As you have noticed, the Democratic Party put up token opposition to Chris Christie in his run for re-election as governor of New Jersey. It was probably a strategic decision--and a risky one. Christie, an expert at faking sincerity, is already grabbing with both hands for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016. Fake sincerity has crossover appeal. What are the Democrats thinking?
1) The Democrats are counting on Gov. Christie to rip the Republican Party in two. While Christie supports the war on women and so forth, he is neither stupid nor baked in the bean. He will be backed by Corporate America. The Tea Party can't stand him, so maybe he won't win the nomination, but there's a risk that he will.
2) So far the voters have paid little attention to Christie's past, but attention from the national media will change that. This man, expert in fake sincerity, once lobbied for Bernie Madoff.
3) There is a lot of entertainment value in Christie's personality. He's a short, obese bully--a perfect candidate for mayor of Toronto--and when he's campaigning in Iowa, he will probably cuss out a rightwing preacher's wife on camera. Iowa may like that in a man but possibly not.
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