Christie may well do what McCain & Romney could not-come across as a truer version of an independent candidate. Christie has proven he can tell the crazies to fu** off in true New Jersey style.
Christie is just another bloated fat Teabagger trying to be "compassionate". Remember, he doesn't give a fuck what happens to you, he just wants to make sure his ass is protected when the distaters hit.
It's hard for me to forget Christie's speeches during the campaign in which he promoted some of the most disingenuous anti-Obama rhetoric. He is not principled, but simply opportunistic, and his goals happen to align with Obama's for the moment.
A split Republican or Democratic party makes little sense given the winner-take-all system we have. Such a system strongly encourages large, usually centrist parties with broad interest groups.
Does American politics have room for two major parties that basically work for the interests of business but are decent-to-good with respect to those social issues about which business, loosely construed, are good or don't care?
Maybe they could make enough difference out of which businesses support which party...or, more optimistically, maybe more centrist Republicans could move the Democrats leftward for sheer brand differentiation's sake.
It won't happen; expect more of the same.
Maybe they could make enough difference out of which businesses support which party...or, more optimistically, maybe more centrist Republicans could move the Democrats leftward for sheer brand differentiation's sake.