the town hall meetings in new jersey. he's getting his confidence back. he's not the really pushed around by bush and the success of walker. >> so from what you saw, was bridgegate dogging him the entire event? >> and we ask this because there is a headline in the "new york times" that bridgegate dogs christie even new hampshire. and certainly we saw nothing to suggest that from everything we read. >> maybe you saw it. >> did you see it? >> i was -- the reporter is a great reporter. and he's right, he was asked about the bridge. one of the retirees said he was actually stuck in the traffic jam. it was a playful tease. and i think the time was right in this sense that christie is -- it's almost a cloud that hovers over him. . even when he's at his best people are still playing around about the bridgegate stuff. but not exactly dogging him politically. people don't seem to be consumed by it the way some others may be. >> and while michael wrote the