Christie to Test Presidential Hopes in Iowa
Source: New York Times
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey will make his most significant and elaborate return to the presidential arena this week amid indications that, despite his tribulations, his political standing has stabilized and his advisers see a possible path to the Republican nomination in 2016.
Mr. Christie’s three-city swing through Iowa, the first state to have a say on the presidential race, will represent a highly public resumption of his White House ambitions after six months of scandal. It was deliberately constructed to showcase what his advisers believe distinguishes him from the emerging Republican field: his personality and ability to interact spontaneously with ordinary people.
The Iowa trip — and a second planned for New Hampshire on July 31 — hint at what his backers said was a larger, delicate, post-lane-closing strategy for selling a potential Christie candidacy to wary donors and a broader Republican base. The strategy aims to demonstrate that whatever the Tea Party and ideological appeal of his would-be rivals, they lack his gift for, and enjoyment of, street-level “retail politics.”
There are plenty of reasons for skepticism of the Christie strategy: Three investigations are still churning, with no end in sight, and the sheer volume of embarrassing revelations about the Christie administration’s conduct and culture could ultimately doom his presidential chances.
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I suggest a baker's dozen of their fried butter on a stick.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/17-heart-stopping-foods-at-the-iowa-state-fair
but the U.S. Attorney is circling him like a shark! He's going to need a bigger boat!
The U.S. Attorney's Office has asked the New Jersey legislative committee investigating Bridgegate to refrain from calling a range of potential witnesses out of concern that their testimonies could interfere with an ongoing federal criminal investigation, according to a source close to the matter.
Those on the do not call to testify list include Gov. Chris Christie's chief political adviser, Michael DuHaime, who had several conversations with Christie and Port Authority figures as the controversy grew late last year, and Mark Sokolich, the mayor of Fort Lee, where the lane closures occurred. In fact, the list of those whom the committee has been asked not to subpoena is so long that "no one of note" can currently be called to testify, the source said.
read it here: http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/07/15/bridgegate-committee-can-t-call-any-more-major-witnesses
Listen to Matt Katz discuss the story on WNYC here: http://project.wnyc.org/christie/
read Christie was testing waters in Iowa.. "But, how's the investigation going on in his state?". 
Christie's such a sociopath.. he could be on trail for murder and if they let him.. he'd be out campaigning and saying he was "so over it".
just like I said at the start of this 'bridgegate' affair, lot's of smoke and mirrors, but in the final analysis, nothing will be done about this individuals corruption. American political corruption on the state and national levels is a protected right of the 1%ers. I said NOTHING will happen to chrisite and I stand by that statement. All the "gleeful frenzy" is a correct analysis of the presumptive people who figured christie was a cooked turkey. I remember it, and well, so far they have been wrong.
I don't mind doing all this "suffering," LOL
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