michael duffy, who is the executive editor of "time," went on television to defend the accusations ofes. take a listen. >> he's obviously a big guy, a big republican, but he's also done a really huge thing this week, he stood astride the republican party and said, stop, we don't have to make our whole appeal about narrow base issues. and that campaign showed up with the dem graphics we talked about. gregg: big, big and huge many one sentence, howard. >> nice try, michael, but they compared the governor of new jersey to an elephant which, yes, is, of course, the party's symbol. i do think one of the reasons that journalists like this guy, want him to run, are practically casting him against hillary clinton in 2016 three ridiculous years in advance is that journalists, particularly inside the beltway, they like bipartisanship, today like what christie says about working with democrats. his views are more palate able to those of report r reporters -- reporters than ted cruz. gregg: obama's cool, he's analytical, he's a distant figure, he's been criticized for vacillating, syria might be