that's yes went on meet the jerry, fox new jersey sunday, face the turnpike and this new jersey new jersey new jersey. >> chris christie 2016 just will not go away but today a staff on how chris christie will do against hillary clinton. some interesting numbers for you to chew on with those cheerios. as for the current president the health care law with his name on it gets some more bad news. we know just how many people signed up. write down your guess. "price is right" rules are in effect. what if you can catch a beer like buzz but avoid the hangover. professor says he found a way to do just that. this is way too early. >>> good morning, everyone, brian shactman, tuesday, november 12th. we have monday night football on paper. doesn't seem to be much of a match-up. some highlights four in sports. but we want to begin with t

i love you, new jersey! thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> how did that speech sound to republican presidential primary voters? >> look, see all the promise and peril of chris christie in that speech. you see the rough diamond. all the political talent on display. you see a little bit over self reverential. you know, there that i am not sure that, that plays out. you see the necessity for world class speech writing. as you make the transition into a presidential campaign. certainly if you look at, you know, him through the prism of what's going on in washington -- you know the republican leaders on, on the national stage, you look at that speech, you look at his dynamicism with enthusiasm and optimism. >> david axelrod, in new jersey of the voters who elected chris christie tonight. if he faces hillary clinton on a presidential ballot in new jersey, hillary clinton would get 50% of the vote. chris christie would get 43% of the vote. so democrats may have to contend with chris christie down the r

i love you, new jersey. thank you very much! [ cheers and applause ] >> there he is, chris christie the newly re-elected governor of new jersey making victory speech to the garden state and without a doubt beyond. back to the panel, at chris christie headquarters in asbury park jake tapper. >> what jumped out at you? >> that wasn't an acceptance speech. that was an announcement speech. here was somebody saying look we shook up new jersey. guess. what take a look at washington. washington is going to get a lesson from this tonight. it was good to see that governor chr christie overcame his shyness. >> and laboring with that false modesty. >> in a way people find it comforting. because when washington's out of control, when government's out of control, you want somebody there. he didn't use a lot of fancy words. he's real people talk. real people stories. there was a lot of political bull in there. but very good political bull. >> nothing policy specific he'd done. waiting for him to tell me what he'd done. >> he didn't do the lis

for me i'm governor of new jersey and my job is to run the state of new jersey. and it's just something i think, in all seriousness, norah, you just -- dash folks in my position spout off opinions off the top of their head just wind up doing more harm than good. i'm not going to engage in that. >> let's turn now to politics, congratulations on your victory this past week. i want to remind our viewers how you won because you're a republican and new jersey is a very blue state you won 66% of independents. you won 32% of democrats. 51% of hispanic voters and 21% of african american voters. is there a lesson there for the rest of the republican party? >> the lesson is to govern, norah, and show up. let me explain what i mean. on governing it's about doing things, accomplishing things, reaching across the aisle crafting accomplishments. ours i think are significant. 143,000 new private sector jobs in the last four years. $2.3 billion business tax cuts to help create those jobs. reforming teacher tenure for the first time in 100 years in new jersey. reforming a broken

which has nothing to do with my record in new jersey and what i've done in new jersey. and we're proud of that record and i'm going to continue to work really hard over the next four years as governor of new jersey to make sure i continue to bring people together and accomplish things like lowering taxes, increases private sector employment, shrinking the size of government, all the things that are so consistent with the principles of my party. >> "time" magazine has your sell -- silhoutte on the cover of the magazine this week along with a headline, "the elephant in the room." more than any other question people wanted me to ask you how you feel about that? >> who cares about that? seriously. i'm on the cover of "time" magazine. it is certainly not the first weight joke that has been thrown my way over the course of the last four years, chris. it doesn't matter to me. i haven't seen the issue yet. i've just seen the cover, haven't read the issue yet. it doesn't matter to me. if you're going to be bothered by that kind of stuff you don't belong in public leadership. the

welcome to new jersey! people ask me for hugs, people ask me for hugs to make sure, i wouldn't forget. people ask me for hugs just to know that the leader of the state cared about them. and people came up to me all the time in the aftermath and said to me, governor, where did you get the energy? where did you get the energy day after day after day to do that? and i told them you don't understand, do you? those hugs gave more to me than i could ever give back to them. they gave me hope and faith and optimism for our future. the people of new jersey had given me much more than i could ever hope to give back to them. they have given me hope, they have given me faith. and they have given me the trust. and it is with that hope, with that optimism, that faith and that trust that we, together, confront the next four years of opportunity for our state. i know that tonight, a dispirited america, angry with their dysfunctional government in washington. looks to new jersey to say is what i think happening really happe

i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >> much closer this evening was that other gubernatorial race in the commonwealth of virginia, a contest that tea party-backed republican ken cucinnelli the state attorney general led for much of the night as election returns kept trickling in. though cnn ultimately called it for democrat terry mcauliffe little more than an hour ago as more districts from northern virginia reported back. mcauliffe is giving his victory speech right now. i want to go straight to wolf blitzer and john king back in washington, d.c. with the latest election night results. wolf, john? >> thanks very much, jake. these are the winners in the biggest contests tonight. in virginia, in the virginia governor's race the former democratic party chairman and clinton ally terry mcauliffe defeating the republican candidate and tea party favorite ken cucinnelli in a race that was more suspenseful than a lot of us expected. in new jersey a big win for republican governor chris christie, a possible

how about this, new jersey? [applause] idies and gentlemen, tonight stand here as your governor and i am so proud to be your governor. born in newark, raised in livingston. wife in pennsylvania, a real jersey girl and raised our family rate here -- right here, right here in this amazing state. i love just as much as my mother and father raised me to love it. you see, what people have never understood about us is that i did not need the introduction to all of you. i know you because i am one of you. [applause] tonight, first and foremost, i want to say thank you, new jersey, for making me the luckiest guy in the world. [applause] and the only greatest honor and privilege of being a one term governor in new jersey is to be a two-term governor in new jersey. he got to meet my kids again tonight. we are so proud of them. over the last four years but especially this year, new jersey first know what a special lady they have. i love you, mary pat. i spoke to senator barbara buono a while ago. her for a spirited campaig

jersey is to be a two-term governor of new jersey. [applause] you got to meet my kids again tonight. we're so proud of them, andrew, sara, patrick, bridget, i love you all. [applause] over the last four years, but especially this year, new jersey got to know what a special first lady they have. i love you, mary pat. [applause] i spoke to the senator buono a while ago she congratulated me and was very gracious. very gracious in her congratulations and i thanked her for a spirited company and for her 20 years of public service to the state. [applause] now, we came to office four years ago, we stood behind a podium like this, and said that people were tired of politics as usual, they wanted to get things done and we promised we were going to go to trenton and turn it upside down and i think we've done just that. [applause] the people of new jersey four years ago were down hearthed and dispirited. they didn't believe that government could work for them anymore. in fact, what they thought, what they thought was that government was just the

jersey is to be a two-term governor of new jersey. you got to meet my kids again tonight. we're so proud of them, andrew, sara, patrick, bridget, i love you all. over the last four years, but especially this year, new jersey got to know what a special first lady they have. i love you, mary pat. i spoke to the senator a while ago she congratulated me and was very gracious. very gracious in her congratulations and i thanked her for a spirited company and for her 20 years of public service to the state. \[applause] now, we came to office four years ago we stood behind a podium like this, and said that people were tired of poll techs as usual, they wanted to get things done and we promised we were going to go to trenton and turn it upside down and i think we've done just that. the people of new jersey four years ago were down hearthed and dispirited. they didn't believe that government could work for them anymore. in fact, what they thought, what they thought was that government was just there to take from them but not to give to them. no

people of new jersey think yes. anderson, as we quick guard into chris christie, the voters were asked who would you pick between hillary clinton and chris christie. by a narrow margin they said we'd take hillary clinton. >> we'll wait to hear from chris christie. christie headquarters in asbury park you're looking there. the governor expected at the microphone any minute now. we'll bring you his comments. first let's check in with dana bash and hillary clinton call live headquarters in virginia. a lot of excitement there. >> that is an understate. people here really thought they were going to be feeling and seeing and they were going to be able to bask in a couple hours ago. it was closer than even mcauliffe's closest supporters and campaign workers thought it will be. but a victory is a victory. and the reality of this race is that people here in virginia didn't love either of the candidates. i mean, if you look at sort of the general anecdotes from all the reporting that went on here, it's not like a new jersey w

that's why he went on meet the jersey, fox news jersey sunday, face the turnpike and this new jersey with new jersey new jersey. >> time for your "first look" of your dish of scrambled politics. this might be the strangest campaign against obama care. a group fund by the koch parties are throwing tailgate parties to educate young people p.m. it's more like a drunken frat party to discourage enrollment. >> members of the hilary super p.a.c. will gather to plot how mrs. clinton will win the presidency in 2016. >>> new polling finds strong support to raise the minimum wage. 76% of americans back increasing it from 7.25 an hour to $9. senate leaders say they will hold a vote on the legislation before thanksgiving. >>> a group in boston is exploring a bid for the 2024 olympics. the "boston globe" reports former presidential candidate memorabilia has come on board to bring the games to his home town. he ran the 2002 winter games in salt lake city. >>> senator john mccain is turning down another bid for president. the arizona republican says while he's getting a lot of pressure to run it's

get back to work and finish the job for new jersey. that's what i'll do. i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >> chris christie basically launched his 2016 presidential campaign, was not shy about it. more with our panel and the big night for the republican party's new star, as well as a democrat who just took new york by storm. >>> i know that tonight a dispirted america, angry with their dysfunctional government in washington -- [ applause ] looks to new jersey to say, is what i think happening really happening? are people really coming together? are we really working, african-americans and hispanics, farmers and teachers, are we really working together? let me give the answer to everybody watching tonight. under this government, our first job is to get the job done. as long as i'm governor, that job will always, always be finished. >> that was new jersey governor chris christie speaking about one hour ago after his re-election victory earlier todd. joining me now, steve carnaky, and john nichols. and karen finney and former communications director for the dnc. that par

jersey, now living in teaneck, new jersey. he's 20 years old. his body was discovered just about an hour ago with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head area. he himself went to the area where he did this. it was a difficult area of the mall, behind some construction. >> reporter: no one else was injured in the shooting. surveillance individuvideo show gunman aimed at security cameras. >> the visor on the mel mhelmet lifted up. he was a while male. he wasn't aiming at anything. he had the gun in his hand aimlessly and he was walking past the apple store. he wasn't yelling. he didn't seem angered. he was just walking. >> reporter: police say shoop was carrying a rifle modified to look like an ak-47, stolen from his brother. >> it would look like an ak-47 but it is not an ak-47. it's where you take the handgun and modify it to make it look like something it is not. but it is a lawful gun owned by the brother. >> reporter: police say shoop has no history of mental illness but say he abused drugs. >> we do believe that the mai

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one victory is going to be chris christie in new jersey. the humiliating defeat by cuccineli is going to say that americans don't like zealots, the extreme left or right. but right now they're afraid of the right. >> romney didn't win because he was too moderate. they got their contest in virginia and it looks like he's going to be worse than mitt romn romney. the voters opposed to the tea party, just flocked to terry mcauliffe. i think one exception is going to be new york city, where you're going to have a very progressive guy get elected today. the republican party is going to have to move to the center, and the democrats are moving a little bit. >> i think that boehner has been so afraid of the right because he needs 218, 217 to get anything done. so he's been leaning over to the craziest right and now we're getting more of a picture of the dog. well, it's an elephant is what it is. >> and if john boehner is looking at these exit polls from both virginia and new jersey, he'll see the dog. the dog is the self-described moderates who make

i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. [applause] >> ♪ >> governor christie made the rounds on the sunday talk shows and this morning five days after winning reelection. he talked about his campaign success as well is what he sees antirepublican parties future. this is from meet the press. >> i think what did the election showed was if you want to attract a majority of the hispanic vote and triple your african-american voters, what you need to do is show up. you need to show up to the places -- i get a townhall meeting in my state about a year and a half ago. i got 1.7% of the vote in 2009. i went in there and there were more people in the church that voted for me in 2009. you go and do show up and you listen. you start to make europe argument about your policies and the results show that is the kind of engagement that we need as republicans all across the country to listen and to show up in places where we have not gotten a great amount of support before. >> another victory speech from tuesday's elections. this one from

the new jersey new jersey template could work in a general election but first, he has to sell it to his own party. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> more now with republican strategist anna navarro, national hispanic chair and cnn political polster cornell belche. >> calls reporter idiots, says he doesn't need to mend fence, people need to understand who he is. it's appealing to people and could it be a liability outside of new jersey? >> look, some people are going to like him, some people are not. he's absolutely right. he cannot change it. this is who he is and this is part of what he brings to the table. an enormous amount of authenticity, which is something we complained about not having in our last nominee. this is something we actually crave and i think he also brings a dramatic change from what's in the white house now and after eight years we may be due for some of that change. anderson, you can't argue with the numbers. the guy got a third of democrats, a majority of latinos, he got 2-1 the independents, 57% of women. any republican that could come close to those numbers woul

where is he leading new jersey? they have a credit downgrade under his watch and nobody talks about that. they're the worst in every other state in job creation and the reason. this guy has a terrible record, given a total path. you ran unopposed. del believe the hype and do not join the cult of chris christie. >> you are missing the point about this. people like him. that is a rare commodity. >> i like the guy. i like a lot of people. but i don't want him to be president of the united states. he gets credit for one thing. his stake got hit by a terrible storm and he acted like a decent person. 49 other governors should have done that. that does not qualify you to be president. look at the book that just came out, doubled down. he is late, mean, rude, unpredictable. reason he is not vice-president. when you look at this guy closely and you get past all of the charm, there is a disturbing pattern. his happiest day and everybody jumped up and down and be happy but i will tell you right now the myth of chris christie i

where is he leading new jersey to? new jersey has one of the worst credit ratings in the country, the bottom has fallen out. he got downgraded on his own watch. property taxes up. jobs down. poverty up. where is he leading people to? >> if you look at the poll numbers from the exit polls and how he led during hurricane sandy, he was spectacular. people saw him. he's the kind of guy, he worked with president obama, your friend president obama in a way, in a bipartisan way to say we're going to fix this and he did fix it. >> hold on now. everybody applauded that. >> that's leadership. >> that's what you're supposed to do. however, there's not a governor in all 50 states that wouldn't have shown up for work that day. and now you got problems with -- >> you got the obama economy. it's awfully hard to fix the obama economy. he's trying as best he can. but he's got washington screwing things up. >> he's worse than every other neighboring state, though. am i wrong? >> i can tell how serious this candidate is for 2016 by your

i'm the governor of new jersey and i'm focused on that. that is why we got 60% of the vote tuesday night. i'll work with everyone and anyone who is willing to work with me and my principles that were affirmed by 61% of the voters. less government spending and 143,000 new private sector jobs. the rest of this stuff is the game that gets played in washington. that garbage is why people don't like it. >> governor, as you know, there is a new political book out called double down in which it reports that governor romney decided not to choose you because of too many quote red flags. they talk about your work as a lobbyist and steering government contracts to do nors and allies. your response? >> the only person who hasn't said that is governor romknee. he did it after the book came out. again, this is part of the game of washington, d.c. which has nothing to do with my record in new jersey and what i have down. we are proud of that record and i'm going to work hard over the next four years to bring people together and increase private secter em

look at middle fax county, new jersey. they have the two largest towns, both over 100,000 people, are both 1/5 asians. i believe that if kristi can crack 40 among asians and hispanics that will give him a lot too, what josh said, calling cards that can create a coalition that will win nationally. he won't be the only republican out there, but he will have the most recent credibility. >> do you think the white house will come to regret how it handled new jersey? is a smart play two b? >> is it a smart play to let it be? >> i don't think the white house cares. terry mcauliffe is winning despite the fact he is terry mcauliffe. christie is winning because he is chris christie. in virginia, and another cycle or two, we will be describing virginia as a blue state. we will not be calling it a tossup or purple straight that state anymore. terry mcauliffe is benefiting from the demographic changes in that state and he got a very right-wing candidate that alienated northern virginia. in virginia, i would disagree with what kellyanne

i mentioned new jersey, a second ago. besides what is going on, there is a ballot initiative requiring minimum wage in new jersey to bump up to 8.25 an hour, and further, in constitution with guaranteed increases pegged to the rate of inflation, ralph nader likes that idea. what do you make of that? >> i think it is a big election issue next year. 70% of the american people want a rate of inflation adjusted minimum wage. a great economic stimulus. there are 30 million voters out there, making less today than workers made in 1968 adjusted for inflation. neil: what about the other workers, say, if you give them increases, pegged to inflation, my employer should demanded to do the same from me. a lot of those employers say, if i'm doing as well as rate of inflation sure, if i am not, my business declined 3%, i am screwed. >> well, america needs a raise, corporate profits are going through the roof, executive compensation, head of walmart and target make $11,000 hour. neil: what if their business is not that great. why should

john terrett in new jersey. now let's go to georgia, mike viqueira covering the gubernatorial race there between terry mcauliffe and ken cuccinelli. it's still too early to call, right mike? >> reporter: it is, john, and it will be a closer race than we've seen in new jersey. you have a republican candidate here who has the opposite problem of chris christie who lacks the tea party support or has that perception in new jersey because so many conservatives angry with him for boosting chris christie's chances or president obama's chance notice aftermath of hurricane sandy. we have a candidate here ken cuccinelli who does not have that problem. he has strong tea party support. he is a tea party conservative, tea party-affiliated. the problem is that might not be enough to carry him over the polls. the democrat terry mcauliffe leading by five to nine points. the area is increasingly blue where it once was deep red. president obama won this state in 2008, and in off year election when there is no presidential race at

with new jersey new jerseyopolis." (laughter) and i admire how despite all the speculation, christie stays humble about his future by bragging only about his past. >> on governing it's about doing things, accomplishing things, reaching across the aisle and crafting accomplishments. you know, 143, now new private sectors jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. 143000 new private sector jobs. 1423,000 new private sector jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. (laughter). >> stephen: wow! 143,000 times seven mentions on t.v. equals -- (laughter) (laughter) (cheers and applause) not running for president. frankly, i don't know why these sunday shows won't just leave chris christie alone! i mean, the man has got to focus on governing new jersey with michael j. fox and jimmy fallon! i just hope he has time to record his not running for president robocalls. >> hi, this is chris christie. i'm not running for anything, i'm focused on being governor of new jersey. stop calling me! i don't want to p

look at the exits in new jersey. even though chris christie, there is an overwhelming win there for him, they're rejecting the republican party. 58% disapprove of the republican party. in virginia, we see what's happening in the race. the votes are still out in fairfax. so we don't know what the margin will be. cucinelli is losing among women, because he's seen as too extreme on abortion, on contraception. even on economic issues. according to some exit polls, 83% of virginia voters are opposing the tea party. that means something. that means that the must be reboot that happened a year ago, which we haven't seen yet, has. appeared and they need to start thinking about how they're going to run in the future. >> when we come back, the political scandal to end all scandals. a politician caught smoking crack cocaine. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocai cocaine. but am i an addict? no. introducing cardioviva: the first probiotic to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels without a prescription. cardioviva. >>> yes, i have

>> hillary clinton. >> in new jersey. in new jersey. i'm sorry, in new jersey. >> in new jersey -- i still think hillary would win. because i think that, you know, part of the problem with barbara buono and i know we're giving chris christie a lot of credit. he did spend a lot of money, but she was not just not a good candidate, but there were a number of opportunities and this is what i heard from democrats in this state, she really missed and really could have made more of -- like the fact he spent taxpayer dollars to separate out these two elections. she didn't really make much of that. so i think part of her problem was she just didn't inspire many in the democratic base. hillary clinton is somebody who will inspire democrats across the -- you know, across the board and moderates and i think some republicans. so in that context, i think part of the problem with bueno is she just never seemed like a viable real candidate that people could get excited about. >> whereas hillary clinton totally would. she reminds me of martha coakley. b

of new jersey. there's a question of legislative coattails. the democrats control state assembly in new jersey. could a big chris christie win carry in republicans, maybe give them control of one of those chambers? it seems unlikely it will happen. a lot has to do with the nature of the campaign chris christie has run. christie has not taken immense population in new jersey. not taken likelihood of a 20, 25-point within and said to voters not only do you need to re-elect me but a republican legislature. if i have a republican legislature i'll do x, y, z for you. what he's done is run a campaign that acknowledges this is a blue state, a democratic state. hey, i know you guys would just generally rather vote for democrats. but here is why i'm the one republican you can feel okay voting for. in addition to that one of the dirty secrets of chris christie governorship, one of the reasons he's been able to get through democratic legislature is he's made deals, alliances with democratic bosses. a big boss,

that was new jersey governor chris christie. i said that because that's what political consultants say to candidates all the time. if he does decide to run for president sometime soon, he's probably going to have a copy of that speech handy for the stump speech. i talked to some people in new jersey about the possibility of a presidential run. in fact, most people were showing up at these events were there hoping to take a picture with a guy they think might be in the oval office, not hanging out in trenton. but it was interest, one woman brought up same-sex marriage. i didn't ask. show brought it up. it's legal in the garden state. it was used to frame christie's challenge in those early voting states. this person brought it up to me. fascinating. take a listen. >> yeah. maybe we are a little more liberal than in iowa, but it's the way life is today. nothing you can do about it. >> our msnbc contribute or the and political editor of the grio. perry, my basic question to that woman was how's jersey going to play in iowa? and she

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he's been able to work new jersey democrats, because new jersey democrats were fractured and they were looking for someone they could deal with. and there was no election night gathering when christie was elected the first time around, the state said down the line, anything he brings up we will throw back at him. it can be an effective strategy fi for essentially creating a lot of political -- >> it can. but he's been smart enough to be able to pick them off one by one and find the things they're interested, and to work that kind of magic. i worked very closely with democrats even though both houses were republican. but some of the most controversial pieces of legislation, took democrat support and you can do it. he's done it magnificently, because democrats didn't even fight him. i feel sorry for barbara buono because the democrats ran from her. >> i want to talk about the virginia race which is looking quite close at the moment. we'll talk about the implications there right after we take this break. without the thinking that makes it real? what's a vision without the expertise to exe

of new jersey. i was surprised by how bluntly he was already campaigning for president on the night that he got re-elected. but looking at the results we see out of new jersey, anything that was surprising or anything you think was particularly important there? >> no, i think what you're saying is true. this is a speech they started writing about a year ago. it was clear a year ago he was going to have an easy time in the election because the democratic party did not invest in this election. the democratic party nationally and at the state level gave up on this race. this is the thing, i think what she's saying is true, i feel for barbara bonin, she spent the last year, she really worked this thing. she was out there every day, that's a hard thing to do when your party isn't around you, you don't have the money and the media. barbara bono only had this nomination because her party sort of gave up on it. if the democratic party decided they could contest this and they could win this, this is a very m

shopping mall in new jersey, near closing time. he began firing but apparently did not aim at any of the thousands of shoppers. as police rushed in, the 20-year-old gunman holed up in a back room, then turned his weapon on himself. today, his family is speaking out. >> my brother intended to harm nobody else but himself. he just sadly decided to make an act of -- an act of i guess self-indulgence by taking his own life publicly and it's a tragedy to us all. >> there were no other casualties except the shattered nerves of more americans who once again are forced to wonder if this is the nation's new normal. brian todd is here in "the situation room" looking into this. what are you seeing? >> there is an impression now that there has been one high profile shooting after another in the u.s. some of that has to do with media attention and perpetrators wanting that attention. either way, as one expert says, it's giving americans a collective case of post-traumatic stress. panic and terror inside a new jersey shopping mall. bullets fly b

. >> i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >>> after his commanding win, chris christie is here, live. can he win over the tea party and unite republicans? >>> and what about texas governor rick perry? he's back in iowa. we get answers from both. christie and perry. only on "this week." >>> plus, nuclear talks with iran stall overnight. we have breaking details. >>> all that, and the powerhouse roundtable. a crack-smoking mayor. and john goodman. it's all here this sunday morning. >>> and we begin with two breaking stories. secretary of state john kerry leaving geneva early this morning without a deal over iran's nuclear program and information streaming in on that devastating typhoon. officials now fear at least 10,000 are dead. they haven't reached so many of the hardest-hit area. ginger zee is tracking this story. this may have been the strongest storm ever to hit land. >> it was fascinating, george, these images are just terrifying, horrifying. so many adjectives that you could use. we're starting to s

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jersey or states that are outside new jersey, but also i think we saw those flashes of temper in this campaign that i really continue to wonder how that is going to play on the national stage where there's both more spotlight and more pressure. >> is that something that he's going to have to temper, ron? >> yeah, and it's not just the temper he shows publicly, but it goes to his whole temperament. how disciplined will he be? how will he respond to crisis? it's a real concern. >> people are making comparisons to george w. bush in 1998. has chris christie tapped into what the republicans should look for as the model for winning in 2016, ron? >> i would think so, if you just look at what he did in new jersey, which is a democratic state. he just won with 60% of the vote. he is trying to do the george bush model. that is really roll out the numbers, especially with parts of the voting electorate that no other republican can really touch and say, okay, you might not really like everything about me, but at least i can win. there's a big difference between being a bush and a christie. you kn

right here in new jersey. they will be watching us. >> christie is aiming for the widest margin of victory. he racked up a 750,000 vote margin and carried every one of the counties. virginia and new jersey usually vote together. if christie wins and cuccinelli loses, it will be the first time since 1985. forget about the streak about virginia going the opposite of what the presidential vote goes. how about that? since 1985 both have gone the same way in that governor's race. already on sunday, mitt romney was arguing the victory could be a sign of strength for 2016. >> chris could easily become our nominee and save our party. paul ryan and jeb bush and marco rubio. there is a long list of capable person, but he was one of the strongest likes. >> does ted cruz stand out to you? >> i'm not going to disqualify anybody, but i indicated the names that are most effective in becoming elected. >> one more story line as they take back over the party. this is a long time friend and ally. bill and hillary clinton have do