sort of campaign advisor perspective. he did everything professionals would tell him to do. he apparently talked to everyone before he went out and talked about it he then, again, he apologized. he fired somebody. he sat there and rung reporters dry by taking almost two hours worth of questions. and then he goes to fort lee and meets with the guy. and allows this to happen. allows the photos to be taken, lous the cameras to show him. and he went there with the mayor. just 48 hours ago was calling him a piece of garbage. he lived up to, christie lived up to christie. exactly. he has a reputation as a straight shooter, charismatic man. man of the people. hard to live up to that. in the middle of the scandal he managed to pull that off. wore off the media not the longest but pretty long. he absolutely did. so funny, all kinds of journalists complaining on twitter going on too long. you think journalists would want the opportunity to ask as many questions as possible to elect
the governor ed was gracious and apologetic and he believes what he said. this is part of why what christie did today was so brilliant from a p.r. or sort of campaign advisor perspective. he did everything professionals would tell him to do. he apparently talked to everyone before he went out and talked about it he then, again, he apologized. he fired somebody. he sat there and rung reporters dry by taking almost two hours worth of questions. and then he goes to fort lee and meets with the guy. and allows this to happen. allows the photos to be taken, lous the cameras to show him. and he went there with the mayor. just 48 hours ago was calling him a piece of garbage. he lived up to, christie lived up to christie. exactly. he has a reputation as a straight shooter, charismatic man. man of the people. hard to live up to that. in the middle of the scandal he managed to pull that off. wore off the media not the longest but pretty long. he absolutely did. so funny, all kinds
24 hours after a traffic scandal makes national headlines, governor chris christie fires a top aide and gives campaign manager the boot. elise viebeck and ed o keefe and washington examiner susan. elise, first to you, do you think anybody s opinion has changed of governor chris christie in the last 48 hours? no, i don t really think so. i think christie acquitted himself pretty well today. he came across as confident. he said that he aspired someone showing action. i think that in general everyone, he did what he was expected to do. and is this a local story or should people in my hometown in wisconsin care about this one. they should care if he runs for president. i think what will happen now is that, he yes, he did everything he had to do today, pr 101 to admit you were wrong, apologize, take action and answer every last question there was from reporters. now it opens the door to any other sort of incident last few years he has been governor where he may have
ben? sure. absolutely. this is pr 101. you see an outrage and say oh, well, we got involved. we have suspended him. at the end of the day, i think the family is going to say, you want to play hardball, we ll walk away and someone else will put the show on the air. they have other offers. they are not going to be bullied by it. he said look, i listed a lot of sins. i am a christian. skipture is offensive to some people because they don t like what it says. they are going to end up being fine but a & e are going to have backlash until they put them back on. a high school student in atlanta was suspended for hugging a teacher. you probably remember this. are we moving toward a world where we can t hug each other? something as simple as a hug? i think we have moved into a
has to undergo. the removal of a mole. the removal of a mole would be really good right now. he can t keep talking this is pr 101. the thing about this is, though, as former senior administration official told me several days ago, this is not a communications problem, this is a fix the problem problem. i should also say that those of us who have spoken with white house officials in the last few months have been told time and time again they felt immigration was off the table until 2015. so yes this is obviously a smart play for them. they need to change the subject and this clearly cuts the gop in half in the way the debt ceiling fight did. in terms of an agenda that gets things done, i wouldn t hold my breath. are those conversations you had with white house officials after or before the shutdown? to me it seems there s a sense among democrats they have increased political capital.