"And if you don't believe me, let me tell you where you can cram it."
Yes,
that would be a problem.
Chris Christie’s political team has a problem: Even the campaign’s supporters need to be reassured that he’s still in the presidential game.
Don't worry, though. He'll do better. Eventually.
“Everyone has ups and downs,” said Bobbie Kilberg, a prominent northern Virginia fundraiser who has held several recent invitation-only “meet and greet” events for Christie. She adds that the “chill out” message has become central to his pitch. ”I think you have to give him some time.”
Christie remains a powerful fundraiser, his team argues, with formidable debating skills and retail politicking talent. That will pay off down the road, his team argues in conference calls, in private clutches with supporters, and in public venues.
Fundraising, sure. The "formidable debating skills" and the "retail politicking" bits have been getting a bit tarnished of late, subsumed into the more general pattern of "Chris Christie yelling at someone" that has made Christie more popular on YouTube than in real life.
I do hope he stays in the race. He doesn't have a realistic shot, true, but there are a lot of people in America who would probably pay good money to see him "debate" the smarm off of Scott Walker's ferret-featured face. Isn't that what the primaries are really all about?