Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie gave a preview of next year's Republican campaign talking points during a lively back-and-forth with former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/03/this_week_roundtable_what_is_the_strategy_for_bidens_agenda_assessing_afghanistan_as_a_strategic_failure.html">on ABC's "This Week" roundtable</a>. <blockquote>CHRIS CHRISTIE: I had a political science professor who said, "When your adversary is in the midst of committing suicide, THere's no reason to commit murder. The result is the same." It's the death of 2020 Joe Biden. When he went to the Hill, 2020 Joe Biden is now officially dead and buried. The guy who ran against the Progressives, ran against Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ran to be uniter in this country, ran saying he was going to force compromise. And he went up to Capitol Hill, and he ka capitulated to the Progressives and liberals in his party. And why should we be surprised? He couldn't stand up to the Taliban. How can we expect him to stand up to AOC? DONNA BRAZILE: Whoa. JON KARL: That's a partisan take to be sure. CHRIS CHRISTIE: Wait a second. Did he stand up to the Taliban? Why is that partisan? He hasn't stood up to anyone except for the people in his own party who nominated him. Bernie Sanders didn't vote for him. DONNA BRAZILE: Donald Trump invited the Taliban -- Donald Trump was inviting the Taliban to Camp David. CHRIS CHRISTIE: Let's not debate Donald Trump. In case you didn't know, Donald Trump is not in the White House anymore, and Joe Biden is kind of in the White House. DONNA BRAZILE: Joe Biden has created more jobs in the first couple of months of his presidency than any other president. CHRIS CHRISTIE: And more inflation, thank you. DONNA BRAZILE: That inflation was already coming down the pipe. CHRIS CHRISTIE: Sure, it was. DONNA BRAZILE: And look. This notion -- I'm sorry that you have to cover this, Rachel, and Rick, okay? I have been in the room with Democrats all my life, and I still look good, okay? You sometimes bleed in the middle of a fight, but when you are fighting for principles, these are principles, bedrock principles that democrats believe that we help people, that we take them out of harm's way, that we provide them with education and jobs. This is why we're Democrats. CHRIS CHRISTIE: These principles lost in the Democratic primary. What Bernie Sanders was just arguing and Elizabeth Warren lost in the Democratic primary. Joe Biden said they were extreme. They were extreme. DONNA BRAZILE: Not really. CHRIS CHRISTIE: Did Joe Biden say Bernie Sanders was extreme? He did. JON KARL: Bernie sanders was fighting on medicare for all. That's not part of this, but let me ask you this -- DONNA BRAZILE: To lower the prescription drug prices? And that's bad? JON KARL: To a larger point, why wouldn't Biden want to take the victory? DONNA BRAZILE: AT $1.5 trillion? You're right. They promised the moderates -- JON KARL: That's a lot of money by the way... CHRIS CHRISTIE: I understand that you want the American people to give you their money rather than keep it themselves. I get that, that's fine. You can spend it better. DONNA BRAZILE: You know how much money we spent every day in Afghanistan and got nothing to show for it? CHRIS CHRISTIE: Wait until the next terrorist attack, and we'll see if we had nothing to show for it. DONNA BRAZILE: Let's talk about how much it cost, and how many lives we were going to save, and how many people we'll educate, and how many seniors can have the comfort of being able to take their medicine.</blockquote>