I have nothing to add to this-except maybe that I've been trying to yell this for the last several years:
Chris Christie, resign for N.J.'s sake
Gov. Chris Christie has made it abundantly clear that governing New Jersey is a distant second priority for him, far behind the demands of his personal ambition.
He has answered every crisis with neglect during his disastrous second term.
Atlantic City is about to go bankrupt, and yet he sat on a reform package for six months without explanation. The transit system is in disrepair, with our link to New York City vulnerable to a crippling breakdown, and he watches passively as the transit fund drifts towards bankruptcy. New Jersey's fiscal crisis is the nation's second worst, and he has charted no viable path towards a political deal.
All this is infuriating when you consider that Christie possesses the political talent to steer the state towards safer ground. He made that clear in his first term, when he scored substantial wins on a centrist agenda.
But if his first term showed that he has the talent, his second term has shown that he lacks the character.
His craven endorsement of Donald Trump is only the final blow, the moment when he lost any last shred of credibility. His fulsome praise of Trump, after his stinging condemnations only a few weeks ago, is impossible to believe.
Christie's distraught expression as he stood with Trump during the press conference on Super Tuesday showed that even he can barely stomach this act of hypocrisy and opportunism. He looked like he had been taken hostage, or hit in the head.
If you wonder how he could muscle himself through such a phony moment, remember that he had practice.
Over the last year he has flipped his position on guns, immigration, and a full menu of other core issues. He has lied over and over, about Bridgegate, the budget, his imaginary friendship with the King of Jordan, and so on. It has become a habit, one that drains his credibility like grains of sand slipping through an hourglass.
Where does this leave the state?
We face two more years under a governor that is wandering in the wilderness, looking for some escape hatch from New Jersey so that he can join the bigger game. His disinterest in this state's most pressing problems is breathtaking. Political and business leaders say they can't get his attention. He was gone 72 percent of the days in 2015, and even more often during the start of this year. In any other job, he would have been fired long ago.
How much time will he spend in coming months campaigning for Trump? Will he continue to bill New Jersey taxpayers for his security detail, in effect forcing us all to make an indirect contribution to a bigot when we pay our taxes?
We asked those questions, and of course he will not answer.
Enough. It is time for the man to resign.
Read it here:
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/christie_resign_for_njs_sake_editorial.html#incart_river_home
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