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cheyanne

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5. The stakes are high.

Reply to chieftain (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 12:45 PM

Mar 2014

Will the people behind Christie and Samson, i.e. repug machine, developers, etc., really let this scandal break their hold on the governorship and Port Authority?

Are they powerful enough to make anyone think twice about crossing them? Could they ruin the not only the careers of anyone who talks, but also their families?

Nobody seems to be looking at the motive behind the closure:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/is-a-billion-dollar-development-project-at-the-heart-of-bridgegate

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Christie's lawyers fail the "red face test" and the Guv doesn't care. [View all] chieftain Mar 2014 OP

Christie would like to think so too malaise Mar 2014 #1

Mebbe, chieftain Mar 2014 #3

He Has Succeeded .... Laxman Mar 2014 #2

Never heard it called that. Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #4

The stakes are high. cheyanne Mar 2014 #5

Big part of the problem... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #6

The report was a joke Gothmog Mar 2014 #7

That's it in a nutshell marions ghost Mar 2014 #8

Yeah. chieftain Mar 2014 #9

And it works marions ghost Mar 2014 #10

The tea party woman yelling at Chris Hayes this week chieftain Mar 2014 #11