buzzfeed.com. thank you for joining us. casey, start with you. you probably spent the most time this week with republicans than anybody at this table. >> a lot of time together. >> your observations on just the conversations you had this week in washington with republicans about chris christie, what were you picking up on? >> chris christie is still somebody who republicans view as a potential candidate in 207116. he's gone from the one who sits at the top of everyone's list when you ask. so, hey, who do you think's going to be best in the running for 2016? it used to be, first answer, all our governors, chris christie in new jersey. now it's scott walker, for example. a lot of willingness to give chris christie benefit of the doubt but coming with the caveat only if there's not another shoe to drop. and as you said earlier on the show, there's going to be a long time and a lot of paper and a