Okay political gamesmanship really does NOT get much more transparent than this.Courtesy of Politico:
One of the most tantalizing subplots of the 2012 campaign has been the curious and sometimes controversial performances of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Now, campaign insiders tell POLITICO that Christie was Mitt Romney’s first choice for the Republican ticket, lending an intriguing new context to the continuing drama around the Garden State governor.
The strong internal push for Christie, and Romney’s initial instinct to pick him as his running mate, reflects how conflicted the nominee remained about choosing a running mate until the very end of the process. At least on the surface, Christie and Paul Ryan are about as opposite as two Republicans could be: a brash outsider from the Northeast versus a bookish insider from the heartland.
And yet Romney switched from Christie to Ryan in a span of about two weeks, according to a detailed inside account provided to POLITICO.
Romney was so close to picking Christie that some top advisers at the campaign’s Boston headquarters believed the governor had been offered the job. The campaign made tentative plans to announce a pick in late July, just before Romney headed off on his overseas trip, starting with a stop at the London Olympics.
In fact, Christie was never the final choice. Romney hit “pause” on the possibility shortly before his trip to the Olympics. Then he settled on Ryan the day after returning. Romney formally offered him the job within a week, leaving Christie hanging until shortly before the official announcement a week later.
Some Christie supporters were irritated to discover that the House budget chairman had been picked so long before the New Jersey governor had been told, meaning that he and other also-rans had remained as decoys. These supporters said at the time that Christie deserved more of a heads -up after being led on so strongly.
So did you catch the "hidden" message in this "leak?"
Chris Christie doesn't REALLY appreciate or respect President Obama due to his extremely competent response to Hurricane Sandy. He is only pretending to like the President to get back at Mitt Romney for leading him on and when he was actually courting another fella behind his back.
The bitch!
Jesus Christ is this really how the Romney campaign responds to being publicly embarrassed by a supporter? By inviting the comparison of the other person to the equivalent of a scorned ex-boyfriend?
Whatever happened to maturity in the Republican party?
Here we thought Sarah Palin was an anomaly, but in reality she was simply an example of how immaturely the GOP would function from now on. Who knew?
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