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by Gail Collins
Chris Christie is political toast.
Cause of his charred presidential prospects: an unreformed state pension system. I know thats disappointing. Not nearly as exciting as the political near-death experiences that went before. We were hoping the next disaster would be something like Governor Yells at Elmo. Or a reprise of the day he chased a guy down the boardwalk while waving an ice cream cone, this time maybe featuring Tom Hanks or Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Fixing New Jerseys pension system was supposed to be Christies signature achievement. He explained it in his keynote speech at the Republican convention in 2012, right after he told us about his mom, his dad, his wife, his children and his love of Bruce Springsteen. They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, he bragged.
By this point some of his listeners were wondering when hed get to Mitt Romney. But Christie went on about how he had saved New Jersey workers pensions and staved off fiscal disaster. Thanks to shared sacrifice and politicians who led instead of politicians who pandered.
The politicians in question would be Chris Christie, who appeared to be referring to himself with the royal we. No matter. It was still a very big deal because there are crisis-ridden pension plans all over the country in need of rescue.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/opinion/gail-collins-adieu-chris-christie-adieu.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Thanks a lot, doc!
-- Mal
n2doc
(47,953 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)and irrelevant would be his last choice for losing his former political power. Thus, unfunded pensions work for me.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)Gothmog
(145,558 posts)Christie would not have any appeal outside of New Jersey. There is no way that southern GOP voters would support Christie
Segami
(14,923 posts)...The more the better until we feel the earthquake tremors from his fall......
Toast it is!!