I can't take credit; I was just quoting radio pundits who sounded like they had the right take.
...comparing Christie in NJ to what Christie might have been able to do in northern Va. are two entirely different items ...
Concur, and I concur that the argument is between whether, as the refusenik RiNO's insisted, Christie would indeed have helped with the slavishly statist voters of northern Virginia enough to bring Cucinelli home (which help was nevertheless reneged), OR Cucinelli would have done better to bring in Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Sarah Palin to campaign around the rest of the State.
... and then the name of Rick Santorum floated to my forebrain.
Same old thing, different day.