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NYT columnist: Christie chose meeting Springsteen over Romney victory

Nov. 7, 2012 2:40pm Eddie Scarry

Conservatives beat up on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the final days of the election for gushing over President Obama‘s handling of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Some suggested Christie was hurting Mitt Romney‘s chances to win, possibly putting his own political future ahead of the current GOP presidential nominee.

In the New York Times, columnist Timothy Egan says it was more about Christie meeting his idol Bruce Springsteen than anything else. Christie was able to meet Springsteen on Monday.

From Egan’s column:

I told my friends, only half in jest, that Christie was really after a chance to meet Springsteen. That he would do anything, even kill the momentum of his party’s nominee, for a bromance with Jersey’s favorite son. This would explain why he was playing nice. Sure enough, on Monday, during his now-daily call to Christie, the president handed the phone off to Springsteen. The governor may never clean that ear again. …

Now: the exit polls show the hurricane had only a minor effect on voter attitudes. But if, as many believe, the chance for Obama to appear bipartisan and presidential in the last week of the campaign with one of his most strident critics was just enough to tip independent voters in swing states — well, I rest my case.

In that case, it wasn’t Sandy that determined the election. It was the man who wrote “Sandy.”

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Comments (11)

65Mustang
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:36am
Something must have happened behind scene but I have lost all respect for Christie.

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silquin11
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:15am
Maybe he can get a new gig a water carrier for eihter Obama or Springsteen now. He’ll sure lose some pounds doing that…Lots of water to carry!

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silquin11
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:14am
And to think Christie did all of that for naught becuase his “people” in NJ are still pining away in the cold with no heat or power….I pity him: selling his soul to the devil for NOTHING!

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GETLIFE
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:05am
Obama didn’t want to tour the disaster areas with Bloomberg, Cuomo, or Booker.
No, he wanted a high-profile Republican. (Why did Bloomberg feel he had to make a PUBLIC announcement justifying the fact he would not be touring with the President?)

If Christie thinks the Obama camp didn’t plan out the politics of the Jersey visit, and wasn’t totally aware of how it would play out, he is an idiot.
He was set up and used.

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:05am
But they can post that. You censor alot blaze.

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:54pm
White male has been minority for year you retarded idiots. So outta touch..you let a camel in the tent dummies. Who’s laughing now. Me.

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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:14pm
@ WES: “The women and the minorities now trump the white guy. Your strategists know this. It is over”
Really? Sooo I guess there are no right-wing women or minorities? The left thinks of women in terms of their Va-jay-jays ONLY, and as for minorities? The left only thinks of them in terms of VOTES. Looks like you’ve been had. :)

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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:07pm
@Wes: B I T E Me. And THEN jump in the lake. :)

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wesadams2012
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:51pm
There is no god. If there was, you guys would have won. Think about that.

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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:11pm
  @Wesadams2012: Think about jumping in a lake you dimwit.
  
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- wesadams2012
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 3:42pm
  Really? Jump in a lake? Did you just get done watching Happy Days? Archie Bunker? You cannot win with just the disgruntled white guy vote any longer. Its over. The women and the minorities now trump the white guy. Your strategists know this. It is over.
  
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