re: #303 lawhawk

Christie railed against Boehner and the GOP for blocking Sandy aid for 91 days after the storm came ashore, refusing to act on even restoring funding to cover the NFIP, which affects communities across the entire country, not just in NJ.

The shutdown was on the GOP. The delay in Sandy aid was all on the GOP. No one else to blame there.

In NJ, the Democrats here don’t see eye to eye with the Gov, but they’ve not stopped all government operations and blocked everything proposed or legislated. The one area where the Democrats aren’t yielding are on judicial nominees to the State Supreme Court, and they’ll end up working out some kind of a deal there too.

Executives have the right to nominate who they see fit, and as long as they’re qualified, they should be confirmed. It’s a perk of winning. It’s why elections matter.

Which I think shows you that Christie paradoxically gets better locally as he ends up screwing his chances with the national GOP. I’ve said this before albeit poorly phrased but I don’t see Christie’s “Jersey style” working with an increasing rural GOP who has hostility to the cities and coasts. That is to say what works in Jersey may not work in Iowa.