i think it plays in places like michigan i think it plays in places like iowa he s not going to iowa. he s going to new hampshire. it s not just new hampshire where this will play. i think it actually goes beyond new hampshire. the problem for him, though it s a very crowded field. there have been people in it with a lot more money. he also has a track record that his opponents will point to. it was a hell of a speech but he s still got some fundamental problems. let me bring in mark to talk about the money here. mark, early on at the height of the bridgegate scandal, it was said many of the potential donors who were interested in christie were looking to jeb bush and maybe even scott walker. but his big donor here the billionaire home depot founder, ken landau has said that he won t write a $10 million check, but the quote s iis, i will go out and get a lot of people to write checks and hopefully result in a hell of a lot more than $10
kelly o donnell, also with me john piric, and bob engle, senior political columnist, and he s also author of chris christie the in star rise to power. a lot is being made that chris christie will speak off the cuff having this kind of town hall feel. we know that s his strategy the guy he wants to present to the country. reporter: he is going to try to talk about his story and introduce the country to the chris christie that livingston new jersey knew first. so expect some of the biography, expect some of the family nostalgia, expect some of the stories that are familiar to those of us who have traveled around the country with him, but maybe less familiar to a wider audience today. trying to define the influences that developed that big personality that has become the brash political figure that some people like and some people don t. so by using his skills to speak more ex temp raintemporaneously in a broad field. how do you stand out? part of it is making the best of th