Chris Christie Headlining Event For Rick Scott Amid Bridge Scandal
Source: Huffington Post
Despite revelations this week that members of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) staff maneuvered a catastrophic traffic jam, the governor will headline fundraisers for Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando next Saturday, according to the National Journal.
"We always welcome Governor Christie to Florida," state House Speaker Will Weatherford (R) told the magazine. "An unfortunate situation has taken place and he's addressed it. He's not hiding from it. I think he handled it well."
Christie, the chief of the Republican Governors Association, would normally play a critical role in fundraising for his party's incumbents and challengers in races across the country. But his fundraising appeal may be diminished in the wake of the scandal -- his favorability rating is down 8 points.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was one of a handful of Republicans to jump to Christie's defense, saying in a Facebook post Thursday that he "did the right thing."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/chris-christie-rick-scott_n_4577388.html
Crooks of a feather...
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)"But we think it's heartwarming that scandal-plagued governor Christie would take a break from political damage control to raise money for his scandal-plagued colleague, Rick Scott."
One schmuck helping out another schmuck...good luck with that.
Best news: HuffPost Pollster, which combines all publicly available polling data, shows Crist leading Scott 46 percent to 37 percent in the governor's race.
riversedge
(70,271 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)They deserve each other.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)except that these are crooked instead of funny.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,019 posts)Kahuna
(27,311 posts)weissmam
(905 posts)the bridge screw up is a fool, if he didn't know about it how come he tried to squash the investigation in December
Zorro
(15,748 posts)They luv incompetent bullies.
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)randr
(12,413 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)Poor Rick Scott is having a bad time of it. In the same week that he had to let go of a Commissioner who was charged with DUI (and also rolled his car), he is now counting on another questionable politician to raise money for him.
And Christie isn't the only one with a dubious background that Scott is counting on for $$.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)Christie is a potential Blagojevich
Subverting the public interest for self-serving political goals
IMO
dawn frenzy adams
(429 posts)I don't think Blagojevich put the life and safety of thousands of people in jeopardy for a petty, political vendetta.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)but he did use his public position for personal gain
in this case political 'gain' in the sense of dominance or retribution
if it all leads there
just my humble opinion
Sancho
(9,070 posts)Haley can show everyone her new gun, Scott can pee in a cup, and Christie can set up traffic cones...
At least one of them will say something that ends up on Cobert...