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re: Do you think he oversees every road closure in the state? He delegates such matters to his transportation secretary

No, I do not think he oversees every road closure in the state. However, in this instance his own top level staff were involved in closing roads, not leaving it purely to his transportation secretary. So, Christy is not off the hook. Was he complicit in the closures? I don't know, but this does not look good for him one bit. From what I have read on Christy prior to this entire episode, he has a long history of vindictive responses when he doesn't get what he wants. So, ordering road closures out of spite doesn't seem out of character for him.

re: Do you think he oversees every road closure in the state? He delegates such matters to his transportation secretary

No, I do not think he oversees every road closure in the state.

Okay. Fair enough...

However, in this instance his own top level staff were involved in closing roads, not leaving it purely to his transportation secretary.

Once again, that's a fair observation. I think it raises the level of concern. It isn't an indictable piece of information though. It may or may not be as out of the ordinary as we think. Even if it was, it's also entirely possible for a go-getter staff member to use poor judgement when doing something on behalf of their boss, that he may have nixed had he actually been asked to review the plan.

So, Christy is not off the hook.

I agree.

Was he complicit in the closures? I don't know, but this does not look good for him one bit.

I don't know either. And in reaction to that factoid, I am neutral about what this means for Christie. I'm not going to jump on the band-wagon to impeach him just yet. If we do that by saying things like "Thanks Christie..." we're essentially fanning the flames of the Democrat bon-fire, before Christie is even shown to be deserving of the stake.

From what I have read on Christy prior to this entire episode, he has a long history of vindictive responses when he doesn't get what he wants.

Wouldn't you agree that this could probably be said about most people in and out of politics? If you cross your employer at work, are you going to last long? It's a fact of nature. It may not be right, but I doubt Christie is any worse than the ten nearest Democrat Governors when it comes to vindictive nature. Here some Democrat player is just hamming it up, reeling folks in.

Yesterday I heard on the radio some schlep state, "Yeah, and Christie runs his management team like it was a paramitary operation." What the hell does that mean? It was stated to insight folks to think negatively about Christie. It was pure propaganda. Another way of saying this is, "Christie runs a tight operation." Wow, now there's something most of us would like to think our Governor does, as long as it is on the up and up. So in actuality, this is a neutral statement, that was craftily formulated to insight people to think negatively about Christie.

So, ordering road closures out of spite doesn't seem out of character for him.

Base on what, normal facts of nature? I could be wrong, but it seem to me you're pulling in too many variables to justify a negative opinion of Christie.

I am negative on him as it relates to his political leanings. I think he's being rolled here. In time, well see.