re: #68 Interesting Times

Wouldn’t chris christie be the obvious establishment choice?

I don’t think so.

For the corporatists looking at him, they’re going to see how he bowed in critical issues to the TP. See the tunnel for the example here - he stopped a LOT of money and momentum for what amount to TP reasons.

For the general non-TP Republican if the elections were right now he’d be fine. The problem he’s been spending the last few months banging the hard right drum, and every indication is it’s going to get worse. (And he can defend not accomplishing TP goals by pointing to the Democratically controlled legislature.)

Add to it all his personal behavior. He’s a jerk to all with whom he disagrees. That plays well in New Jersey but not across the rest of the nation, not if your pet is the one under his sneer.

No, by 2015 Christie will be neither fish nor fowl, and won’t be popular enough to continue. It won’t stop pundits from extolling his campaign, but in reality he’ll be…

Giuliani 2.0.