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Good at talking about on the stump. but according to the book, clinton aide doug band, issued an ultimatum to the obama campaign saying bill is only going to help you guys, if you pay off hillary clinton's campaign debt from 2008. now the number was actually kind of negligible, only about a quarter million dollars. but the act of just asking for him to pay off this debt, the quid pro quo apparently struck obama campaigns as sort of an offensive thing. but they eventually agreed to it. and as we saw during the campaign, clinton became a very strong asset for the president on the stump. >> and d...

Not yet. >> what about the vice presidential campaign search called project goldfish. tim pawlenty, they called him goldfish. marco rubio, pescado, which is fish in spanish. paul ryan, fishconsin. and puffer fish. >> that's making fun of his girth. he's overweight. that's not funny. he is what he is. perhaps flaws if you're a westerner. but most east coast people know people like chris christie and like him. he's very much a man of his region. to me he's philadelphia, south jersey. wise guy attitude. we like people with attitude. generally they show themselves to be real about people like

Him distance from the house republicans. the vetting of christie will start earlier than he may have expected thanks to this new book. according to a memo on christie from the vetting team from romney's vp search, it described in the back this according to the "new york times." romney's team was left with questions about potential land mines involving christie. a defamation lawsuit early in his political career. a securities and exchange settlement involving his brother and medical history. beth i hadder who is led the search committee told the new york times in a statement the paper was arran...

But because he was polling like that, because he was so popular, because he was such a great fund-raiser and a great campaign surrogate for a while, and all the rest of it. naturally, the romney campaign had to consider the prospect of picking chris christie as a vice presidential running mate for mitt romney. they considered a lot of people. but they also considered him. the vetting process was called project goldfish. everybody who they considered to be mitt romney's potential running mate got a fish-related name. paul ryan, who was ultimately chosen as mitt romney's vice presidential runnin...

Front runner for the republican nomination in 2012. governor christie really did poll as the most likable, most electable, most popular national election figure in the country, even though he ultimately didn't run for the nomination. but because he was polling like that, because he was so popular, because he was such a great fund-raiser and a great campaign surrogate for a while, and all the rest of it. naturally, the romney campaign had to consider the prospect of picking chris christie as a vice presidential running mate for mitt romney. they considered a lot of people. but they also conside...