here zillions governor chris christie explaining his now infamous moment in the sun this weekend. i don t count going out on the beach after i ve been working all morning to sit and there is vintage chris christie. in two elections in new jersey, chris christie won. i don t think anybody who voted for christie and there s a lot of people who voted for him today that would din it. i don t think anybody who voted for christie can say they got a different chris christie than the one they voted for. when you look at elite level politicians which he certainly falls into that category in every instance, the strength and weaknesses of these people are the opposite sides of the same coin. and i think what you saw was a govern in his last months in office, his last july 4th, beach mansion in the state of new
politicians which he certainly falls into that category in every instance, the strength and weaknesses of these people are the opposite sides of the same coin. and i think what you saw was a gove govern in his last months in office, his last july 4th, beach mansion in the state of new jersey saying i m going to use there for my family and you know and from his perception, he had the democrats in the legislature that the budget wasn t done wasn t going to ruin his beach holiday, the optics be damned. that s the chris christie we ve seen on the public stage since hour one of his arrival to national prominence. gene, i love the part where he wants to get into a debate of exactly what level of recline is necessary to be because he was sitting. he wasn t laying down. but i think the fascinating thing is the point steve just made. here s a guy who won twice in
let john mccain move into. joining me now is jonathan capehart, washington post editorial writer and msnbc contributor. how are you? i feel we always bring you in to do the snark thing on the gop. it s too much fun. it is, but is it legitimate? look, presidents are wealthy people, they have ivy league degrees, is it okay for us to make fun of mitt romney for bull dozing his beach mansion and building another in the same spot? when you put it like that, of course, it is. this plays into the narrative that unfortunately mitt romney unwittingly plays into. he s smart, he s handsome, he s rich, and on top of it, he s changed his policy positions on a whole host of things that sort of feed into, sort of makes you not want to like him in that way. remember in the 2008 campaign, there were stories going around how none of his republican
degrees, is it okay for us to make fun of mitt romney for bull dozing his beach mansion and building another in the same spot? when you put it like that, of course, it is. this plays into the narrative that unfortunately mitt romney unwittingly plays into. he s smart, he s handsome, he s rich, and on top of it, he s changed his policy positions on a whole host of things that sort of feed into, sort of makes you not want to like him in that way. remember in the 2008 campaign, there were stories going around how none of his republican opponents even liked him, so the fact that he has a fabulous beach house in california, he s bull dozing it and he s going to build an 11,000-square foot house in its place, you know, it s just you look at the guy like really, you were just there in that diner in florida saying you were unemployed, and even when he did that we crossed our eyes saying are you serious, really, are you serious? is it a timing issue? look, we spent last week asking should t