In other news, Salon cost 3x to operate what it brings in yearly.
Via Salon:
The most confounding piece of the Chris Christie debacle is the dubious political strategy at the root of all it all. Christie and his team of goon squads, and their mafia-style tactics, were employed for the purpose of trying to get Democrats to endorse him on the premise that it would strengthen his brand in the 2016 GOP primary.
He wanted to showcase his broad appeal on the political spectrum — his electability, in other words.
Apparently the Christie political team has not been following the arc of the modern Republican party, at least in the America that lies outside of the New York metro area. The conservative wing of the GOP, aka primary voters, have little interest in candidates who trumpet their moderateness or bipartisan appeal.
These are voters who are likely to believe that Obama was born in Kenya and is a Muslim; that climate change is a hoax; that John Boehner is a liberal sell-out; and that if John McCain and Mitt Romney had only acted like true right-wingers, they would have become president. And they don’t like anyone who thinks otherwise.