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GATHERING WHOSE SUPPORT WOULD BE
CRUCIAL IF THE NEW JERSEY
GOVERNOR DECIDES TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
OUR CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL
CORRESPONDENT DANA BASH HAS
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE CHRIS
CHRISTIE TRYING TO WIN OVER
ACTIVISTS AT THE LARGEST ANNUAL
GATHERING OF CONSERVATIVES, THIS
IS WHAT YOU DO.
>> WE HAVE TO STOP LETTING THE
MEDIA DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT
WE STAND FOR.
>> Reporter: FIND COMMON GROUND
LIKE ATTACKING THE MEDIA AND
DEFENDING THE BILLIONAIRE KOCH
BROTHERS.
>> STOP PICKING ON GREAT
AMERICANS WHO ARE CREATING GREAT
THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AND TRYING TO
ASSUAGE CONSERVATIVE CONCERNS
ABOUT A BLUE STATE GOVERNOR WHO
WORKS WITH DEMOCRATS BY PLAYING
UP OPPOSITION TO ABORTION.
>> WHEN WE SAY WE'RE PRO LIFE,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE PRO LIFE
JUST WITH HUMAN BEINGS IN THE
WOMB.
>> Reporter: THE REACTION HERE A
ROUSING RESPONSE.
AS MUCH OR EVEN MORE SO THAN
CONSERVATIVE CROWD FAVORITES WHO
ALSO SPOKE LIKE TED CRUZ, PAUL
RYAN AND MARCO RUBIO.
>> THE GUY IS GOOD, HE CONNECTS
WITH PEOPLE, HE SAYS WHAT NEEDS
TO BE SAID.
AND TO ME, HE'S THE ONLY
PERSONALITY WHO WILL BE ABLE TO
STAND UP TO HILLARY CLINTON.
>> Reporter: BUT CHRISTIE
ARRIVED IN SUBURBAN WASHINGTON
TO BAD NEWS IN A BRAND NEW POLL.
THREE IN TEN REPUBLICANS SAY
THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR HIM.
WE HEARD THAT IN THE CROWD.
>> I'M PERSONALLY NOT A BIG FAN
OF HIM BECAUSE I THINK THAT HE
COLLUDED WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA IN
2012.
>> Reporter: SHE'S ANGRY ABOUT
CHRISTIE EMBRACING OBAMA AFTER
HURRICANE SANDY BEFORE THE LAST
ELECTION.
AND BRIDGEGATE IS HURTING HIM,
TOO.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE,
HE SHOWED HIMSELF TO BE IN
CHARGE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'D
VOTE FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: WHY NOT?
>> THE SCANDAL REALLY BOTHERS
ME.
JUST THE CORRUPTION, THE KIND OF
PEOPLE HE HAD AROUND HIM.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THAT
CRITICISM, THE CROWD RESPONDED
WELL TO ONE OF CHRISTIE'S MORE
TRADITIONAL MESSAGES THAT
REPUBLICANS NEED TO BE FOR THEIR
OWN IDEAS NOT JUST AGAINST
DEMOCRATS.