Christie 2016 Fate Hinges on Who’s Telling Truth in Probe

[Purveyor]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie could get knocked out of the 2016 presidential campaign before it even starts if allegations that he lied about his knowledge of politically-motivated traffic jams are true, bipartisan strategists said.

The attorney for a former political ally charged today that the governor, a Republican, gave an incorrect account of what he knew about lane closings that paralyzed a town at the end of the George Washington Bridge after the mayor there failed to join other leading Democrats in endorsing his 2013 re-election bid.

“If it is true and he doesn’t have a credible explanation, it would go directly to the ’trust’ issue, a critical vote-determinative attribute,” said Mary Matalin, a former adviser to President George W. Bush’s campaigns and administration. “Having said that, he is a superior politician and 2016 is a long way off.”

John Podesta, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend: “I think it’s a killer.”

The Christie administration, in an e-mail today, repeated the governor’s assertion that he first learned of the closures when they were reported by the media and denied other claims by the lawyer for the former ally, David Wildstein, who was involved in the lane closures.

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-31/christie-2016-fate-hinges-on-who-s-telling-truth-in-probe

[Skittles]

1. who cares if he knew or not (and I think he did)

we all know the kind of people he trusts

[longship]

2. It doesn't matter if people are telling the truth.

What matters is: did Christie lie in his two hour apology festival ?

If that is demonstrable, he's toast. Done. Fini.

Like always, it's the cover up that gets them whether they were part of it or not. There's little doubt now that this -- at least -- has occured.