Why Christie Cared So Much About Fort Lee

[kpete]

Why Christie Cared So Much About Fort Lee

New York Times: "His campaign called them 'the Top 100,' the swing towns that Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to win as he prepared for a re-election campaign. Capturing these towns, sometimes referred to as mini-Ohios or mini-Floridas, would validate the governor's argument that he would be the most broadly appealing Republican choice for president in 2016."

"Staff members in the governor's office created tabbed and color-coded dossiers on the mayors of each town -- who their friends and enemies were, the policies and projects that were dear to them -- that were bound in notebooks for the governor to review in his S.U.V. between events."


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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/nyregion/for-christie-politics-team-kept-a-focus-on-two-bids.html?_r=0
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/01/29/why_christie_cared_so_much_about_fort_lee.html

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Gosh,

I wonder if one of those notebooks will show up. Great thing to include in a subpoena.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Well, he's toast now. And if this investigation drags on like so many others...

he won't even be welcome in his hometown. He may make a comeback, but the precipitous drop in his national favorability has been more dramatic than I've ever seen.

[flamingdem]

4. However the pubs may try to rehabilitate him

since they have no alternatives essentially.

Should be a bit tough to create a positive narrative after this, but watch them try.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. Oh, I have no doubt "they'll try", but he's lost 6 pts among Repukes, and double

digits among everyone else, just since his reelection. I think when people look at him now, they see someone who might fit better in an episode of the Sopranos rather than the POTUS.
He might come through this completely unscathed, but the damage to his image will be long lasting.

[monmouth3]

3. We have really dodged a bullet with this guy, although I doubt he would have been nominated..n/t

[Sheepshank]

6. Wow, I'm so dumb...but of course it was about the votes.

...and not the votes of the individual Mayors, but the constituency votes that the well liked Mayors would bring to the table with a positive Christie endorsement. I kept thinking that a Mayoral endorsement couldn't be *that* important...but of course it is!!!!!

[Iggo]

7. Republicans and their binders.