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But i want to assure the people of new jersey of one thing -- i was born here, i was raised here, i'm raising my family here, and this is where i intend to spend the rest of my life. >> that is not at all the way that governor chris christie has talked recently about his immediate, next few years' plans. not at all. and now i'm not prepared to say definitively tonight that he just announced he's not running for president, but compare what he said today with the way he usually talks about this thing. and it kind of seems today like chris christie announced he is not going to run for president i...

Today, 58%. it's remarkable when you decide the political makeup of the country. and even the slow moving senate not exactly renowned as a body that's in tune with the times held its first-ever hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization last september. but while there's growing momentum for legalization, what's happening in colorado is still an experiment. and experiments can go wrong. sometimes quickly, sometimes badly. so the question now is where does the movement go from here? and will the politics of pot light up the electorate in 2014 and beyond? ed rendell was the governor of pennsy...

Was a bad day for the democrats. >> governor christie, wow. >> i think he has a tremendous charisma. he didn't win the most democrat votes, but for a republican, that's killing it. >> he pretty much said look what we're doing in new jersey. we're accomplishing things. >> what chris christie managed to do was to run as chris christie and to say that the pragmatic republican can make in roads with democratic voters. >> nobody pointed out that the only one last night for the republicans was chris christie. good thing he was in the game. he was expected to win by a large margin, and he did. and, o...

Fundamentally does not. you know, moving out from the specific rand paul/chris christie battle of words that is going on right now, i've got to tell you, i look at chris christie. here's a guy in new jersey who vetoed early voting, laid off 10,000 teachers and educational professionals, basically balanced his budgets and brags about it on the backs of the poor by reducing the earned income tax credit. in my head, i know i should not like this guy at all. and i've got to tell you, i like him. my heart likes this guy. and the personality. the personality, he is such a skilled, gifted politician....

Interesting. this is really going to be interesting. the constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. who's going to sign up, who's not. who role is that going to play in the nominating process in 2016. because that's where it's going. when you go to iowa, these guys are not going to be happy about this. this is going to be the interesting part where this debate is going politically i think. >> you think republicans in iowa are going to support same sex -- >> i think people who to caucuses will want a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. i think they'll say take it out of...