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[PegnVA]

CHRISTIE SAYS HE'S "READIER" TO BE PRESIDENT DESPITE BRIDGEGATE SCANDAL WHICH MADE HIM FEEL "LIKE I GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A 2X4"
The slow drip of percolating scandals surrounding Christie now seems to be an impediment to what was considered an easy road to the top tier of Republican presidential hopefuls just a few months ago.
Christie aides told The New York Times that an overseas trip planned to boost his foreign policy bona fides was "still to be determined".
Matt Mowers, Christie's man in New Hampshire, the state party leader who previously served on his re-election campaign staff, is himself under subpoena.
And former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele criticized Christie for jetting off to Palm Beach, Florida for a fundraising trial balloon as subpoenas flew out of a majority-Democratic legislative committee in his state capital.
"They dropped 20 subpoenas on him, and so now that's baggage that's going to come into the conversation", he said.
-MailOnline.com.uk, January 20, 2014

[PegnVA]

NJ Senate, Assembly Merge Panels Investigating GWB Scandal
Lawmakers made the announcement this morning.
It will have 12 members and include 8 Democrats and 4 Republicans. Eight of the members will be from the Assembly with four from the Assembly.
All of the 20 subpoenas sent by the Assembly last week remain in effect. Documents are requested by February 3.
-Bergen Record, January 21, 2014

The real story here may be what Hoboken's Mayor Zimmer perceives to be quid pro quo comments from Christie's Lt Gov regarding a connection to Sandy funds with Zimmer approving the Rockefeller Project in Hoboken...Zimmer handed over her journal to the U.S. District Attorney's office, which include comments from the Lt Gov, and said she is willing to take a lie-detector test.
The Rockefeller Project in Hoboken appears to be at the heart of Christie's scandal - the GWB traffic jam, engineered by Christie's aides, exposed what was going on in the governor's office.

Christie was sworn into office this morning for a second term; celebrations scheduled for tonight have been canceled due to weather.