And people like Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham fell for it ... at least for awhile. Maybe they're over him now.
Christie benefitted from a lack of knowledge of what he's really about. He is (a) unethical, (b) not a genuine conservative, and (c) an opportunist. Those of us on his own local scene have known this since the early '90s.
Fat boy likes to flaunt his authority.