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WHAT DOES RUBIO THINK OF HIS
RISE?
>> Reporter: IS CHRIS CHRISTIE A
VIABLE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY?
>> FIRST THAT'S A DECISION HE
HAS TO MAKE.
HE'S A GOVERNOR THAT'S BEEN
RE-ELECTED IN A BIG STATE THAT
GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
>> WOULD HE BE A TOUGH
COMPETITOR?
>> YES.
AND I LIKE HIM AND I HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
THEM.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I KNOW
EVERYONE WANTS TO JUMP TO WHAT
IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT SOME OF THESE RACES DON'T
APPLY TO FUTURE RACES.
BUT I CON GRATD LATE HIM ON HIS
WIN.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU SAYING THAT
HIS WIN IN A BLUE STATE LIKE NEW
JERSEY WOULDN'T TRANSLATE TO
MORE OF A RED STATE OR MORE OF A
SWING STATE?
>> WHAT WOULD TRANSLATE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IS A MESSAGE THAT
GOES TO PEOPLE, LOOK, WE KNOW
YOU'RE STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO
GET AHEAD.
YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S
BEEN ASKED AND YET YOUR LIFE
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING
BETTER.
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
IT BETTER IS IF WE ABANDON THE
POLICIES OF BIG GOVERNMENT.
I THINK CHRIS CHRISTIE IS TRYING
TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND
CUCCINELLI MADE IT IN VIRGINIA.
IT WORKED IN ONE PLACE AND NOT
ANOTHER.
BUT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, I THINK
THAT'S A WINNING ARGUMENT NO
MATTER WHO OUR NOMINEE IS IN
2016.
>> I AM JOINED NOW FORMER
SENATOR FROM ARKANSAS.
ALONG WITH DANA BASH AND KEVIN
MADDEN.
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ANSWER.
>> SURE WAS.
>> FROM MARCO RUBIO.
OH, I LOVE CHRIS CHRISTIE.
YOU CAN'T JUDGE ANYTHING BY NEW
JERSEY.
>> NEW JERSEY.
>> BUT THE ELBOWS ARE REALLY
OUT.
>> HE LIKES HIM A LOT.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT RIGHT
NOW, AS YOU JUST VERY NICELY
DISPLAYED THERE, CHRIS CHRISTIE
IS THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH.
AND HE DID PROVE THAT HE COULD
WIN.
AND THE TRUTH IS, HE PROVED THAT
HE COULD WIN WITH SOME OF THE
VERY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT
RUBIO IS TALKING ABOUT AND HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO
PULL BACK, LIKE THE LATINO VOTE.
IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL THAT HE
GOT THAT EVEN IN A FLU STATE
LIKE NEW JERSEY.
>> I TALKED TO CHRIS CHRISTIE
YESTERDAY AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT
HIS PLACE IN THE GOP.
I'LL PLAY THAT CLIP AND GET YOUR
REACTION.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK
YOU HAVE FENCES TO MEND AND
BRIDGES TO BUILD WITH
REPUBLICANS OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH
THAT.
BUT IF -- WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT CHARGE?
THAT YOU NEED TO DO MORE TO HELP
REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON AND
ELSEWHERE?
>> IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK, I
DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY
GOVERNOR IN AMERICA WHO HAS DONE
MORE FOR THE NRCC AND THE NRSC
AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF TRAVELING
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND RAISING
MONEY AND DOING THOSE THINGS
THAT I'VE DONE IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GOT
UPSET BECAUSE I WAS DOING MY
JOB.
THEY NEED TO LEARN THAT ABOUT
ME.
IF YOU HIRE FOE TO DO A JOB, I'M
GOING TO DO A JOB.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
BREAKING THEIR WORD TO THE
PEOPLE THAT I'M REPRESENTING,
THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR IT FROM
ME.
AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, WITH THE
PRESIDENT, EVEN IF THEY'RE THE
ON PARTY WHO IS DOING A GOOD JOB
ON SOMETHING AND I'M ASKED ABOUT
IT, I'M GOING TO SAY THEY'RE
DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO FENCE
MEND.
I THINK THEY JUST HAVE TO LEARN
WHO I AM.
>> KEVIN.
>> YEAH.
>> GOVERNOR CHRISTIE DON'T THINK
HE NEEDS TO FENCE MEND.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I BUILT A PROFILE THAT IS
FAVORABLE TO A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS BECAUSE HE'S GOT A
RELATE ABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY
THAT OUR LAST PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, ROMNEY, DIDN'T HAVE.
BUT HE BUILT A PROFILE AS
SOMEBODY WHO WAS QUICK TO
CRITICIZE REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU REMEMBER AFTER SANDY, HE
CRITICIZED REPUBLICANS WHEN THE
RELIEF WAS BEING HELD UP.
BUT IT WAS BEING HELD UP --
>> THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
>> HE WAS SO QUICK TO HIT SIZE
REPUBLICANS.
AND HE GAINED A LOT OF FAVOR AND
A LOT OF LOVE FROM THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA AS SO MANY
FOLKS WITHIN OUR PARTY LIKE TO
CALL YOU GUYS.
AND THAT PUT HIM IN A DIFFICULT
POSITION WITH A LOT OF BASE
VOTERS.
BUT BASE VOTERS HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN IF
WE JUST TALK TO OURSELVES AND
PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK
AMONGST THE BASE.
AND THAT WINNING REPUBLICAN, A
REPUBLICAN WHO CAN WIN
NATIONALLY IS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SECURE THE BASE AND ALSO
PERSUADE THE BIG MIDDLE OF THE
ELECT
ELECT TORE RAT.
>> I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT HE
HAD ALONG WITH A DISCIPLINED
MESSAGE THAT TERRY McAULIFFE
HAD.
IT WAS BACK ON JOBS.
THEY LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT GROWING
THE ECONOMY AND JOBS.
THAT'S HOW HE APPEALED TO
REGULAR PEOPLE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE JOBS THAT NEED TO BE CREATED
AND PUTTING THE ECONOMY BACK ON
TRACK.
I THINK HE CAN APPEAL TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT WAY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
STYLISTICALLY.
HE'S QUITE OBVIOUSLY A YANKEE
AND BRASH.
NOT NECESSARILY THE STYLE DOWN
SOUTH.
HOW DO YOU THINK HE WOULD PLAY?
>> WELL, HE COULD HAVE A TOUCH
MUCH GRACIOUSNESS, I SUPPOSE.
YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, KEVIN
SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
TRANSLA
TRANSLATABLE EVERYONE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> AND THIS IS A POINT THAT WAS
MADE IN A BLOG POST TODAY.
THE PRO GOVERNING MESSAGE IS
REALLY AN ANTI-WASHINGTON
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S DRAWING A STARK CONTRAST
WITH THE STATUS QUO IN
WASHINGTON.
PEOPLE LOOK AT WASHINGTON AND
SAY NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE BUILT A
PROFILE AND DID WELL WITH SO
MANY DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS
BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT GETTING
THINGS DONE AND WHAT IT --
>> BUT HE DID IT GOVERNING
ACROSS PARTY LINES.
AND YOU KNOW VERY WELL AS A
MODERATE DEMOCRAT WHO GOT IF
TROUBLE FOR REACHING ACROSS
PARTY LINES, MAYBE THAT'S BACK.
>> IT COULD BE AND THAT DOES
BECOME A PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS
THE COMMENT HE MADE ON THAT BUS,
WHICH WAS, I WAS DOING MY JOB.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT MORE
THAN ANYTHING, THEY WANT
WASHINGTON TO DO ITS JOB.
THEY WANT SENSIBLE REGULATIONS.
THEY DON'T WANT OVERGOVERNMENT.
THEY WANT GOVERNMENT AND
POLITICIANS TO BE FOCUSING ON
GROWING THE ECONOMY INSTEAD OF
PICKING AT ONE ANOTHER.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN HE SAID, I
WAS JUST DOING MY JOB, THAT'S
WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
DOING.
THEY WANT TO SEE POLITICIANS AND
WANT TO SEE WASHINGTON DOING ITS
JOB.
>> I SAW A TWEET FROM A
REPUBLICAN OFFICIAL HERE IN
TOWN, HE TWEETED, HEY
REPUBLICANS WE SHOULD BE
CELEBRATING WE JUST GOT
RE-ELECTED IN A BLUE STATE.
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A POURING OUT
OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM
REPUBLICANS TO CHRIS CHRISTIE
EVEN THOUGH HE WON A HUGE
MARGIN, WON THE LATINO VOTE AND
THE WOMAN VOTE RUNNING AGAINST A
DEMOCRAT, WON 30% OF DEMOCRATS.
WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS?
>> LOOK, THE REASON IS BECAUSE
THEY'RE NERVOUS.
THEY'RE NERVOUS ABOUT PRAISING
SOMEBODY WHO IS CLEARLY NOT A
VERY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN
BECAUSE MODERATE IS A DIRTY WORD
IN SOME CIRCLES OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
JUST LIKE IN SOME CIRCLES OF
DEMOCRAT I CAN PARTY.
>> WE USED TO CELEBRATE WHEN
GOVERNORS WON IN PLACES LIKE NEW
YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS.
AND WHAT IT IS IS EMBLEMATIC OF