My question is why didn't Zimmer come forward earlier?

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8. Just thought I'd add this interesting point...

Chuck Todd, who would usually bend over backwards to give a Republican the benefit of the doubt over a Democrat, said on "Hardball" this evening that the fact that Zimmer praised Christie in her diary makes her story more credible.

Also, on Steve Kornacki's show, Zimmer had a question for the Christie people. She said she is willing to testify under oath & to take a polygraph test; are they willing to do so?

It makes sense that Zimmer was afraid to come forward at the time she was being pressured. Now that Christie's true colors are being exposed, Zimmer now has allies (state & federal investigation teams) to take her complaints about Christie seriously.