Meh. Christie should be glad this is happening now and not later. By the time 2016 rolls around all of this will be old news. He's in it for the long haul, I don't think for even a second that this is going to ruin his legitimacy as a candidate ultimately. Pay close attention to what he says and does over the next several weeks.
Frankly, if the first legit black candidate for the Presidency during an already heated primary campaign, while already bringing about tons of controversy to begin with simply (and unfortunately) because of his name and color (plus bullshit rumors spread courtesy racists/bigots on the web), who also just happened to have a Pastor (and not just any Pastor, it was someone who had a fairly significant influence on his career) who was found on camera screaming "GOD DAMN AMERICA" post 9/11, could still win the Democratic primary and go on to be President... yeah. Outside of NJ this is just going to look like political mudslinging after people let enough time pass and allow their own altered reality bias to take over depending on what they think of Christie overall. If we were in the middle of the GOP primary I'd be saying something very different. But in political time we are eons away from that.
The question is if he has more skeletons in his closet and if those will come to light.
Not to mention Obama had some other issues as well (i.e. Rezko) and despite his low-key approach to dealing with things, he sailed through those shitstorms with relative ease. Christie is a skilled politician like Obama and also is really good at striking a populist tone via 'shooting the shit' with voters a la Bill Clinton, unlike Obama. The President is more guarded, intellectual... and yet even he could overcome his most damning controversies during probably the most bitterly fought primary in American history. Christie should be okay for now. I do think he has a lot of skeletons in his closet, just ask McCain and Romney. If anything this will show us how Christie deals with controversy which will be very useful for any political junkie in assessing what may lie ahead for him that is generally unfavorable.
Frankly, if the first legit black candidate for the Presidency during an already heated primary campaign, while already bringing about tons of controversy to begin with simply (and unfortunately) because of his name and color (plus bullshit rumors spread courtesy racists/bigots on the web), who also just happened to have a Pastor (and not just any Pastor, it was someone who had a fairly significant influence on his career) who was found on camera screaming "GOD DAMN AMERICA" post 9/11, could still win the Democratic primary and go on to be President... yeah. Outside of NJ this is just going to look like political mudslinging after people let enough time pass and allow their own altered reality bias to take over depending on what they think of Christie overall. If we were in the middle of the GOP primary I'd be saying something very different. But in political time we are eons away from that.
The question is if he has more skeletons in his closet and if those will come to light.
Not to mention Obama had some other issues as well (i.e. Rezko) and despite his low-key approach to dealing with things, he sailed through those shitstorms with relative ease. Christie is a skilled politician like Obama and also is really good at striking a populist tone via 'shooting the shit' with voters a la Bill Clinton, unlike Obama. The President is more guarded, intellectual... and yet even he could overcome his most damning controversies during probably the most bitterly fought primary in American history. Christie should be okay for now. I do think he has a lot of skeletons in his closet, just ask McCain and Romney. If anything this will show us how Christie deals with controversy which will be very useful for any political junkie in assessing what may lie ahead for him that is generally unfavorable.
