“...Christie was a great governor for 3-4 years....”
I’ll respectfully disagree. For gun owners in NJ, he COULD have been a great governor if he’d have even made an ATTEMPT to roll back some of the egregious infringements on the Citizens 2nd Amendment right. He did nothing to help the honest citizens who want to be able to carry for self-defense, to just BUY a firearm without a damned permission slip, etc.
I initially thought he’d be a good win for NJ, but that turned out not to be the case. Major disappointment, and just another RINO. And the Bridgegate thing gave the Dems tons of ammo to shove up his rear. Bad optics, for sure.
Agree with you on the stepping-stone thing.
Christie was shackled with a Democrat-contrallied legislature (both houses) for his entire tenure in office. He wasn’t perfect, but he was the best you were ever going to get here.