THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

You might have seen that New Jersey Governor Christie Chris has had himself exonerated of any wrongdoing for his closing of rush hour traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge. True, it cost the state $1 Million paid to a carefully selected law firm handpicked by the Governor himself, but they came through in the end.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared today at a Las Vegas meeting that included other presidential hopefuls, the day after saying the furor over calculated traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge won’t deter him from a possible White House bid.

The 51-year-old Republican yesterday faced reporters after a review he commissioned cleared him of responsibility for four days of punishing traffic last year on bridge approaches in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where the mayor didn’t endorse his re-election. The report instead blamed aides.

“It is always confidence-shaking and disappointing when people that you trust let you down,” Christie said today at the meeting in Nevada of the Republican Jewish Coalition, whose leaders include billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson. “As a leader of an organization, you’re ultimately responsible for that.”

Revelations that Christie aides and allies deliberately snarled traffic at the world’s busiest bridge -- turning 30-minute commutes into three-hour ordeals -- have become the biggest political crisis in his career. Christie’s popularity among U.S. adults fell to 32 percent this month from 50 percent last June, according to a Bloomberg National Poll. The governor placed fifth among major candidates for president in a George Washington University Battleground Poll released March 25...

While acknowledging the dip in his poll numbers, he said he has time to recover before he has to make a decision on seeking the presidency.

“There’s nothing permanent about that -- like the same where there was nothing permanent about my standing being extraordinarily high,” Christie said. “In terms of my decision-making, it’s simply not the way I would make a decision. The way I’ll make a decision about whether to seek any future office would be -- do I think it would be what’s best for me and my family? And secondly, do I think I have something unique and particular to offer.”

Sad to see that what might be best for the state or the country has no place in his decision making. Wouldn't want his judgement clouded by irrelevancies. Team Fatso can handle that for him.