tough road from announcement to inauguration. we will see what comes with it. but he has removed one of his great liabilities, because every time you talk about a chris christie prospective candidacy, the first issue talked about in the media or among private donors is the weight issue. now this liability will become an asset. people will be rooting for him, they will encourage him in his struggle, and the fact that a leader had a public struggle with something like this will do nothing but accrue to his benefit. it is interesting as steve brings up, reverend, we talked about the mark sanford race. here is a guy wearing his humanity and fall from grace as a badge of honor. he almost sort of ran on it to a certain degree in this congressional race. christie struggled with weight, overcoming it, being public about it would maybe seem to be an asset in running, and also we know in terms of polling, quinnipiac poll in march asked americans how they feel about an overweight candidate for
figure, real genuine leader, a very gifted politician, and when you look at the field of republican presidential candidates, he is somebody that can go all the way. he is somebody who can change the electoral map. now, it is a long, arduous, tough road from announcement to inauguration. we will see what comes with it. but he has removed one of his great liabilities, because every time you talk about a chris christie prospective candidacy, the first issue talked about in the media or among private donors is the weight issue. now this liability will become an asset. people will be rooting for him, they will encourage him in his struggle, and the fact that a leader had a public struggle with something like this will do nothing but accrue to his benefit. it is interesting as steve brings up, reverend, we talked about the mark sanford race. here is a guy wearing his humanity and fall from grace as a badge of honor.
evaluated more positively than nonobese males and nonobese females. you know, i was just thinking, you ve got to be very careful. probably the most popular person in the country is oprah winfrey. i remember every time she was always talking about her weight issue. people were always rooting for her. you know, bob? people root for people. it s time every time you go by a krispy kreme. five guys hamburger. every time you see a really good cinnamon bun, you go, okay, i ll start the diet in an hour after this baby. i haven t had a cinnamon bun in about five years. let me tell you they re really good. a lot of cliches about presidential politics. you and i know that. michael knows it. one of them was age. ronald reagan disposed of that. another one was the idea you can t have an overweight president. sure, we haven t really had one since william howard taft. i think chris christie could have won votes as a guy who was heavy because he has a remarkably uncanny sense of how to comm
me it s not even just a weight issue, it s a health issue. i mean, he is morbidly obese, and i think that is a significant issue for you know, for anybody that wants to be president. sow i think this is first of all, a clear sign that he s running for president. interesting. a clear sign. michael, you know, the thing is is that this is something the guy s never going to be skinny, okay, no matter the interview, christie s weight always comes up. let me just prove it to you. i ll let all of your audience in on a little secret. i m overweight. i struggled with my weight for the last 30 years on and off. so are you on a diet now? obviously not. i m trying to be healthier. i m eating better. i ve been working with a trainer on a regular basis and worked before we met today. and i m trying. i ve had more diets and lost and gained back more weight in my lifetime than i care to count. there are people who say that you couldn t be president because you re so heavy. what do
you ve got to be very careful. probably the most popular person in the country is oprah winfrey. i remember every time she was always talking about her weight issue. people were always rooting for her. you know, bob? people root for people. it s time every time you go by a krispy kreme. five guys hamburger. every time you see a really good cinnamon bun, you go, okay, i ll start the diet in an hour after this baby. i haven t had a cinnamon bun in about five years. let me tell you they re really good. a lot of cliches about presidential politics. you and i know that. michael knows it. one of them was age. ronald reagan disposed of that. another one was the idea you can t have an overweight president. sure, we haven t really had one since william howard taft. i think chris christie could have won votes as a guy who was heavy because he has a remarkably uncanny sense of how to communicate with people. doesn t he? i don t happen to agree with him. i wouldn t have voted for him