Christie vetting for vice-president

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There has been a lot of stuff coming out about Christie lately, but the most interesting is why Romney didn't pick him for VP.

I've been reading Double Down. I know to take the book with a grain of salt, but some of the stuff about Christie is interesting given what has come out.

-Christie's brother was implemented in an investment scandal

-Christie's staff was referred to as "...overbearing and demanding in ways that would have been unthinkable from any other surrogate. Trenton insisted on private jets, lavish spreads of food, space for a massive entourage" (p. 407)

-He was chronically behind schedule which irritated Romney. Christie was suppose to introduce Romney at a fund-raising event at the Grand Hyatt New York and instead ended up going up to speak before he arrived. When Christie arrived he upstaged Romney.

-Christie's law partner and top fundraiser Bill Palatucci owns a chain of shady halfway houses in NJ and Beth Myers called around to try to find out about them.

-Christie's staff (including Palatucci) would only provide information on their terms and told Romney's staff if they didn't like it they could go pound sand.

-Palatucci would ask why they needed a piece of information and then when they didn't respond Myers assumed they didn't answer it was because it was bad.

-Christie as a US attorney exceeded his travel expenses without adequate justification

-Christie was a lobbyist for the Securities and Industry Association (SIA) when Madoff was a senior official at the SIA and sought an exception from NJ's Consumer Fraud Act

-Christie would steer large contracts toward donors like John Ashcroft.

It seems like the list of things he's done is extensive. I have to wonder what we don't know.