So, Jersey just legalized gay marriage via the courts. I prefer it when it happens via the legislature, but unlike - say - Roe v Wade this is not a court decision that will polarize America for years. This will stick, it's a good thing and it's important.
But I'm fascinated by the fact that Chris Christie will likely be re-elected governor of New Jersey. I know Jersey is kind of idiosyncratic. They have a large Italian-American population that I tend to think leans GOP nationally and in the Northeast in particular. African-Americans are an important voting bloc, but not a determinant one.
Still, I would love to see Christie either go down in flames (insert Hindenburg joke) or at least come very close. Christie is a bully and an asshole. And that's not necessarily a detriment in New Jersey. In fact, co-assholes are probably his base.
We are going to be hearing a lot in the next two years about the GOP's need to find a moderate presidential candidate, and Christie is kind of all they have.
It would be hilarious if he got upset.
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