the two gubernatorial elections, new jersey, how does chris christie thomas how does a republican win a blue state by such a wide margin? great news if you are a republican. and then in virginia, i see it as a real missed opportunity. republicans had a real chance to and i think it was just a perfect storm of problems , conspired to defeat ken cuccinelli. everyone thought it was going to be a blowout. i think a lot of republican money went away and in a ridiculous way it went to new jersey where people wanted to be on the side of a winner and maybe they could have pushed originality over the line. do you agree people that say the establishment left ken cuccinelli and if they had done so, he would have won? guest: i do. the funny thing is you can also blame the tea party because i think the shutdown really hurt him. in virginia and northern virginia especially a lot of government employees, exit polls show that a lot of them were really upset about the shutdown. they were voting for that. and then it also delayed people being upset about obamacare. on october 1, the whole debacle of th

thomas admit it. >> the president of chris christie's advice and apologize to americans losing their health care plans. >> i'm sorry that they find themselves in a situation based on assurances they got for me. >> i think people would give someone credit for owning up to it instead of -- do not lawyer it. people do not like lawyers. >> that is chris christie and his interview with jade tapper earlier this week. pretty good advice. why did it take the president so long to take it? >> i'm not sure he did take the advice. he apologized to people who find themselves losing their insurance, but what did he say to the nation? he told the rest of us that people would not lose their health care. the unitedesident of states speaks, you expect the president to use tell the truth. -- to tell the truth. the question is, when he spoke those words repeatedly, did he know the results were actually different? or was he speaking based on bad information? that question has led others to drop conclusion about what he did. did he know better than he said that? he has the horrible rollout of obamacare which is still screw