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NJ's Christie Looks to Recover After Staff Shakeup

NJ's Christie Looks to Recover After Staff Shakeup

(AP) NJ’s Christie looks to recover after staff shakeupBy STEVE PEOPLES and ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.A wounded Chris Christie is working to move beyond the most challenging test of his political career, a traffic scandal that rocked his administration

VA Lawmakers Pushing for DREAM Act in State

VA Lawmakers Pushing for DREAM Act in State

Republicans are working with Democrats in the Virginia legislature to try to enact the state’s version of the DREAM Act this year. The legislation would provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants who have lived in the state for three

Dershowitz: Christie Could Face Civil, Criminal Liability

Dershowitz: Christie Could Face Civil, Criminal Liability

Noted defense attorney, legal scholar and liberal Democrat Alan Dershowitz has concluded that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie “may well be liable for the damage caused by the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge” under “existing criminal and civil

Christie Fires Staff, Takes 90 Minutes of Questions

Christie Fires Staff, Takes 90 Minutes of Questions

While there still needs to be a full and complete investigation into exactly how involved the governor’s office was in the closing of the George Washington Bridge, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie came out on Thursday to give a master

Christie: 'No Knowledge or Involvement in This Issue'

Christie: 'No Knowledge or Involvement in This Issue'

(AP) Christie fires aide, apologizes for traffic jamsBy ANGELA DELLI SANTI and GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday apologized to his constituents and said he was “embarrassed and humiliated” by his staff but had no idea his aides

CNN's Banfield: Christie Scandal Could Mean 'Felony Murder' Charges

CNN's Banfield: Christie Scandal Could Mean 'Felony Murder' Charges

A few minutes before New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s highly-anticipated Thursday morning press conference, CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield suggested that the closing of the George Washington Bridge for political purposes could result in felony murder charges against those behind the closing:

U.S. Attorney to Investigate Christie Bridge Closure

U.S. Attorney to Investigate Christie Bridge Closure

Twenty minutes before a scheduled press conference, the New York Times reports that the U.S. Attorney will open an investigation into allegations that aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered lanes closed on the George Washington Bridge as a form

Now THIS is what a scandal frenzy looks like

It’s not as if the media completely refuses to cover Democrat scandals.  It’s that they never assemble into the kind of piranha feeding frenzy that immediately erupted over Chris Christie’s bridge scandal.  In fact, you’ll be very hard pressed to

Obama and Christie: Bully Buddies

Obama and Christie: Bully Buddies

It has been clear to many observers that Chris Christie’s bullying tendencies were going to be a political problem. This reporter discovered first-hand that Christie does not handle opposition well, even when he is clearly in the wrong. I concluded