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The NY tabloids seem to think this is a bigger deal than I suspect the rest of the country does.

Posted by Mop (200 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jan 9 '14, 08:28

But then, it impacts their immediate readership directly. I guess you don't fuck with the bridges in New York.

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- The front pages are saying, basically, "No White House for you!" Really, does Arkansas or Mississippi or California feel that way? - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 9, 08:49 3
  - California definitely feels that way. Have you been to California?! Seriously though..... - ty97 Jan 9, 08:55 2
    - As an aside, re:Christie's White House chances, didn't we hear that the 2012 GOP candidates had a bunch of dirt on him? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 9, 08:58 1
      - The book Double Down at least implies that Romney's vetting of Christie made them run away from the thought of him as VP on the ticket. -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 09:00
- In this instance, it matters because Christie is widely believed to be running for POTUS in 2016. -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 08:41 2
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    - I agree with that. It was obvious from the get-go that this would be today's headline. -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 08:45
Abuse of power, especially from someone expected to make a run for president, is going to get play. - TWuG Jan 9, 08:35 1
- this -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:36
heh, I have read an article about the fall out but still do not know what actually happened. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:35 10
- I don't quite get all the specifics, but here's the cliff notes version - ty97 Jan 9, 08:38
- A Christie aide got a transit authority guy to close lanes on an important bridge because the mayor (I think) of the community it serves refused to - TWuG Jan 9, 08:38 8
  - Holy crap. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:42
  - also it was the first or second day of school and first responders were impacted causing a death or two -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:39 6
    - Well, an ambulance was delayed getting to a 91 year old woman who later died. BUT... - ty97 Jan 9, 08:41 4
      - (wait for it, now that there is a nice club against Christie expect his opponents to have a different story of heartache every day come out) -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:42 3
        
        he's audio the guy who said he loves being governor because he gets to speed through tunnels, isn't he? -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 08:43 2
        
        Have you pissed off the autocorrect gods, or something? -- nm - TWuG Jan 9, 08:47 1
        
        sparingly. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 08:51
    - supposedly -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 08:39
I think this is a big deal. It's elemental. Most everyone knows about traffic jams. - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:34 1
- and the quotes just reek of callous arrogance. - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:36
i am not even American and i think it's kind of a big deal. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 08:31 1
- Sure, but you hippies say thanks to each other and care for your ill. - ty97 Jan 9, 08:32
it made national news on both cable and network news stations. I'd say it's a pretty big thing -- nm - decline Jan 9, 08:30 10
- Yeah. I am not yet convinced it will stay big, or even seem big in hindsight, but it certainly is big in the moment. - ty97 Jan 9, 08:32 9
  - I'm sure this won't kill his chances but... - Mel Profit Jan 9, 08:40 4
    - I don't think it hurts him with core GOP voters (his willingness to compromise hurts him worse there). I expect the core GOP voters love him better - TWuG Jan 9, 08:46
    - I agree, it seems to reinforce his style (/his admin's style if he is not involved) of being brash and telling detractors to eff off. - ty97 Jan 9, 08:43 2
      - because applying to the GOP base is working real well for them... - Mel Profit Jan 9, 09:05
      - Just wait until he applies that to Iran! -- nm - GOP Jan 9, 08:47
  - Any viable republican wanting to run in 2016 - eag Jan 9, 08:37
  - this. especially because we have such a short attention span as a nation -- nm - decline Jan 9, 08:33 2
    - The downside for Christie is that there will almost certainly be a drawn out investigation now, and Dems control NJ. -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 08:40 1
      - yup and they will do everything possible to keep it in the spot light -- nm - decline Jan 9, 08:48
Based on my Twitter feed, the cable news channels that don't have Fox in their name were all over it yesterday too. -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 08:29

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