hampshire? new jerseyans are not happy. i m glad to be noticed by donald. i m happy to say whatever he wants to give me in 140 characters or less, which is the way he communicates best. that s fine. is this a compliment that he is now punching you? who knows. i will not spend the precious time you and i have together talking about trump. oh, yes, we are. he is just one of a number of candidates for us to talk about and chew over. right. he is the frontrunner. you have avoided criticizing him. he insists he is now doubling down and tripling down. he saw thousands of muslims celebrating after 9/11 in jersey city. then he says from four miles away in his office, he could see people jumping from the world
moment when it comes to media attention. i think the union leader endorsement, as you say, it guarantees nothing in terms of its political capital but it does bring renewed attention to christie. the problem for christie is he s still fighting a complicated crowded race in new hampshire. the same type of politician, a mainstream republican hawk, kasich, bush, rubio, they re all out there banking on new hampshire. the other thing about christie is this campaign season is so long we were just talking about donald trump and his sort of birtherism which seems many, many chapters ago. part of the problem christie had is that he s really not particularly popular in the state he s governing. and there s lots of people who think he s done a bad job governing it. and i say that as sort of reflective of conservative opinion. this is his 39% approval rating in new jersey. 67% say christie should drop out of the race. and 5% of new jerseyans would choose chris christie as gop candidate. that s
opinion. this is his 39% approval rating in new jersey. 67% say christie should drop out of the race. and 5% of new jerseyans would choose chris christie as gop candidate. that strikes me as that still remains the biggest obstacle that guy has. and his rivals have yet to bring up the bridge scandal. that could be a problem for christie on the horizon. the reason christie is having a bit of a moment, why he s getting a boost is really simple. one, post-paris you see someone with his prosecutor profile, someone who s been a former u.s. attorney, tough talk, he s rising with the republican hawks in new hampshire. and he is a political talent. when it comes to holding the town hall meeting he s pretty good. that s one of the things i think we re starting to see on display more. you see it in ted cruz, some of the videos that come out of his events. you see it with chris christie. just as sort of a descriptive matter of their political ability to work a room, talk to a crowd, you can se
is deeply troubled, when he is spending all of his time in new hampshire? new jerseyans not happy. you say? i m just so glad to be noticed by donald. isn t that nice? it s great. and i m happy to take whatever input he wants to give me in 140 characters or less, which is apparently the way he communicates best. so fine. is this a compliment that he s now taking a punch at you? who knows. you know, it s like i think i m not going to play into the business of spending the precious time you and i have together talking about donald trump. oh, yes, we are. he s just one of the number of candidates for us to talk about and chew over. right. but he is the front-runner. you have avoided criticizing him. but he has gotten more outrageous by the day. he insists he s now double down and triple down that he saw
leader backing his 2016 run for president. the publisher saying christie was right for these dangerous times. after the news broke, it did not take long for donald trump to react tweeting how is chris christie running the state of new jersey, which is deeply troubled when he s spending all his time in new hampshire. new jerseyans not happy. chris christie shot back. here s what he said on cnn today. i m really glad that donald noticed me. that s so nice. i m happy to take any observations he has. even if he can only do them in 140 characters or less. so that s fine. joining me from washington, chief political analyst gloria borger. i want to get to chris christie in a moment. just cross canning the wires ted cruz, who is now running second to donald trump in iowa, just came out and told a room of voters in iowa, look, you guys in iowa take politics seriously. i don t think donald trump is going to be the normminee.