When you are there for people-they will be there for you, for a while, until you milk that cow dry.

[kpete]

New Jersey's Affection for Chris Christie
by BooMan
Wed Nov 6th, 2013 at 09:49:01 PM EST

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Chris Christie's reelection wasn't about the Establishment vs. the Tea Party or moderates vs. conservatives or any of that. It's a small state recovering from total devastation. The election was a family affair. Outsiders don't understand. Believe me, I live forty miles west of the Delaware River, and no one around here knows how I felt when I saw the damage from the storm. No one around here felt the way I did when I saw Gov. Christie talking about the rebuilding effort and promoting tourism. So, how is someone from hundreds or thousands of miles away going to understand the bond Christie made with New Jerseyans during that time?

They won't understand it.

But, here's the thing. New Jerseyans told exit pollsters that they vastly prefer Hillary Clinton to Chris Christie as a presidential candidate. That's because the love affair with Christie only extends so far. It's visceral and personal, but it won't last any longer than New York's love affair with Rudy Giuliani lasted after the thousandth time he evoked his leadership on 9/11.

When you are there for people in a crisis, those people will be there for you in your time of need.

For a while.

Until you milk that cow dry.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/11/6/21491/7961

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. It wasn't 50 Democrats who elected Christie...

It was the people of New Jersey because he was there with them, and that created a bond. Even those 50 Democrats felt that same bond, not because they were Democrats or Republidems or Conservadems or Dinos but because it was a New Jersey thing.

[leftyohiolib]

2. well keep that in mind when he doesnt fund your teachers pensions, fights against equality,

goes after collective barginning etc. we needed nj to send a message to the gop and all you did was tell the gop that you're ok with gop agenda.