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POTENTIAL POSSIBLE 2016 WHITE
HOUSE HOPES IF THEY STILL EXIST.
DANA BASH HAS BEEN LOOKING AT
THIS PART OF THE STORY.
DANA, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> THIS IS CHRIS CHRISTIE'S
111th TOWN HALL SINCE HE'S BEEN
GOVERNOR.
CERTAINLY A LOT.
IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF OF
VINTAGE TELL IT LIKE IT IS CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
IT WAS EASY FOR HIM TO DO THAT,
THOUGH, SINCE THE PEOPLE WHO
ASKED THE QUESTIONS STEERED
CLEAR OF THE SCANDAL THAT'S
PLAGUED HIM.
>> Reporter: A TOWN HALL IN THE
PART OF NEW JERSEY WHERE HIS
POLITICAL CAREER BEGAN, AND
CHRIS CHRISTIE GOT A QUESTION
ABOUT TRAFFIC.
>> TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ESPECIALLY AT
THE HOLLAND TUNNEL.
>> Reporter: ABOUT THE HOLLAND
TUNNEL, NOT THE G.W. BRIDGE
SCANDAL.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE HOLLAND
TUNNEL LIGHTS BUT I'LL LOOK INTO
IT.
>> CHRISTIE STILL HAS A
RESPECTABLE APPROVAL RATING IN
NEW JERSEY, 50%, BUT IT'S
PLUMMETED 20 POINTS SINCE THIS
TIME LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS A
SKY-HIGH 70%.
IN A NEW NATIONAL CBS/"NEW YORK
TIMES" POLL RANKING POTENTIAL
GOP PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS
CHRISTIE STANDS OUT BUT NOT HOW
YOU'D LIKE.
MORE REPUBLICANS THINK HE SHOULD
NOT RUN THAN SHOULD.
41% OPPOSED, MORE THAN ANYONE
ELSE.
PERHAPS HE SAW THAT BEFORE
SAYING THIS.
>> THE ONLY TWO PROFESSIONS IN
AMERICA WHERE YOU KEEP GETTING
PAID EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ALWAYS
WRO
WRONG AFFECT MY LIFE EVERY
DAY -- POLLSTERS AND WEATHERMEN.
>> Reporter: THE ONLY REFERENCE
TO HIS POLITICAL PROBLEMS WAS A
CONSTITUENT PLEA NOT TO LET IT
DISTRACT HIP.
>> YOU CANNOT ALLOW IT TO
DISTRACT YOU FROM THE CORE JOB
YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO DO AND I
WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN SO,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
HE MAY HAVE AVOIDED A TOUGH
SCANDAL QUESTION BECAUSE HE
PICKED THE QUESTIONERS.
HE DID ADMIT HE'S A DISCERNING
POLITICIAN.
>> YOU WILL RECALL THAT WAS THE
WOMAN RAISING HER HAND FROM THE
BEGINNING.
SOMETHING TOLD ME TO STAY AWAY
FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: THE TOUGHEST
QUESTION FROM A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
ABOUT EDUCATION.
>> HE CALLED HER UP, CREATING A
MOMENT.
>> DID YOU TYPE THIS?
TOMORROW.
JUST BY COINCIDENCE.
I'M MEETING WITH THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM ANSWER
THIS.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS ALL ABOUT
CHRISTIE TRYING TO RECLAIM HIS
STRAIGHT-TALKING PERSONA THAT
MADE HIM A DIFFERENT AND
APPEALING POLITICIAN.
>> MY JOB IS TO BE THE ADULT IN
THE ROOM, TO TELL YOU FOLKS THE
TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> NOW, AS PART OF HIS PROMISE
TO TELL THE TRUTH, KRISSY
REMINDED CONSTITUENTS THAT HE IS
NOW IN HIS SECOND AND FINAL TERM
AS GOVERNOR, THE BACK NINE AS HE
PUT IT, AND THAT MEANS HE DOES
NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POLITICS
ANYMORE.
A CHRISTIE AIDE I TALKED TO