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high school or any other time in his life, howard fineman joining us. nice to see you again, sir. i m thinking back to social studies class here. i don t know. those things never go away. it s tricky. if my permanent record is permanent we have a lot to talk about. look, we talk a lot about will christie make it through 2014 as governor, is he still alive in terms of the presidential race, 2016. i want to talk about the rga. that s a chairmanship of the republican governor association is an important thing for him and the party. the governor s mansions are a point of pride for the party. they ve got 29 of them. there s 22 republican governors up for re-election this year. some really important states. florida, michigan, illinois, wisconsin, ohio, colorado, including pennsylvania where tom corbett according to chris cizilla is the most vulnerable governor in america. important for the gop to have the governorship of pennsylvania for so many reasons. how long does the gop, does the