john corzine's running for re-election against chris christie who had resigned in early january of that year, or maybe it was in early december of that year. >> with right. >> and then he announced in early february. we all knew when he resigned that he was going to run for governor. so there are a lot of people who think that the timing of the culmination of in this two or three-year sting had a political taint to it or a political motive behind it. i know we're not going to answer that question definitively, but what are the arguments on either side for whether this was politically motivated somehow? >> well, the arguments against it would be one of the arguments against it would be that the head of special prosecutions was a man by the name of jimmy nobio -- >> in the u.s. attorney's office. >> in the u.s. attorney's office. if anything like that were going on on his watch, he'd probably arrest himself, that's how ethical he views these things. and, in fact, it affected the case because he actually was, was -- he recused himself a week before the arrest came down because he got a job

marriage and failed in the state legislature under democratic legislature with democratic governor john corzine. my view on it is in my state we're going to continue to pursue civil unions. i am not a fan of same-sex marriage, it's not something i support. i believe marriage should be between one man and one woman. that's my view and that will be the view of our state because i wouldn't sign a bill like the one that was in new york. >> let me ask you about your own political standing, you made tough choices doesn't always make you friends. this is your standing, you have over 50%, down more, disapproval at 47%. if your critics could grasp some things to build a narrative. this guy is tough talking, no nonsense, he is who he is. there's been a number of incidents that make you to some come across as not somebody who likes to be questioned. you've been asked about this repeatedly. here's one example -- >> you feel that way, you're sitting there questioning me. i'm happy to be questioned. >> i think you are in a format like this. there have been examples the question having to do with why you send

corzine with conservative champion chris christie. [applause] >> and in virginia bob mcdonnell one that virginia governor's race by 18. [applause] >> in ohio, we replaced ted strickland with our friend john finest governors in america. [applause] >> and in the fourth largest state in america, we replaced charlie crist with taxcutting rick guy. [applause] >> and i think that's a pretty good trade. and then after chris ted betrayed his party and his professed runcible, we beat him with marco rubio was not in the united states senate. [applause] >> but we are not done yet. we are just beginning, and that's what this weekend is about. because in 2012 we are going to add to the majority in the house, we are going to see a conservative majority in the u.s. senate, and we're going to replace barack obama with a president that we can be proud of. [applause] >> you know, ronald reagan once said that the closest thing to eternal life on this earth was a federal program. [laughter] >> once enacted it's kind of hard to get rid of. but we are going to change that, because after that new congress is sworn in on january 5, 2013, after we have already defunded it, after we've already suited in the court