live from studio 3a in ross rock fe rockefeller center, it s up against the clock. a place george washington is said to have called one of the most beautiful he d ever seen, it s ahlane. and don t be cool in front of his entire school at the age of 7. from memphis, he represents bucolic ninth district, welcome congressman steve cohen. and from wayne, pennsylvania, she s a mainline native making it big in washington, d.c. say hello to nbc s own casey hahn. and. now the host of up against the clock, steve kornacki! thank you, bill walsh and thank you 1250ud yo audience and at home for tuning in. this is up against the clock.
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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
to me at least harks a only in jersey feel to it. right? i always say, christie sort of traded on nationally a positive image of new jersey. the image that new jersey is home to a lot of people who are rough around the edges but give you straight talk, and they re not going to b.s. you. chris christie would go to these republican events, in iowa, wherever it was, tell them, i m going to talk to you jersey-style and they love it. it would be blunt seems the other image of new jersey is reinforceed by all this, casey, when talking to republicans this week, were you picking up on that? this is new jersey. we don t want to touch this? for sure. it wasn t just appearances in iowa and new hampshire. his whole convention address. wleb he gave the evening speech at republican national convention, all of these graphics, new jersey. the whole focus. it s a big part of what he s selling. there is and was discussed a lot of concern about how his personality is a wild card. this is something
best friends, his law firm, represents. i don t think people equate that on the same level of civil rights, but i guess that s one thing i m wondering about, casey. that image of bullying. it sort of cut both ways, i think, and a lot of republicans received it one way the last few years. he s a tough, strong leader like you re hearing from mitt romney. i wonder if republicans themselves are rethinking that? definitely a sense that. definitely a sense while on the one hand christie s personality has been something that s appealed to even some elements of the tea party. he has problems with conservatives. anger among the tea party that want to take it to washington and wanting somebody who will stand up there and speak the people s voice. christie has spoke ton some in those groups in the past. i think at this point it s pretty clear that it s starting to turn on itself and something that could easily be a weakness. we were discussing before, it s something ta could lead him to make mi