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About this. it will show he is a problem solving can do optimistic inclusive politician which is exactly what the american people will be looking for in 2016. >> go ahead, quickly. >> i think the republicans need an honest to got conservative whose credentials are not going to be questioned at a time when they are trying to expand the base of the party. that's what romney faced and what mccain faced and what christie faces. that is a great advantage of jeb bush. i don't think you can have that influence unless he's in the race. >> interesting. >> chris christie was on the stage yesterday in a ...

It's likely going to get worse. he's not in the mainstream of conservatism. >> michael crowley. chris christie standing up to that mind-set will do him a world of good in a general election. the question is can he sustain the primary process if he's got the likes of limbaugh, beck, and hannity against him? >> it's going to be really hard. mitt romney tried to do this, but romney fled from all his positions on those issues in a way that we're not seeing christie beginning to do. by the end of the process, romney looks a little ridiculous to a lot of conservatives. so i think it's going to be ex...

He faces this choice that romney faced which is do you try to retreat from those positions and look like you're a flip-flopper or a changeling or do you try to own it and fight your way through the firewall? but it's a hard fight. >> ron, let's not forget that mitt romney was aided by the fact that there was a cannibalization going on to the right of him on the political spectrum within the process. he had michele bachmann and newt gingrich, et cetera fighting for that piece of pie. it's what christie needs, isn't it? >> yes and he's probably going to get it. he's probably going to have a chal...

Campaign, really. at the end of the day they pantsd, with cuccinelli's cooperation, they painted him right out of the mainstream. and that will happen, you know we all watched governor christi last night. and his message was a broad message. the big challenge for governor christi is t christie is the one that romney faced. can you pay tribute to these guys without getting dragged so far to the right. >> one guy that's proven you department have to kiss butt on the right. here's a message from governor christie. >> you show up. we show up everywhere. we don't show up just in the places that vot...

Other guy running. they voted for mcauliffe because they viewed cuccinelli as too extreme. he won the protest vote by about 55,000 votes. and that was the exact margin of victory. mcauliffe won this by 55,000 vote. bottom line? electability matters. here's a guy that won basically because the other guy was too far right. and the numbers prove it. too far right. that's the statement period. >> that was the entire mcauliffe campaign, really. at the end of the day they painted, with cuccinelli's cooperation, they painted him right out of the mainstream. and that will happen, you know we all watch...