Close But No Cigar...

[Laxman]

it was a close call on whether or not the investigation of Christie would go forward. A piece by Star-Leger conservative columnist Paul Mulshine contained this interesting sentence (in bold):

That’s when the governor should have gone to Fort Lee and apologized to the mayor and the residents. At that point he could have put the blame on Wildstein and Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni for running such a shoddy “study.” Even if that study had been legit, that would be no excuse for stranding all those drivers in traffic with no warning. The Gov could have covered his butt by making that move.

Instead he tried to tough it out till Jan. 14, when the Legislative session ended and the committee lost its subpoena power. My Democratic sources tell me that Christie had made a deal with Democratic leaders to deep-six the probe in the next session. He clearly hoped that the firings of Wildstein and Baroni would be enough to assuage his critics – and they might have been if Wildstein had not been such an assiduous collector of e-mails.

Alas, those e-mails broke just a few days before the session ended. At that point everyone realized just how deeply the administration was involved in the lane closure as well as the cover-up.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2014/02/chris_christie_bridgegate_reve.html

Timing is everything. This kind of explains his lying and his confidence that he would escape responsibility. Thank goodness those e-mails were leaked to the Bergen Record. This could have been a very different (and less interesting) couple of weeks. And a very different future.

[ProSense]

1. Rachel Maddow covered that in detail.

Christie was trying to run out the clock, but failed.

[Laxman]

3. Intersting To See..

democrats saying it to Mulshine. He's a real piece of work. He definitely hates Christie.

[malaise]

2. Arrogance and hubris

They get them every time.