we're back with kim strassel, jason riley and james freeman. did that performance save the governor's potential run in 2016? >> you know, this was about as textbook as it gets on how to handle a political crisis. you know, he gathered information quickly, he went out there, he apologized profusely. heads rolled, he fired people, and then he shut the door on this. and this is what you need to do. now, the only thing that could really hurt christie going forward is if there is some information that he did know, especially given how vehement he was at that press conference that he had no knowledge of what was going on. but in terms of sort of handling the immediate crisis, he did. and i don't necessarily think absent further information that this could hurt his run in 2016. >> do you agree, jason? >> ronald reagan used to say personnel is policy. and i think what christie has done is given his critics a big instrument here to bludgeon him with. >> despite the performance? >> despite the performance. the question is his judgment of character, his s