO BE THE MOS 173 00:04:44,266 --> 00:04:45,566 POPULAR GUY WHO LOOKS IN YOU 174 00:04:45,566 --> 00:04:46,833 EYES EVERY DAY AND TRIES T 175 00:04:46,833 --> 00:04:48,466 FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT T 176 00:04:48,466 --> 00:04:48,666 HEAR 177 00:04:48,666 --> 00:04:50,500 SAY IT, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND 178 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:51,366 DO SOMETHING ELSE. 179 00:04:51,366 --> 00:04:53,500 I MEAN WHAT I SAY, AND I SAY 180 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:54,300 WHAT I MEAN. 181 00:04:54,300 --> 00:04:55,500 AND THAT'S WHAT AMERICA NEED 182 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:56,033 RIGHT NOW. 183 00:04:56,033 --> 00:04:56,600 [ APPLAUSE ] 184 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,266 >> I'M CHRIS CHRISTIE, AND I 185 00:04:58,266 --> 00:04:59,266 APPROVED THIS MESSAGE. 186 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:01,066 >> I MEAN WHAT I SAY, AND I SA 187 00:05:01,066 --> 00:05:02,133 WHAT I MEAN. 188 00:05:02,133 --> 00:05:03,933 HE SOUND LIKE HE'S TRYING TO 189 00:05:03,933 --> 00:05:06,500 COME ACROSS AS THIS TOUGH GU 190 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:06,933 FOR YOU. 191 00:05:06,933 --> 00:05:07,266 YEAH 192 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:08,133 >> YEAH. 193 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,766 >> YES 194 00:05:10,766 --> 00:05:11,033 YEAH 195 00:05:11,033 --> 00:05:13,433 >> I MEAN, THE THING I WAS - 196 00:05:13,433 --> 00:05:15,600 THAT STRUCK ME TODAY LISTENING 197 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,233 TO THE AD EARLIER TODAY WAS THAT 198 00:05:18,233 --> 00:05:20,166 I MEAN IN A SENSE, I'M NOT HER 199 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:21,833 TO BE THE MOST POPULAR GUY 200 00:05:21,833 --> 00:05:25,700 ISN'T THAT WHAT AN ELECTION IS 201 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:26,966 >> THERE IS THE MOM STORY. 202 00:05:26,966 --> 00:05:28,500 I EXPECTED THERE TO BE MORE MO 203 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:29,500 STORIES IN THE ANNOUNCEMEN 204 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:29,833 EVENT. 205 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:30,633 THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY MO 206 00:05:30,633 --> 00:05:30,966 STORIES. 207 00:05:30,966 --> 00:05:32,766 THAT WHOLE LINE OF YOU DON'T 208 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:34,766 WANT TO BE LOVED, YOU WANT TO BE 209 00:05:34,766 --> 00:05:35,866 RESPECTED, THAT'S A STORY WE'V 210 00:05:35,866 --> 00:05:37,100 HEARD HIM TELL TIME AND TIME 211 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:37,533 AGAIN. 212 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:39,633 A STORY OF HIS MOM GIVING HI 213 00:05:39,633 --> 00:05:40,466 ADVICE FOR WOMEN 214 00:05:40,466 --> 00:05:42,066 HE TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S 215 00:05:42,066 --> 00:05:42,800 APPLICABLE TO POLITICS 216 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,933 HE'S SAID IT ON THE CAMPAIGN 217 00:05:43,933 --> 00:05:45,133 TRAIL A COUPLE TIMES 218 00:05:45,133 --> 00:05:46,700 >> HE'S USING THAT STORY, WE'V 219 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,900 ALL FOLLOWED THE GOVERNOR, JUS 220 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:50,400 HOURS AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT HE 221 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,466 LANDED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DI 222 00:05:51,466 --> 00:05:53,166 A FIVE-DAY TOUR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 223 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:55,533 AND GAVE THAT SORT OF LIKE HIS 224 00:05:55,533 --> 00:05:58,233 MOM'S DEATHBED DISCUSSION WITH 225 00:05:58,233 --> 00:05:59,100 HIS MOM. 226 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,300 EVERY SINGLE STOP HE HAD ON TH 227 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:01,300 CAMPAIGN TRAIL UP THERE. 228 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:01,900 >> YEAH. 229 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:03,633 >> SO THE -- WHAT THEY'RE TRYING 230 00:06:03,633 --> 00:06:05,333 TO DO NOW IS, OKAY, WE'R 231 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:06,133 ROLLING THIS OUT 232 00:06:06,133 --> 00:06:07,600 WE'RE GOING TO USE WHAT WE THINK 233 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,600 WE NEED TO USE FOR OUR VOD 234 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,033 BUT THEN GO -- OUR ADVANTAGE 235 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:14,033 BUT THEN GO TO PLACES WHER 236 00:06:14,033 --> 00:06:14,833 PEOPLE PROBABLY ONLY SAW THE 237 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:15,466 GOVERNOR TELEVISION. 238 00:06:15,466 --> 00:06:17,433 SAW MORE OF HIS OUTBURSTS AN 239 00:06:17,433 --> 00:06:19,466 THINGS BUT SAY, OKAY, THIS I 240 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:20,700 THE SOFTER SIDE OF CHRIS 241 00:06:20,700 --> 00:06:22,066 CHRISTIE, THIS IS WHERE I GET IT 242 00:06:22,066 --> 00:06:22,466 FROM 243 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:23,766 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHO I A 244 00:06:23,766 --> 00:06:26,800 WITHOUT LETTING THE MEDIA KIND 245 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,800 OF PORTRAY ME AS A CERTAIN 246 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:28,933 PERSON 247 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:30,333 >> I THINK YOU WERE TOUCHING O 248 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:31,166 AT THE BEGINNING 249 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:32,633 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S 250 00:06:32,633 --> 00:06:35,033 TRYING TO SHOW IS THIS -- THIS 251 00:06:35,033 --> 00:06:37,766 KIND OF AGGRESSIVE POSTURE 252 00:06:37,766 --> 00:06:40,266 AND UNFLINCHING POSTURE IS NOT 253 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:41,400 REALLY A SIGN OF ME BEING 254 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:41,800 BULLY. 255 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,200 I'M DOING IT, I'M ACTUALLY 256 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,266 CHANNELING A KIND OF OUTRAGE O 257 00:06:47,266 --> 00:06:47,933 YOUR BEHALF. 258 00:06:47,933 --> 00:06:49,933 AND I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR 259 00:06:49,933 --> 00:06:50,800 INTERESTS. 260 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,666 AND THAT'S -- AND THAT'S THE 261 00:06:54,666 --> 00:06:56,100 WELLSPRING OF THIS AGGRESSION. 262 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:58,833 AND SOMETIME ANGER AND SOMETIMES 263 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:00,633 THIS -- NOT PRETTY CHRIS 264 00:07:00,633 --> 00:07:01,300 CHRISTIE THAT YOU'VE HEARD 265 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:01,533 ABOUT. 266 00:07:01,533 --> 00:07:04,566 >> LOOK HOW EFFECTIVE IT WAS - 267 00:07:04,566 --> 00:07:06,200 A GOOD POINT 268 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,166 LOOK HOW EFFECTIVE WAS AFTER 269 00:07:10,166 --> 00:07:10,733 HURRICANE SANDY. 270 00:07:10,733 --> 00:07:11,600 CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS THE SYMBOL OF 271 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,500 THE TRI-STATE AREA'S RECOVERY. 272 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,766 IT WAS BECAUSE -- TALK T 273 00:07:14,766 --> 00:07:16,600 ANYBODY WHO LIVED IN NEW JERSEY. 274 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:17,466 EVERYBODY FELT LIKE CHRI 275 00:07:17,466 --> 00:07:18,633 CHRISTIE WAS FIGHTING FOR THEM 276 00:07:18,633 --> 00:07:23,566 HE'D BE ON THE NEWS SAYING, OH 277 00:07:23,566 --> 00:07:24,500 YOUR POWER ISN'T ON? 278 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:25,466 I'M GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION 279 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:28,333 WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE AT PSE&G. 280 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:28,800 >> RIGHT 281 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,400 >> WHEN THEY HEAR FROM ME -- 282 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:30,900 >> RIGHT 283 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,933 >> IT WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE 284 00:07:33,933 --> 00:07:35,266 >> AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF 285 00:07:35,266 --> 00:07:41,000 HE'S TRYING TO RECAPTUREA -- YOU 286 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,300 REMEMBER THE EARLY DAYS WHETHE 287 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:43,900 CHRIS CHRISTIE CAME TO OFFICE, 288 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:45,733 HE HAD PROSECUTORS ON HIS SIDE 289 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:46,766 LONG-TIME ACQUAINTANCES. 290 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:49,400 THERE WAS A FEELING THAT THE 291 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:50,033 WERE RECOGNIZING A PROBLEM I 292 00:07:50,033 --> 00:07:51,666 GOVERNMENT AND WERE GOING TO 293 00:07:51,666 --> 00:07:52,533 PROSECUTE THAT PROBLEM 294 00:07:52,533 --> 00:07:54,033 YOU GOT TO WONDER IF HE'S TRYING 295 00:07:54,033 --> 00:07:56,300 TO TAKE THAT OUT OF STEP AND B 296 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:57,966 -- OKAY, IF I GO TO WASHINGTON 297 00:07:57,966 --> 00:07:59,433 THIS IS WHO I'M GOING TO BE, 298 00:07:59,433 --> 00:08:00,933 THIS IS HOW I'M GOING ATTACK 299 00:08:00,933 --> 00:08:01,833 GOVERNMENT OR APPROACH 300 00:08:01,833 --> 00:08:02,200 GOVERNMENT 301 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:03,633 YOU GOT TO WONDER IF HE'S TRYING 302 00:08:03,633 --> 00:08:04,666 TO RECAPTURE THAT. 303 00:08:04,666 --> 00:08:07,900 >> UNTOUCHABLE 304 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:09,233 ELLIOTT NESS AND THE 305 00:08:09,233 --> 00:08:09,766 UNTOUCHABLES FROM NEWARK GOING 306 00:08:09,766 --> 00:08:10,766 TO COME DOWN 307 00:08:10,766 --> 00:08:14,466 WE'VE LEARNED THAT MODEL WASN' 308 00:08:14,466 --> 00:08:14,666 NECESSARILY -- 309 00:08:14,666 --> 00:08:16,266 >> DIDN'T TRANSLATE WELL TO TH 310 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:16,733 STATE HOUSE. 311 00:08:16,733 --> 00:08:17,400 >> YEAH. 312 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:18,366 >> DIDN'T KNOW HOUSE TO BE A 313 00:08:18,366 --> 00:08:18,833 POLITICIAN 314 00:08:18,833 --> 00:08:20,800 >> PEOPLE WERE NOTICING HE HAD A 315 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,033 BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE IN NEW 316 00:08:22,033 --> 00:08:23,633 HAMPSHIRE CALLED THE PLUMBER 317 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:24,700 PRIMARY. 318 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,333 EVERY CANDIDATE GOES BEFOR 319 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:28,866 RENEE PLUMMER AND THE SEA COAS 320 00:08:28,866 --> 00:08:29,533 OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 321 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:31,700 PEOPLE WERE LIKE -- THEY WER 322 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:32,866 PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, I CA 323 00:08:32,866 --> 00:08:34,866 QUOTE, "PLEASANTLY SURPRISED," 324 00:08:34,866 --> 00:08:36,100 WHAT THEY SAID, AFTER CHRISTIE 325 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:37,566 WAS TALKING. 326 00:08:37,566 --> 00:08:41,733 HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN, HE EXPLAINED 327 00:08:41,733 --> 00:08:43,633 THINGS, TALKED ABOUT HOW H 328 00:08:43,633 --> 00:08:44,733 WORKED TO WIN THE LATINO VOTE. 329 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:50,266 HE EMBRACED THEM AND WORKED TO 330 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:51,233 REBUILD SUPPORT AFTER>> WENDY: 331 00:08:51,233 --> 00:08:53,666 IT -- AFTER 2009 AND SAID, WOW 332 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:56,800 HE'S TRYING TO COMBAT THE IMAG 333 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:57,033 THAT'S OUT THERE 334 00:08:57,033 --> 00:08:59,233 >> HE TOOK THAT WEEK, AS YOU 335 00:08:59,233 --> 00:09:00,700 SAID, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER H 336 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:02,400 MADE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT AN 337 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,100 PREVIEW. 338 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,700 YOU WERE THERE 339 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:07,133 LET'S START WITH YOU 340 00:09:07,133 --> 00:09:07,300 IMPRESSION 341 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:08,600 OBVIOUSLY HE IMPRESSED SOM 342 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:08,833 PEOPLE 343 00:09:08,833 --> 00:09:09,366 >> HE DID. 344 00:09:09,366 --> 00:09:10,566 HE IMPRESSED PEOPLE. 345 00:09:10,566 --> 00:09:11,533 BUT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, PEOPLE 346 00:09:11,533 --> 00:09:12,566 DON'T MAKE UP THEIR MIND 347 00:09:12,566 --> 00:09:14,033 I THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE 348 00:09:14,033 --> 00:09:15,466 TALKED TO, AND THERE WER 349 00:09:15,466 --> 00:09:15,600 DOZENS 350 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,100 ONE GUY TOLD ME HE WAS VOTIN 351 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:18,700 FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE 352 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:19,366 EVERYONE ELSE SAID I DON'T KNOW, 353 00:09:19,366 --> 00:09:20,366 IT'S EARLY 354 00:09:20,366 --> 00:09:21,433 EVEN THE WOMAN WHO WAS 355 00:09:21,433 --> 00:09:22,566 PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY CHRISTIE 356 00:09:22,566 --> 00:09:24,200 AND LIKED WHAT HE HAD TO SAY 357 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,766 SHE WAS STILL LEANING TOWARD 358 00:09:25,766 --> 00:09:26,600 CARLY FIORINA. 359 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,333 HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND 360 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:29,933 WILL HAVE TO SPEND TIME THERE TO 361 00:09:29,933 --> 00:09:31,166 WIN OVER THE SUPPORT 362 00:09:31,166 --> 00:09:32,566 >> GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND TIME 363 00:09:32,566 --> 00:09:33,366 THERE -- I DON'T THINK THAT' 364 00:09:33,366 --> 00:09:34,500 LOST ON HIM. 365 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:35,666 THERE'S BEEN STORIES ABOUT IT, 366 00:09:35,666 --> 00:09:37,433 AND IT'S TRUE THAT HE'S GOING TO 367 00:09:37,433 --> 00:09:39,733 BE FOCUSING ON HIS LARGEST ASSET 368 00:09:39,733 --> 00:09:41,333 WHICH IS HOSTING THESE TOWN HALL 369 00:09:41,333 --> 00:09:42,500 MEETINGS, THAT HE CAN GO AND 370 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:43,766 STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROO 371 00:09:43,766 --> 00:09:45,600 FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF 372 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,900 TAKE ANY QUESTION, WHICH ALL 373 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:48,000 TEND TO BE REALLY THE SAME 374 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,633 QUESTION OVER AND OVER 375 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:51,433 A VARIETY OF LIKE THE SAME DOZEN 376 00:09:51,433 --> 00:09:52,666 QUESTIONS MAYBE. 377 00:09:52,666 --> 00:09:53,666 HE'S TAKING THE QUESTIONS. 378 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:56,200 AND HE'S -- ALL OFF THE CUFF 379 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,400 WHAT HE'S BEST AT. 380 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,900 AND THEN HE HAS A CHANCE TO -- 381 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:01,700 BY THE WAY, THE PEOPLE COMING TO 382 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:03,066 THE MEETINGS ARE THE ONES MOST 383 00:10:03,066 --> 00:10:04,366 ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN POLITICS. 384 00:10:04,366 --> 00:10:05,666 THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOIN 385 00:10:05,666 --> 00:10:07,233 TO VOTE, ARE GOING TO BE TALKING 386 00:10:07,233 --> 00:10:09,266 TO THEIR FRIENDS WHO WILL VOTE 387 00:10:09,266 --> 00:10:09,500 TOO. 388 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,500 SO HE'S THERE, HE'S TAKING THE 389 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:13,833 QUESTIONS, THEY ARE -- THEY'RE 390 00:10:13,833 --> 00:10:15,100 SEEING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF CHRIS 391 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:17,233 CHRISTIE THAN THEY SEE IN TH 392 00:10:17,233 --> 00:10:18,033 MEDIA WHEN HE MAKE NATIONA 393 00:10:18,033 --> 00:10:19,400 HEADLINES AND TELLING THEM, HEY, 394 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,700 THIS IS WHERE I COME FROM. 395 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,266 THIS IS MY MOM, THIS IS WHERE 396 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:23,333 GET IT FROM. 397 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:24,133 IT'S ALL THOSE THINGS ABOU 398 00:10:24,133 --> 00:10:25,600 SPINNING THOSE FOR A POSITIVE. 399 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,100 WHY WOULDN'T WE EXPECT HIM TO BE 400 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:27,466 DOING THAT 401 00:10:27,466 --> 00:10:28,833 HE IS GOOD AT IT 402 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:30,300 NOW THE ONLY -- THE CAVEAT WIT 403 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:31,433 THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THA 404 00:10:31,433 --> 00:10:33,766 WHILE, YES, PEOPLE DON'T MAKE UP 405 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:35,000 THEIR MINDS, RIGHT NOW WHERE H 406 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,800 IS IN THE POLLS IN TERMS OF TH 407 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,300 HIGH UNFAVORABILITY OF CHRIS 408 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,300 CHRISTIE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. 409 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:45,866 NOW, MAYBE SPENDING ENOUGH TIM 410 00:10:45,866 --> 00:10:46,933 THERE, HE CAN WORK A 411 00:10:46,933 --> 00:10:47,600 DIMINISHING THAT 412 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,166 BUT THAT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM 413 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:50,866 >> HE'S ALSO GOT ANOTHER PROBLEM 414 00:10:50,866 --> 00:10:52,533 IN THAT -- ANOTHER INITIAL THA 415 00:10:52,533 --> 00:10:54,533 HE GOES TO TOWN HALLS, AND H 416 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:57,033 GOES TO THE EVENTS AND DINER 417 00:10:57,033 --> 00:10:57,566 STOPS. 418 00:10:57,566 --> 00:10:58,800 GENERALLY, AS EVERYONE SAID, THE 419 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,666 PEOPLE ARE -- WOW, CHRIS 420 00:11:00,666 --> 00:11:02,100 CHRISTIE'S SO MUCH MORE MEASURED 421 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:03,266 AND CALMER THAN I THOUGHT. 422 00:11:03,266 --> 00:11:05,166 BUT IN A NORMAL PRIMARY, H 423 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:07,433 WOULD NEED TO GO UP TO NEW 424 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:08,433 HAMPSHIRE AND APPEAL TO THE NE 425 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:09,533 HAMPSHIRE VOTER AND WIN TH 426 00:11:09,533 --> 00:11:09,966 PRIMARY. 427 00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:12,200 THERE'S NOT A NORMAL PRIMARY 428 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,000 BECAUSE OF THE DEBATE RULES. 429 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,466 HE'S GOT TO FOCUS ON RUNNING 430 00:11:14,466 --> 00:11:16,533 SORT OF FOR ALL INTENTS AN 431 00:11:16,533 --> 00:11:17,133 PURPOSES A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN 432 00:11:17,133 --> 00:11:17,533 >> RIGHT 433 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:19,033 >> FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 434 00:11:19,033 --> 00:11:22,433 AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING T 435 00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:23,566 NEW HAMPSHIRE, HE NEEDS TO D 436 00:11:23,566 --> 00:11:24,566 THAT TO WIN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 437 00:11:24,566 --> 00:11:26,166 IN TERMS OF GETTING THE DEBATE 438 00:11:26,166 --> 00:11:28,200 HE NEEDS TO BROADEN THAT APPEA 439 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:28,733 EVEN BEYOND NEW HAMPSHIRE. 440 00:11:28,733 --> 00:11:32,533 >> IT'S ALSO -- WE'RE SEEING 441 00:11:32,533 --> 00:11:34,100 THIS IS LIKE WATCHING TH 442 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:34,266 OLYMPICS 443 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:36,000 YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE SKATING 444 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,533 COMPETITION, THE FIRST ONE COMES 445 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:39,500 OUT AND WOWS EVERYBODY 446 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:40,566 YOU THINK DOUBLE AXLE, WHATEVE 447 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:43,133 THEY DID UP IN THE AIR 448 00:11:43,133 --> 00:11:44,266 THEY GET THIS HIGH SCORE AND YOU 449 00:11:44,266 --> 00:11:45,800 THINK, WOW, THAT PERSON'S GOIN 450 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:46,600 TO WIN 451 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,800 BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE REST O 452 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:50,666 THE COMPETITORS. 453 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,033 AND THE SAME IS TRUE 454 00:11:52,033 --> 00:11:56,366 WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN JEB BUS 455 00:11:56,366 --> 00:11:57,266 AND RUBIO. 456 00:11:57,266 --> 00:11:58,633 WALKER HASN'T EVEN ENTERED THE 457 00:11:58,633 --> 00:11:58,833 RACE 458 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:00,433 WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ENGAGE AN 459 00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:02,100 MAKE THEIR CASE YET. 460 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:03,100 I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHA 461 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:05,500 YOU'RE ALLUDING TO 462 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,366 HE'S GOING TO -- THAT CHRI 463 00:12:07,366 --> 00:12:09,433 CHRISTIE MESSAGE IS GOING TO GET 464 00:12:09,433 --> 00:12:11,633 SORT OF LOST OR HAVE TO STAN 465 00:12:11,633 --> 00:12:13,433 OUT IN THE BROADER SHUFFLE ONC 466 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:14,966 IT'S UP THERE. 467 00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:17,800 AND WE'VE HEARD THIS ANALOGY 468 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,900 McCAIN IN '08 -- McCAIN DIDN'T 469 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:21,100 HAVE THAT MUCH COMPETITION 470 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:21,866 >> RIGHT 471 00:12:21,866 --> 00:12:24,200 >> GOING INTO THAT RACE. 472 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,100 CHRISTIE'S GOING TO HAVE, YO 473 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:27,133 KNOW, A BLEACHER FULL OF 474 00:12:27,133 --> 00:12:27,266 COMPETITION. 475 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:29,800 >> THE INTERESTING THING WAS YOU 476 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,133 WERE -- AT THE PRIMARY A COUPL 477 00:12:33,133 --> 00:12:34,200 WEEK BEFORE CHRIS CHRISTIE, 478 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,900 HAD COVERED JEB BUSH AT TH 479 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:36,400 PLUMMER PRIMARY. 480 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,466 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE TH 481 00:12:39,466 --> 00:12:43,533 TWO DIFFERENT TACKS THEY'R 482 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:43,733 TAKING 483 00:12:43,733 --> 00:12:45,733 WHEN CHRISTIE WENT UP, IT WA 484 00:12:45,733 --> 00:12:48,066 VERY MUCH MORE PERSONAL, HUMBLE, 485 00:12:48,066 --> 00:12:49,833 SORT OF I'M CHRIS CHRISTIE, YO 486 00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:51,533 KNOW, I THINK HE MONTHED TO GE 487 00:12:51,533 --> 00:12:52,800 THROUGH IT AND I DON'T THINK - 488 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,666 HE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH, AND I 489 00:12:56,666 --> 00:12:57,533 DON'T THINK BRIDGEGATE CAME UP 490 00:12:57,533 --> 00:12:57,966 ONE. 491 00:12:57,966 --> 00:12:59,333 >> PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED 492 00:12:59,333 --> 00:13:01,266 >> HIS WARM SIDE AND HOW PEOPL 493 00:13:01,266 --> 00:13:02,100 PERSONALLY CONNECT WITH HIM. 494 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:02,700 >> RIGHT 495 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,700 >> DID IN FACT COME THROUGH. 496 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:10,500 JEB BUSH CAME ACROSS AS VERY 497 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:11,366 ENTHUSIASTIC, VERY SPECIFIC AN 498 00:13:11,366 --> 00:13:18,600 A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THOUGHT TWO 499 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,200 CAMPAIGN STYLES. 500 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,766 THAT'S WHAT HE'S LOOKING A 501 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:28,800 HEADING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE 502 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,000 >> CHRISTIE IS FOCUSING ON NEW 503 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,600 HAMPSHIRE AND THEY HAVE TO G 504 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,200 AFTER HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND 505 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,700 TAKING AWAY FROM CHRISTIE MEAN 506 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:36,233 VOTES FOR HIM OR SOMEONE IN TH 507 00:13:36,233 --> 00:13:36,366 FIELD. 508 00:13:36,366 --> 00:13:37,500 THERE ARE SO MANY IN THE FIELD 509 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,000 THAT IF THEY CAN SPREAD THEM OUT 510 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,266 IT MAY HELP IN THE LONG RUN. 511 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:42,866 >> RIGHT 512 00:13:42,866 --> 00:13:44,333 SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? 513 00:13:44,333 --> 00:13:46,266 LET'S TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, 514 00:13:46,266 --> 00:13:46,866 OKAY 515 00:13:46,866 --> 00:13:48,600 ASIDE FROM WHAT HE'S BEEN DOIN 516 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,800 TO HIMSELF AND HIS REPUTATIO 517 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,766 AND SO ON, HE'S KIND OF -- 518 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:54,800 KEEPING HIM IN THE RACE HELP 519 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,533 FOR SOME GUYS, DOESN'T IT? 520 00:13:57,533 --> 00:13:59,566 >> I GUESS IT DOES BECAUSE THE 521 00:13:59,566 --> 00:14:04,733 CAN -- THEY CAN -- 522 00:14:04,733 --> 00:14:06,000 >> IF HE CAN OUTRAGEOUS CHRI 523 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:06,233 CHRISTIE - 524 00:14:06,233 --> 00:14:07,666 >> YOUR POINT IS THEY GET TO 525 00:14:07,666 --> 00:14:10,300 LOOK MORE MODERATE AND RATIONA 526 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:11,300 IN COMPARISON. 527 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:12,200 THAT'S GOOD. 528 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,600 I STILL THINK HE REPRESENTS 529 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,766 LARGER MACRO THREAT TO THE 530 00:14:16,766 --> 00:14:17,100 REPUBLICAN BRAND 531 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:18,600 >> HE'S NOT A POSITIVE IMAGE - 532 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,633 >> FOR ANYBODY 533 00:14:19,633 --> 00:14:21,066 >> AND ALSO HE CAN KNOCK 534 00:14:21,066 --> 00:14:24,600 SOMEBODY OUT OF THE PRIMARY. 535 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,100 NOT THE PRIMARY -- DEBATE. 536 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:26,800 >> YEAH. 537 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,533 >> HE'S POLLING HIGH BECAUSE O 538 00:14:28,533 --> 00:14:29,466 HIS NAME RECOGNITION 539 00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:30,700 I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S 540 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:32,000 GOING TO HAPPEN TO CHRISTIE. 541 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,233 HIS NUMBERS MAY GO UP BECAUS 542 00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:35,133 TRUMP AND BUSH GOT BUMPED. 543 00:14:35,133 --> 00:14:36,833 TRUMP GOT A HUGE BUMP AFTER HE 544 00:14:36,833 --> 00:14:37,566 ANNOUNCED. 545 00:14:37,566 --> 00:14:40,900 ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE SERIOUS NOT 546 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:42,333 -- AT THE SAME TIME, HE CA 547 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:43,366 KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT OF TH 548 00:14:43,366 --> 00:14:44,333 DEBATES BY ONLY HAVING TEN 549 00:14:44,333 --> 00:14:44,700 PEOPLE 550 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:46,533 >> IT PROBABLY PUSHED CHRI 551 00:14:46,533 --> 00:14:47,433 CHRISTIE DOWN A NOTCH. 552 00:14:47,433 --> 00:14:48,033 I THINK -- 553 00:14:48,033 --> 00:14:50,566 >> YEAH. 554 00:14:50,566 --> 00:14:51,733 >> CHRIS CHRISTIE CAN'T AFFORD 555 00:14:51,733 --> 00:14:52,433 TO GO DOWN A NOTCH 556 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:53,300 >> NO. 557 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:53,800 >> DOWN -- 558 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,100 >> THE ONLY THING ABOUT -- W 559 00:14:56,100 --> 00:15:00,766 TALKING ABOUT THE AUGUST 6th 560 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:01,533 DEBATE 561 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:02,833 A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE DEBATE 562 00:15:02,833 --> 00:15:03,666 THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THE 563 00:15:03,666 --> 00:15:04,633 AVERAGE OF -- THEY HAVEN'T BEE 564 00:15:04,633 --> 00:15:07,766 CLEAR ON THIS WHICH IS 565 00:15:07,766 --> 00:15:08,500 INTERESTING. 566 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:09,500 WE DON'T KNOW WHICH POLLS WILL 567 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:12,700 BE TAKING THE AVERAGE OF - 568 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:14,800 >> NATIONAL -- 569 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,333 >> NAY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED WHICH 570 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:17,433 POLLS THEY'RE GOING TO - 571 00:15:17,433 --> 00:15:17,800 >> RIGHT 572 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:18,533 >> YOU DON'T KNOW. 573 00:15:18,533 --> 00:15:22,000 WHAT MELISSA SAID IS THAT ON 574 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,800 AVERAGE, DONALD TRUMP WAS -- I 575 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:23,800 THINK CHRIS CHRISTIE A FEW WEEKS 576 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,466 AGO WAS AT NUMBER EIGHT, AND 577 00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:26,700 THEN DONALD TRUMP OF BEHIND HI 578 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:26,933 NOW. 579 00:15:26,933 --> 00:15:27,900 CHRISTIE IS AT - 580 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,466 >> TRUMP'S NUMBER TWO OR THREE 581 00:15:29,466 --> 00:15:29,833 -- 582 00:15:29,833 --> 00:15:30,666 >> DEPENDING WHICH POLLS YOU 583 00:15:30,666 --> 00:15:31,900 LOOK AT, NINE OR TEN 584 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,400 AND THERE'S A COUPLE O 585 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,600 LEGITIMATE FOLK THAT ARE -- IN 586 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,066 THAT 11, 12, 13 PERIOD LIK 587 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:42,100 KASICH -- HE'S GOING TO BE 588 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:43,033 HAVING SOME ISSUES THERE WHERE 589 00:15:43,033 --> 00:15:44,533 YOU HAVE FOLK THAT WE EXPECT T 590 00:15:44,533 --> 00:15:45,866 JUMP IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE O 591 00:15:45,866 --> 00:15:46,300 WEEKS. 592 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:48,600 I DON'T KNOW WHEN CASEY' 593 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,000 JUMPING IN -- TWO WEEKS. 594 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,666 WALKER, WALKER'S PULLING AHEAD 595 00:15:51,666 --> 00:15:51,700 ALREADY. 596 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:54,966 THE PEOPLE IN THE -- THE 11, 12, 597 00:15:54,966 --> 00:15:57,700 13 - 598 00:15:57,700 --> 00:15:59,500 >> AND THERE'S A DECLARE 599 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,733 CANDIDATE -- 600 00:16:01,733 --> 00:16:03,466 >> THE GOVERNOR -- IF TRUMP WA 601 00:16:03,466 --> 00:16:04,466 POTENTIALLY DOING DAMAGE TO TH 602 00:16:04,466 --> 00:16:07,333 REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE SAID NO 603 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,333 IF TRUMP IS HURTING CHRISTIE 604 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:10,300 SHOULDN'T CHRISTIE START GOING 605 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:11,533 AT TRUMP 606 00:16:11,533 --> 00:16:12,400 >> CHRISTIE'S FRIENDS WITH 607 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:12,800 TRUMP. 608 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:13,900 I FEEL LIKE IT'S A COMPLICATED 609 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:14,700 ISSUE FOR HIM. 610 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:15,766 HE TALKED -- 611 00:16:15,766 --> 00:16:18,000 >> CHRISTIE WAS FRIENDS WITH JOE 612 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:18,600 CARRILLO, TOO. 613 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:19,733 >> HE WAS. 614 00:16:19,733 --> 00:16:20,400 CHRISTIE TALKS ABOUT BEING 615 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,166 FRIENDS WITH TRUMP AND TALKS 616 00:16:21,166 --> 00:16:23,033 ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE AND MAR 617 00:16:23,033 --> 00:16:24,233 PAT HAVE GONE OUT TO DINNER WITH 618 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:26,600 TRUMP AND HIS WIFE 619 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,466 YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER, TOO, MAYBE 620 00:16:28,466 --> 00:16:29,833 CHRISTIE'S HOPING THAT IF HE 621 00:16:29,833 --> 00:16:30,600 DOES BETTER THAN TRUMP, TRUM 622 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,066 WILL THROW MONEY TO HIM, WHO 623 00:16:32,066 --> 00:16:33,066 KNOWS WHEN HE'S THINKING 624 00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:35,133 FOR SOME REASON HE'S WALKING A 625 00:16:35,133 --> 00:16:35,900 VERY -- I DON'T KNOW 626 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:37,700 HE'S WALKING A VERY -- I'M 627 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:38,633 TALKING DOWN THE ROAD. 628 00:16:38,633 --> 00:16:40,333 >> HE'S GOT A FINE LINE TO WALK. 629 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:41,900 >> HE'S WALKING A VERY FINE LINE 630 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:43,166 WITH TRUMP, MUCH MORE THAN WIT 631 00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:45,733 OTHER PEOPLE 632 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:48,566 HE'S TAKEN -- HE'S CLOSE WIT 633 00:16:48,566 --> 00:16:49,400 THE BUSH FAMILY. 634 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,700 YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY HE' 635 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:52,266 WALKING A FINE LINE WITH TRUMP 636 00:16:52,266 --> 00:16:54,800 >> HE CITES THE FRIENDS. 637 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,933 TRUMP DOESN'T TAKE KINDLY TO 638 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:57,566 ANYBODY THAT ATTACK HIM. 639 00:16:57,566 --> 00:16:58,733 THE LAST THING HE WANTS IS 640 00:16:58,733 --> 00:17:01,966 DONALD TRUMP GOING AFTER HIM 641 00:17:01,966 --> 00:17:03,700 INTO A FREAK SHOW ON THE DEBAT 642 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:04,266 STAGE. 643 00:17:04,266 --> 00:17:04,833 ALSO, DONALD TRUMP REPRESENTS, 644 00:17:04,833 --> 00:17:07,433 FACE IT, A CONSTITUENCY IN THE 645 00:17:07,433 --> 00:17:07,933 REPUBLICAN PARTY 646 00:17:07,933 --> 00:17:08,933 WHERE ARE THE POLL NUMBERS 647 00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:11,933 COMING FROM, AND CHRIS CHRISTI 648 00:17:11,933 --> 00:17:16,066 NEEDS -- CAN'T REALLY AFFORD T 649 00:17:16,066 --> 00:17:17,800 ENFLAME OR ALIENATE THEM EITHER. 650 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,366 >> OUTSIDE OF HIS PARTY -- 651 00:17:19,366 --> 00:17:20,733 >> HE HAS TO STROKE DONALD 652 00:17:20,733 --> 00:17:21,900 TRUMP'S HAIR A LITTLE. 653 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:22,900 >> IT KICKER IS, OKAY -- 654 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:24,800 >> A FUNNY IDEA OF HIM STROKIN 655 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,400 DONALD TRUMP'S HAIR. 656 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,800 >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHRI 657 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:32,433 CHRISTIE WANTS TO THINK OF 658 00:17:32,433 --> 00:17:34,566 HIMSELF AS THE TOP TIE 659 00:17:34,566 --> 00:17:34,800 CANDIDATE. 660 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:35,766 HE'S GOING TO GO AFTER PEOPL 661 00:17:35,766 --> 00:17:37,866 LIKE BUSH, WALKER. 662 00:17:37,866 --> 00:17:41,433 WE HAVE SEEN HIM TAKE SHOTS AT 663 00:17:41,433 --> 00:17:42,866 HUCKABEE, CERTAINLY RAND PAUL. 664 00:17:42,866 --> 00:17:44,333 >> I THINK HE LIKES TO BEAT UP 665 00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:46,533 RAND PAUL A LITTLE BIT 666 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:48,166 >> HE'S STANDING ON ONE OF HIS 667 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:50,133 STRONG SUITS, I WAS A U.S. 668 00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:50,433 ATTORNEY 669 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:52,933 I'VE USED AREAS OF THE PATRIOT 670 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:53,033 ACT. 671 00:17:53,033 --> 00:17:56,166 >> HE DOESN'T THINK HE'S GOING 672 00:17:56,166 --> 00:17:57,466 TO GET -- I DON'T THINK HE'S 673 00:17:57,466 --> 00:17:59,500 BANKING ON GETTING RAND PAUL 674 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:02,500 VOTERS - 675 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:05,400 >> THAT LINE IS CLEAR. 676 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,033 AND RAND PAUL IS CRYSTAL CLEAR 677 00:18:07,033 --> 00:18:09,000 HIS NEW LINE, AS YOU'VE SEEN 678 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,100 I'M THE ONLY REPUBLICAN UP HER 679 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:11,700 WITH NATIONAL SECURITY 680 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:12,100 CREDENTIALS. 681 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,166 >> RIGHT 682 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:14,500 >> THAT'S A VERY BIG THING T 683 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:14,766 SAY. 684 00:18:14,766 --> 00:18:16,233 >> WE'VE HEARD THE STORY MAN 685 00:18:16,233 --> 00:18:16,900 TIMES NOW -- 686 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:19,800 >> NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE I 687 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,933 -- RAND PAUL IS THE EXAC 688 00:18:21,933 --> 00:18:23,666 OPPOSITE OF THAT 689 00:18:23,666 --> 00:18:25,500 AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S - 690 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:26,533 THERE'S GOING TO BE A PLAY THA 691 00:18:26,533 --> 00:18:27,633 CHRISTIE CAN PLAY OFF. 692 00:18:27,633 --> 00:18:30,166 WITH TRUMP, HE'S GOT NOTHING - 693 00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:30,933 NORTHEAST REPUBLICAN, YOU KNOW 694 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:32,266 WHAT I MEAN? 695 00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:35,033 AND ATTACKING HIM IS SORT OF CAN 696 00:18:35,033 --> 00:18:36,600 DO NOTHING BUT HURT HIM. 697 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,033 >> THE HYPOCRISY WITH CHRISTIE 698 00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:39,800 THOUGH, HE'S OUT THERE IN TH 699 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,733 CHURCH UP IN ESEX COUNTY 700 00:18:41,733 --> 00:18:43,800 HE'S ON THE WEB PREACHING ABOU 701 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,666 THE NECESSITY OF SPEAKIN 702 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:48,566 CANDIDLY AND OPENLY AN 703 00:18:48,566 --> 00:18:49,566 FORCEFULLY ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA 704 00:18:49,566 --> 00:18:50,566 AND HATE SPEECH. 705 00:18:50,566 --> 00:18:53,533 AND HERE YOU HAVE THIS -- THIS 706 00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:56,500 BLATANTLY RACIST, NATIVIST TRUMP 707 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,166 TALKING, YOU KNOW, PANDERING T 708 00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,500 THE WORST ELEMENT. 709 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:01,466 WHAT DOES HE SAY 710 00:19:01,466 --> 00:19:02,666 HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE. 711 00:19:02,666 --> 00:19:03,666 I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM 712 00:19:03,666 --> 00:19:05,400 I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE - 713 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,100 >> SO YOU ASKED HIM -- ONE O 714 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:08,566 THE PRESS CONFERENCES, AND H 715 00:19:08,566 --> 00:19:09,466 BLEW IT OFF. 716 00:19:09,466 --> 00:19:11,100 >> HE SHOULD HAVE -- THIS IS - 717 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:12,166 I THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A 718 00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,333 GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO 719 00:19:14,333 --> 00:19:18,700 SHOW DECISIVE, BOLD LEADERSHIP 720 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:19,100 SAY DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T BELON 721 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:19,633 IN OUR PARTY 722 00:19:19,633 --> 00:19:21,100 >> ALL THIS DISCUSS ABOU 723 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:22,066 CHRISTIE, OF COURSE, CENTERS O 724 00:19:22,066 --> 00:19:23,500 NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IOWA AND 725 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:24,500 EVERYWHERE ELSE. 726 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:25,666 MEANWHILE, HE'S STILL TH 727 00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:28,933 GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, AND IN 728 00:19:28,933 --> 00:19:30,566 NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE ASKED HIM -- I 729 00:19:30,566 --> 00:19:32,800 THINK TERRY ASKED HIM -- ABOUT 730 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,300 WHETHER OR NOT, WHAT HIS 731 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:35,366 SCHEDULE MIGHT BE AND HOW MUCH 732 00:19:35,366 --> 00:19:36,433 OF NEW JERSEY WAS GOING TO B 733 00:19:36,433 --> 00:19:37,333 PART OF HIS SCHEDULE 734 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:38,933 LET'S HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 735 00:19:38,933 --> 00:19:40,233 >> FIRST PRIORITY IS TO SPEND AS 736 00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:42,433 MUCH TIME IN NEW JERSEY AS I 737 00:19:42,433 --> 00:19:43,366 ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TO BE ABLE TO 738 00:19:43,366 --> 00:19:44,766 DO MY JOB THE RIGHT WAY. 739 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:46,600 AS YOU KNOW, TERRY, THE SUMMER 740 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,733 IS A PRETTY SLOW TIME IN NEW 741 00:19:47,733 --> 00:19:48,166 JERSEY 742 00:19:48,166 --> 00:19:50,533 I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL BE 743 00:19:50,533 --> 00:19:52,100 BUT IF IT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'LL 744 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:53,300 DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 745 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:54,966 THAT'S MY FIRST JOB AS BEING 746 00:19:54,966 --> 00:19:55,366 GOVERNOR 747 00:19:55,366 --> 00:19:56,600 BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PLAN IN 748 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,166 TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PLOTTING OUT 749 00:19:59,166 --> 00:20:00,666 MY DAYS ALREADY. 750 00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:01,900 MY SCHEDULE IS SET FOR NEX 751 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:02,233 WEEK 752 00:20:02,233 --> 00:20:03,266 AND THEN LATER TODAY I'M GOING 753 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:04,666 TO START TO SET MY SCHEDULE FO 754 00:20:04,666 --> 00:20:05,400 REST OF JULY 755 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,700 BUT WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH 756 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:09,800 THIS FIRST BIG TRIP FIRST. 757 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,566 THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH THE REST OF 758 00:20:11,566 --> 00:20:13,766 MY SCHEDULE FOR JULY AND PEEK AT 759 00:20:13,766 --> 00:20:14,666 AUGUST, TOO. 760 00:20:14,666 --> 00:20:15,733 MY FIRST PRIORITY IS BEING 761 00:20:15,733 --> 00:20:17,000 GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY 762 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,266 SO WHATEVER TIME I NEED TO SPEND 763 00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:19,900 THERE, I WILL. 764 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:21,933 YOU SAW YESTERDAY, THE 765 00:20:21,933 --> 00:20:23,000 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS ALWAYS 766 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,633 FILLED IN ABLY FOR ME. 767 00:20:24,633 --> 00:20:25,933 SHE WORKED YESTERDAY WITH FOLK 768 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:27,700 FROM SOUTH JERSEY TO HELP THEM 769 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:28,866 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'R 770 00:20:28,866 --> 00:20:30,133 DOING, TO HELP THEM RECOVER FROM 771 00:20:30,133 --> 00:20:31,766 THE STORM THAT THEY SUFFERED A 772 00:20:31,766 --> 00:20:33,000 WEEK OR SO AGO 773 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,133 AND ALL THE REACTION THAT 774 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:37,933 HEARD FROM STAFF AND READ FROM 775 00:20:37,933 --> 00:20:41,533 SOME OF THE COVERAGE WAS THA 776 00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:42,033 THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNO 777 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:42,933 EXPLAINED REALLY WELL. 778 00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:45,366 PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF FUN, YO 779 00:20:45,366 --> 00:20:47,200 KNOW, TRYING TO SAY WHAT'S THE 780 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:47,933 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DO AND ALL 781 00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:48,166 THAT 782 00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:49,800 THE FACT IS THE LIEUTENANT 783 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,966 GOVERNOR'S BEEN INVOLVED WIT 784 00:20:50,966 --> 00:20:52,166 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 785 00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:54,500 SO HER ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO 786 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,133 HANDLE SOME OF THE THINGS WHIL 787 00:20:55,133 --> 00:20:57,366 I'M GONE, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN 788 00:20:57,366 --> 00:21:01,466 AND WE COMMUNICATE ON A REGULA 789 00:21:01,466 --> 00:21:01,666 BASIS. 790 00:21:01,666 --> 00:21:02,900 SO I'LL SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS 791 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:03,433 NEED TO. 792 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,500 IN THE END, AS I SAID MANY TIMES 793 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,233 BEFORE, I CAN WALK AND CHEW GU 794 00:21:08,233 --> 00:21:08,800 AT THE SAME TIME 795 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,066 I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 796 00:21:10,066 --> 00:21:11,566 >> AS MUCH TIME AS I NEED TO 797 00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:14,500 HE GOT BEAT UP THIS PAST WEE 798 00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:16,633 OVER HIS REACTION TO THE STORM 799 00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:18,600 IN SOUTH JERSEY. 800 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,033 I MEAN, HOW MUCH DOES HE EVE 801 00:21:20,033 --> 00:21:20,800 CARE ABOUT NEW JERSEY -- 802 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,000 >> THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKIN 803 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:23,500 ABOUT. 804 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:24,066 ADDRESSING THE STORM 805 00:21:24,066 --> 00:21:25,900 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 806 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,400 HE -- EVEN BEFORE HE LEFT, H 807 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:29,666 WASN'T DOWN THERE DOING ANYTHING 808 00:21:29,666 --> 00:21:32,800 AFTER HE WAS SO IN PERSO 809 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,733 EVERYWHERE AFTER SANDY 810 00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:36,433 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 811 00:21:36,433 --> 00:21:38,433 YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER ISSUE I 812 00:21:38,433 --> 00:21:40,000 THINK, TOO, IS WHEN HE'S NOT I 813 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,166 THE STATE, WE'RE STILL PAYIN 814 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:41,800 FOR IT 815 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:42,533 THERE ARE STATE TROOPERS THA 816 00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:43,033 FOLLOW HIM 817 00:21:43,033 --> 00:21:44,233 THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR 818 00:21:44,233 --> 00:21:45,866 WHETHER HE'S ON STATE BUSINESS 819 00:21:45,866 --> 00:21:46,766 OR POLITICAL BUSINESS. 820 00:21:46,766 --> 00:21:48,300 IT'S COSTING TAXPAYERS THAT HE'S 821 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:48,833 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. 822 00:21:48,833 --> 00:21:50,333 >> HE SAYS THAT THEY COME NO 823 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:51,766 MATTER WHAT. 824 00:21:51,766 --> 00:21:52,566 >> RIGHT 825 00:21:52,566 --> 00:21:54,033 >> WHEN HE WANTS THEM TO OR NOT. 826 00:21:54,033 --> 00:21:56,300 >> WE KNOW IN WISCONSIN, SCOTT 827 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:57,366 WALKER'S POLITICAL TEAM HAS BEEN 828 00:21:57,366 --> 00:21:58,900 PICKING UP THE TAB FOR THAT. 829 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:00,833 THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE DOING - 830 00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:01,500 TREATING THIS DIFFERENTLY AN 831 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:03,133 NOT HAVING THE TAXPAYERS FOO 832 00:22:03,133 --> 00:22:03,966 THE BILL 833 00:22:03,966 --> 00:22:04,833 THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF TH 834 00:22:04,833 --> 00:22:07,166 YEAR ALONE WAS $185,000. 835 00:22:07,166 --> 00:22:08,700 I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH 836 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:09,766 HIGHER NOW THAT HE'S TRAVELING 837 00:22:09,766 --> 00:22:10,600 SO MUCH. 838 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:11,866 >> MAKING HIM MORE POPULAR WIT 839 00:22:11,866 --> 00:22:16,366 THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY 840 00:22:16,366 --> 00:22:17,133 >> SOME MEMBERS NOT -- 841 00:22:17,133 --> 00:22:21,200 >> SUGGESTING OTHERWISE? 842 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,900 >> I WANT TO GET TO THIS BEFOR 843 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:25,966 WE END THE SHOW. 844 00:22:25,966 --> 00:22:27,800 TOM MORAN AT "THE STAR LEDGER" 845 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,533 DID THIS PIECE ABOUT CHRISTI 846 00:22:29,533 --> 00:22:32,466 HAVING TO CONTAIN THIS INNER 847 00:22:32,466 --> 00:22:32,966 BEAST. 848 00:22:32,966 --> 00:22:35,533 AND SO I WANT TO PLAY THIS CLI 849 00:22:35,533 --> 00:22:36,666 OF AN INTERACTION THAT THE 850 00:22:36,666 --> 00:22:38,633 GOVERNOR HAD WITH THIS COUPLE IN 851 00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:38,800 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 852 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,033 AND GET YOU ALL TO REACT 853 00:22:42,033 --> 00:22:43,500 >> EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. 854 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:44,666 >> YOU'RE NOT INTERRUPTING 855 00:22:44,666 --> 00:22:45,566 NOT AT ALL 856 00:22:45,566 --> 00:22:46,133 >> GOOD MORNING. 857 00:22:46,133 --> 00:22:50,666 >> VERY RUDE, VERY RUDE -- 858 00:22:50,666 --> 00:22:51,166 [ BLEEP 859 00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:52,566 >> SO THE REASON WE'RE CHUCKLING 860 00:22:52,566 --> 00:22:54,100 IS BECAUSE YOU FOLKS AT HOME 861 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,500 WILL HEAR A BLEEP, BUT WE HEAR 862 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:59,466 WHAT THE WOMAN CALLED HIM. 863 00:22:59,466 --> 00:23:01,600 BUT THIS IS AFTERNOON -- I GUESS 864 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:02,933 THIS EXEMPLIFIES WHAT HE WAS 865 00:23:02,933 --> 00:23:03,600 TALKING ABOUT. 866 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:04,966 HE WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN THA 867 00:23:04,966 --> 00:23:06,233 INNER BEAST AND NOT PUNCH THAT 868 00:23:06,233 --> 00:23:07,633 GUY IN THE NOSE. 869 00:23:07,633 --> 00:23:09,233 >> THERE'S GOING TO BE A SMALL 870 00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:10,466 CHANCE -- I MEAN, I THIN 871 00:23:10,466 --> 00:23:12,100 THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY SMALL 872 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:13,366 CHANCE THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE I 873 00:23:13,366 --> 00:23:16,066 GOING TO GO ON ANY TIRADE. 874 00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:17,633 LOOK, WE'RE IN THE PART NO 875 00:23:17,633 --> 00:23:20,766 WHERE PEOPLE START TO ASK -- 876 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:22,800 IT'S EARLY, BUT SOON VOTER 877 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,533 ACROSS THE NATION SCHOOL 878 00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:25,833 THEMSELVES IS DOES THAT MAN OR 879 00:23:25,833 --> 00:23:26,633 WOMAN LOOK PRESIDENTIAL. 880 00:23:26,633 --> 00:23:28,666 AND ANY OF THE OLD CLIPS WE SA 881 00:23:28,666 --> 00:23:31,100 WITH THE ICE CREAM CONE ON THE 882 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:31,833 BOARDWALK, I DON'T KNOW THAT 883 00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:33,033 THAT PLAYS WELL. 884 00:23:33,033 --> 00:23:34,533 GREAT FOR NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR. 885 00:23:34,533 --> 00:23:36,433 I DON'T KNOW THAT IT PLAYS WELL, 886 00:23:36,433 --> 00:23:36,733 GREAT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE 887 00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:37,200 UNITED STATES. 888 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,466 AS WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING TH 889 00:23:38,466 --> 00:23:40,033 GOVERNOR ON THE ROAD, HE'S A LOT 890 00:23:40,033 --> 00:23:41,566 MORE TEMPERED. 891 00:23:41,566 --> 00:23:43,300 THAT'S PART OF ALSO SORT OF JUST 892 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:44,433 REINTRODUCING HIMSELF TO PEOPLE. 893 00:23:44,433 --> 00:23:44,933 >> ABSOLUTELY. 894 00:23:44,933 --> 00:23:46,566 >> FORGET WHAT YOU SEE IN TH 895 00:23:46,566 --> 00:23:46,800 MEDIA. 896 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,166 THIS IS THE REAL ME -- 897 00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:49,066 >> THERE'S SOMETHING - 898 00:23:49,066 --> 00:23:51,333 >> I'M NOT SO SURE -- EVERYONE 899 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:53,000 HAS THIS, YOU KNOW, IMAGE OF 900 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 CHRIS CHRISTIE, THIS GUY WHO 901 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,900 JUST BLOWS 902 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,966 I THINK ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY HA 903 00:23:56,966 --> 00:23:59,600 FOLLOWED HIM FOR YEARS CAN SEE 904 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,733 THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN 905 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:02,100 ACT. 906 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:03,133 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN 907 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:04,733 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT -- NOT A 908 00:24:04,733 --> 00:24:06,266 ACT, NOW I'M SAYING THAT IT' 909 00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:07,133 NOT GENUINE. 910 00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:08,333 BUT HE CAN CONTROL IT -- 911 00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:09,266 >> HE CAN CONTROL IT 912 00:24:09,266 --> 00:24:11,466 >> HE CONTROLS HIS EMOTION NOW 913 00:24:11,466 --> 00:24:12,166 HOW HE REACTS. 914 00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:14,400 >> I THINK I'VE SEEN A LOT O 915 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:21,000 TIMES WHERE HE HAS FEIGNED ANGER 916 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,800 AND THEN YOU LOOK AT HIM -- 917 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:23,566 NEEDED TO BE THERE 918 00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:25,033 >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 919 00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:26,133 >> HE IS DEFINITELY HOLDING BACK 920 00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:26,666 IN AREAS 921 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:27,900 I REMEMBER IT WAS THE NEW JERSEY 922 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:28,666 PRESS CONFERENCE 923 00:24:28,666 --> 00:24:29,866 ONE OF THE VERY FEW PRES 924 00:24:29,866 --> 00:24:30,666 CONFERENCES HE HELD IN NEW 925 00:24:30,666 --> 00:24:32,100 JERSEY THIS YEAR 926 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:35,166 IT WAS WHEN -- THERE WER 927 00:24:35,166 --> 00:24:36,600 PROTESTERS OUT IN NEW BRUNSWIC 928 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,200 SHOUTING AT HIM THE ENTIRE TIME. 929 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,066 THE OLD CHRISTIE KROIF I DON'T 930 00:24:40,066 --> 00:24:42,300 THINK WOULD HAVE -- HE WOULD 931 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:43,766 HAVE HAD SOMETHING MORE TO SAY 932 00:24:43,766 --> 00:24:44,133 >> RIGHT 933 00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:45,566 >> NOT ALWAYS EXPLOSIONS, IT'S 934 00:24:45,566 --> 00:24:51,133 THE PEEVISHNESS, AN IRRITABLIT 935 00:24:51,133 --> 00:24:52,500 AND THE MID-RANGE THAT DOESN'T 936 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:53,200 LOOK PRESIDENTIAL. 937 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,066 I DO THINK HE IS -- HE IS ON HIS 938 00:24:57,066 --> 00:24:57,433 BEST BEHAVIOR. 939 00:24:57,433 --> 00:24:59,633 >> I'LL TELL YOU, TOO, ONE LAS 940 00:24:59,633 --> 00:25:00,000 THING. 941 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,200 THE IDEA AND QUESTIONS THAT WE 942 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,866 ASKED HIM WHEN HE WAS ON THE 943 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:05,133 ROAD, YOU KNOW, COVERING HIM FOR 944 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:05,566 THREE YEARS. 945 00:25:05,566 --> 00:25:07,400 THE QUESTION THAT I MIGHT AS 946 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,700 HIM NOW GETS A DIFFERENT 947 00:25:08,700 --> 00:25:10,233 RESPONSE THAN I KNOW IT WOUL 948 00:25:10,233 --> 00:25:12,800 HAVE 2, 2.5, 3 YEARS AGO 949 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,666 >> MORE INTERESTING -- 950 00:25:14,666 --> 00:25:16,000 ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTIN 951 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,333 THINGS I'VE OBSERVED UP THERE IS 952 00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:21,566 HOW HE'S KIND OF TALKING ABOUT 953 00:25:21,566 --> 00:25:23,866 YOU KNOW, LIFE IN THE WHIT 954 00:25:23,866 --> 00:25:25,566 HOUSE LIKE HE'S ALREAD 955 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,266 PROJECTING HIMSELF AS IN A 956 00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:28,333 PRESIDENTIAL GARB, HOW I'M GOING 957 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:31,033 TO MOVE MY FAMILY DOWN AND GIV 958 00:25:31,033 --> 00:25:32,800 M & Ms TO THERE KID. 959 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,366 CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS O 960 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:35,133 THE AIR FORCE ONE. 961 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:37,666 I THINK IT'S PART OF THE 962 00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:37,933 IMAGERY. 963 00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:38,833 >> ALL RIGHT 964 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:41,000 WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THAT NOTE. 965 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,333 THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FO 966 00:25:42,333 --> 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