2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBob Shrum: If Christy is telling the truth this helps him tremendously he looked good in the conf.
From a guy who couldn't win Presidential elections.Bob is more wrong than he is right
PM Martin
(2,660 posts)That victory was due to John Kerry's debate/oratory skills, more than Shrum's work.
Of course, most political consultants are worth less than the politic ans they work for.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)for the big horse race.
MFM008
(19,808 posts)thats it exactly. To avoid a blow out they support a blow hard.
djean111
(14,255 posts)Christie just needs to deny until the next interesting thing happens. This will only have legs if more people come out with other retaliatory reprisals, and I bet all the bullying homework was done on that score during the last two days.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)foreseeable future.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)He did not start taking it seriously until December - if he did not know the details it is fair to say he did not try very hard to find out either. And then there was his willingness to buy the "traffic study" story when everyone else was starting to say, "Yeah right."
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)However, in this one, he might be right.
This is far enough away, that unless Christie gets thrown off governorship, this will probably do no lasting damage.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Christie spent 2 hrs explaining and illustrating how he had/has no control of his executive staff...
Great Presidential qualities...
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)He needs Christie to survive, as do most of the pundits.
They need/want a battle, not a blow out.