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When chris christie was first running, he was a long shot. many people thought he didn't have much of a chance. the republican establishment didn't care much for chris christie. look where we are now. 2013, he is walking to re-election at this point. in many ways. we're not talking about what hes to tonight, because he is expected to win in a landslide. the question, what is he going to do tomorrow? and does he have his eyes on the white house? chris christie is one of these republicans, carol, that doesn't walk that traditional path. he is conservative in many of his views but he is also able...

Whatever it takes to chart a middle path, and yes, a lot of conservatives -- >> is part of that(m+]=/oóñi be realize they will likely have the house of representatives still and they feel like they have -- >> no, listen, this is a guy, mitt romney, who was pro choice and then pro life, pro gun control, then pro second amendment. he's a guy that was -- >> waffled on the kasik battle. >> the amendment.ç this is a guy who developed a program that was -- and he can say what he wants to say, but this is what the conservative base believes and the obama people believe. that he gave the obama adm...

Argument on the other and said we reject both of those and taking a little path. there some who said we never should have done this. if this drags out and goes poorly, some say we are doing half measures and we shouldn't be taking second seat to france. both of those, there is a tax from both sides of the kind of middle path that the president steched out. >> do you think anything happened in the speech to affect substantively the debate about the president seeking overt authority for what he is going to do in the future or what he has already done? >> do you think anything changes about that ...

Medicare. these were the -- remember this is the great tea party insurgency that wants to see smaller government and the number one problem of their president's bill was douts medicare. if they can bait the president into proposals to cut things that their constituency likes they will go after him. >> is it even broader than that? could republicans have studied the coalition in britain and how it has been brutalized by the public there for making these budget cuts even though it was necessary to make it happen. republicans hoping to try to avoid that by making the president go first and in som...

Smaller government and the number one problem of their president's bill was to cut medicare. if they can bait the president into proposals to cut things that their constituency likes they will go after him. >> is it even broader than that? could republicans have studied the coalition in britain and how it has been brutalized by the public there for making these budget cuts even though it was necessary to make it happen. republicans hoping to try to avoid that by making the president go first and in some way blaming all cuts no matter who they were directed at on the president? is that what we'...