Chris Christie-Accounts of Petty Retribution Reinforce Christie’s Bullying Image

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5. The Tea Party hates Christie but i see signs of the GOP leaders clearing a way for Christie

To some degree, the nomination of Christie may split the GOP and the Tea Party but I am still thinking that the GOP leadership (i.e. the sane people in the GOP) will want to nominate someone like Christie who could appeal to moderates. Christie is not a moderate and he may be able to keep the tea party people somewhat happy with a VP nominee like Carnival Cruz or Marco Rubio.

I applaud the DNC's efforts here to develop the George Washington bridge issue because that issue is a great way to illustrate the fact that Christie is a bully and low life. The more that this theme is developed now, the better it will resonate in a general election. The Obama campaign did a great job of painting Romney as one of the one percent and so when the 47% comments came out the public was willing to accept these comments as reflecting who Romney really is. It is going to be harder to do this with Christie and so it is important that the DNC start now.