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Current president, barack obama, he also sounded pretty partisan, like most republicans would at saying that he is to blame for the partisanship and the toxic atmosphere in washington. wolf? >> dana, thank you. were going to get back to you shortly. lets go to new jersey now, in the capital of new jersey, trenton, with our new developments in that bridgegate scandal. chris frates is on the scene. >> reporter: good news for governor christie. the state election commission says hes allowed to use ...

Democrats? >> the republican would stress boarder security. that would be a predicate. but both contain pathways to citizenship and large-scale legal immigration to the country. i think it is going to be a tough sell were the republican leadership. the donor-base is for this. but the base of the party, the middle class, isnt sold on this. you want immigration at higher levels of employment but we dont have that. there are a lot of people that think it would depress wages for the middle class >> ...

South to cash rich florida. more than a week after the bridge controversy blew wide open, this week, christies first trip out of state, the jam packed weekend was stopped in orlando, ft. lauderdale and palm beach. his star power and fund raising abilities will be on display in the midst of a political scandal. the governor is in town to fund raise for rick scott, who despite the controversy, is not shying away. >> chris did the right thing. he apologized. went to the community and apologized, so...

Christie move some 1,000 miles south, from the garden state to cash-rich florida. more than a week after the bridge controversy blew wide open, this week, christies first trip out of state. a jam-packed weekend with stops in orlando, fort lauderdale and palm beach. his star power and fund-raising abilities will be on display in the midst of a political scandal. the governor is in town to fund-raise for florida governor rick scott, who despite the controversy is not shying away. >> i know he did ...

Suggesting they would be behind a potential presidential campaign is one of the main arguments for his candidacy, and its an important one given that in the soup ir pac, post citizens united age, every other candidate is going to have their own super pac. so he needs these donors. its no accident that this event scheduled at the house of the co-founder of home depot on sunday is sort of scheduled for what is really from a lot of gop finance operatives perspective, the start of the campaign to go...

>> yeah, what was really surprising, lawrence, is that a lot of these folks were involved in effort to woo chris christie into the 2012 race. and the fact that all these mega donors were behind him or suggesting they would be behind a potential presidential campaign is one of the main arguments for his candidacy, and its an important one given that in the soup ir pac, post citizens united age, every other candidate is going to have their own super pac. so he needs these donors. its no accident t...

I think victoria is absolutely right. when you look back over the course of the last several years its going to be hard for christie to walk away from the fact that he referred to the republican base as crazies. i think this is going to be something that will be a recurring problem for him that will make it very challenging for him in primaries and caucuses in 2016. >> its like youre a star witness in a criminal trial or something and im interrogating you. its possible, but we dont know until we...

Christmas table conversation? >> well, my position on that issue is well known. i enunciated it in 2000, in a debate with joe lieberman. it hasnt changed. i will let my daughters speak for themselves. >> fair enough. lets go back to your book, fascinating book. you have a heart transplant, you have somebody elses heart in your body right now. >> right. >> you dont know who it is. do you want to? >> i think of it as my new heart. i have enormous regard and always try to go out of my way to thank ...

Is that all of these challenges by club for growth and heritage ultimately, if history is to be our guide, will benefit democrats. >> and will also benefit club for growth. and jim demint. so, you know, the -- you know, the incentives are lined up such that the democrats could give money to jim demint and club for growth to do what theyre doing, they certainly would figure out a way to do it. >> absolutely. goldie, would i like you to listen to david brooks of the "new york times" on the subject...

Intermediary that the white house was actually working with. >> what about the other side of this, which is if the president is seen as winning tlar, there lot of conservatives, and im not talking about the leadership, im talking about the senate, the mike leeves, and he said, look, its a fraction of the republican party. weve got to dig in and not deal with this guy at all. >> some of these people, dwight eyisenhower had a phrase and he proves there is some way they should be. incredibly self-d...