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He effectively is now the leader of the republican party. it's not john boehner. until chris christie messes up, he's the person now stepping in very shortly as chairman of the republican governors association. that gives him a reason and cover to travel the country and spread this message and say i have a formula that works. >> politico's mike allen with a look at the playbook, good to see you up here. >> coming up, the latest on the bullying accusations, why the man at the center of the controversy may not be the only one to blame here. "morning joe" sports is next. .

Fullyb, no, there have been ideological witch trials since 2010. if are you like chris christie and can physical out a way to win independents, then talk radio republicans kill you. >> look, i remember sitting down with then candidate chris christie and then candidate bob mcdonald, two very different candidates, two very different states, but the same agenda, which was foundationally a republican, a conservative republican agenda that's focused on the economy, that focused on the things that were hurting the things in their states. >> that underlying message resonated to the point that you cou...

This event? >> he sent us a picture right before. >> one picture pre-bris. i won't apologize, let's see what happened in virginia last night. >> all right. we have some things to talk about. in virginia, ken cuccinelli says the results proved republican groups proved they missed an opportunity to win. >> by actually nominating the right guy. good point, ken. >> adding they should have stepped up their support last month. cuccinelli said voters sent a strong signal about obama care while mcauliffebridge is the bridge to divide. >> despite being out precedented $15 million, this race came down t...

Is much less about talking than listening. about bringing people around the table and listening to each other and showing them respect. doing what needed to be done. to be able to bring people and achieve what we needed to achieve to move our state forward. now listen, i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d.c. should tune in their tvs right now and see how it's done. >> new jersey governor chris christie sending washington a message. republicans can win the blue states. it was a landslide. he beat barbara buono by 20 points, solidifying his statu...

Lot big fer he decides to run for president, boating say hillary clinton will be an entirely different matter with due respect to senator bueno. i think things get ramped up now. mark halperin was around the studio, he said he thought that governor christie actually nodes to do more with the message, not enough to fall back on the numbers. he needs to go after specific republicans and digging in on this anti-washington position. >> what's really interesting is how people approved of his handling of the economy, which remains the number one issue for everybody. yet, 85% said they approved of hi...