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Politics ain't bean bag and everybody in the country who engages in politics knows that. on the other hand that is very, very different than saying someone's a bully. i think you asked me the question are you willing to change your style in order to appeal to a broader audience and i think i said no. i am who i am but i'm not a bully. >> that was governor christie a week and a half ago addressing allegations that he is a bully. it is a reputation that has dogged him for years. here's tom foreman. >> reporter: born in a state with a long history of heavyweight brawling, chris christie learned t...

Politics ain't bean bag and everybody in the country who engages in politics knows that. on the other hand that is very, very different than saying someone's a bully. i think you asked me the question are you willing to change your style in order to appeal to a broader audience and i think i said no. i am who i am but i'm not a bully. >> that was governor christie a week and a half ago addressing allegations that he is a bully. it is a reputation that has dogged him for years. here's tom foreman. >> reporter: born in a state with a long history of heavyweight brawling, chris christie learned t...

Honest, a straight-talk kind of guy. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: born in the state with a long history of heavyweight brawling, chris christie learned early that his combative ways could be costly. in 1995, he tried to charge through the republican old guard to win an assembly seat and was crushed at the polls, leading to years of quiet work in the political background. yet after being elected governor in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, the tough guy once again took center stage. >> maybe the folks in washington, d.c. should tune in their tvs right now, see how it's done. >> christie has f...

Guy. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: born in the state with a long history of heavyweight brawling, chris christie learned early that his combative ways could be costly. in 1995, he tried to charge through the republican old guard to win an assembly seat and was crushed at the polls, leading to years of quiet work in the political background. yet after being elected governor in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, the tough guy once again took center stage. >> maybe the folks in washington, d.c. should tune in their tvs right now, see how it's done. >> christie has famously battered reporters. >> d...