with me now dean obeidallah, politico median, and scott blakeman politico median, and lee camp, a pleasure all. a christian, a muslim, a jew and an atheist who looks like jesus, and they all walk into a bar. >>> despite employment is down, job growth is not as high as he claims, and policies could be hurting the state. what makes him so popular? is it just charisma? do the people care that much about personality. >> i'm from new jersey, i can tell you there is something--it's a clichÉ but he speaks trait forward and very direct. jersey people like that. all the bs that is going on in this world that we live in now he was everywhere. he was like giuliani after 9/11. and then fighting for his own party. that's something that we don't see anywhere, members of the party fighting visibly for their own state. >> john: to be fair, scott he criticizes congress when it's popular. is it rank opportunism. >> the reason why they support christie is amnesia. he has not done anything. he has taunted teachers, as you pointed out and has done a whole wrath of things that didn't work out. i will say he did