| Who wants to call Chris Christie today, and ask him some questions?
Christie's suddenly without an idol, suddenly without the national Republican - Gov. Mark Sanford - dedicated to using the Garden State as a springboard to reverse the fortunes of the entire Republican Party. Sanford just resigned as head of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) - it's still unclear whether he can keep his own governorship - at a bizarre, teary press conference. [VIDEO].The GOP was already bumbling around without effective message, little money and no win-strategy. This doesn't help much.
Now, Chris Christie loses a mentor who shuttled him cash, endorsements ... and ideas.
South Carolina's Sanford, who disappeared off the grid a few days ago - his wife didn't know, staff probably forced to lie for him, and some cockamamie story about the Appalachian Trail - turned up today. Turns out he was in Argentina, cheating on his family. And state.
Frankly, the level of irresponsibility is staggering, and terribly sad. Sanford not only left his state rudderless, but was so far off the grid he was on another continent. He was milk-carton gone. Gone a week.
Mark Sanford is Chris Christie's true north.
Here's a great audio clip posted on Blue Jersey by JRB - about how Christie based his own plan to reject federal stimulus package money for NJ if he's elected (good plan, dude!). JRB points out Christie chose the night before Obama addressed the nation on economic recovery to stand beside Sanford and pledge to reject stimulus funds for us. Same way Sanford had - RGA bright-idea man, first Republican Governor in the country to make that pledge. Christie had not yet even read the stimulus plan. Sanford lauds Christie at RGA.
So, who wants to call Chris Christie and ask him the following:
1. Do you plan to give back contributions that Gov. Sanford gave you, and raised for you?
2. Will you comment on the irresponsibility of Gov. Sanford's leaving the country, with no warning?
If you get answers - even from staff - please post them here. |
