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>> Christie’s actions were deliberately taken because he knows perfectly well that once he was shot down for the VP slot, he has ZERO future in Republican politics outside New Jersey.

You’re a numbers guy, as I recall. Logical, not emotional.

So I’m sure you have evidence that Christie was rejected for the VP pick. Please produce it.

You know, I’m not defending what Christie did; it pisses me off too. I never want to see him anywhere near another (R) ticket. But I am trying to put myself in a governor’s shoes, with a bunch of his state hurting. So sue me. But don’t be a dickhead about it.

OK, by the numbers: Christie is a professional politician on the National scene. You simply do not do what he did unless you are trying to sabotage your own party. You don't. It's the last 100 hours of the news cycle before election day. You can't tell me that he's an emotional guy who just lost control of himself. That's the bottom line. That's logic, not emotion. So there's a reason.

Number two: The FEMA response has been, by all accounts, underwhelming. You make the absolutely correct observation that many of his constituents are freezing and hungry. So, why was the man who so effusively praised the President for essentially doing nothing but making promises not out walking around the beaches criticizing the response? Why did it take until Friday for FEMA to order 2 million MRE's in response to a storm that everyone knew a week in advance would leave as many as 10 million people without power? So logically, I think we must conclude that Christie's refusal to criticize FEMA when he is presented with a clear opportunity to do so is additional evidence of his duplicity.

Third: Speaking of emo, Christie did blubber on about how it made him cry to talk to his idol. Really? That's great. So apparently he can bestir himself to be passionate about some things; just not on behalf of his starving, freezing constituency.

Fourth: Yes, I apologize. My response to you was nasty. However, I thought you were short with another FReeper on behalf of a man who has stabbed us in the back with potentially disastrous consequences. We'll see.

Finally: The rumor is that Christie was encouraged to believe the job was his, but that Romney changed his mind after the European trip. Like many of the things in the rumor mill, that may or may not be true. But clearly, whether that was the cause, or the difficulties of his own reelection in a very Blue State was the cause -- or whatever -- he is a person whose profession is to manipulate public perception. Believing that he would step into a national spotlight to praise the flailing standard bearer of the political opposition in a tight race "accidentally," is like believing that Lawrence Olivier would accidentally jump in front of a camera and lapse into Hamlet.