Steve Kornacki's theory on the Christie scandal

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31. There's also the story in LBN about Rove pushing Christie as a candidate

I'm starting to think that Christie really is Rove's guy -- and that the only question is how much of Christie's behavior this could explain.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/12/karl-rove-bridge-scandal-proves-christie-is-what-we-want-in-a-president/

Republican strategist Karl Rove asserted on Sunday that New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) handling of the George Washington Bridge Scandal showed he had the right qualities to be president of the United States.

During a panel segment on Fox News Sunday, host John Roberts pointed out that many Republicans were praising Christie for firing one of his top aides after a newspaper exposed his administration’s role in closing part of the busiest bridge in the world as part of political retribution plot, but President Barack Obama had not fired anyone over the health care reform law.

“I think he did himself a lot of good,” Rove said of Christie’s reaction to the scandal. “I think he did himself some good by contrasting with the normal, routine way of handing these things, which is to be evasive, to sort of trim on the edges.”