Chris Christie can’t save us
By Dana Milbank,
WashPost
Friday, September 30, 7:48 AM
There was something tragic about the plea made to Chris Christie this week by a woman who wants the coy New Jersey governor to run for president.
“I really implore you,” said the woman, after listening to Christie speak at the Reagan Library, “as a citizen of this country to, please, sir, to reconsider. . . Go home and really think about it, please. Do it -- do it for my daughter. Do it for our grandchildren. Do it for our sons. Please, sir, don’t -- we need you. Your country needs you to run for president.”
I feel sorry for this woman, because she will, inevitably, be disappointed – even if Christie runs, even if Christie wins. This is because it is not Christie that she and so many other Republicans want but what Christie represents: a political superman who can, in a single-bound, transform the whole mess our political system has become.
We’ve seen this movie before, with a Democrat playing the lead role. Nearly three-and-a-half years ago, I raised doubts about Barack Obama’s over-confident promise to transform politics, the nation and the world. Obama’s wide-eyed followers, who had assigned the candidate magical powers, set themselves up for the relative letdown his presidency has become.
(More here.)
WashPost
Friday, September 30, 7:48 AM
There was something tragic about the plea made to Chris Christie this week by a woman who wants the coy New Jersey governor to run for president.
“I really implore you,” said the woman, after listening to Christie speak at the Reagan Library, “as a citizen of this country to, please, sir, to reconsider. . . Go home and really think about it, please. Do it -- do it for my daughter. Do it for our grandchildren. Do it for our sons. Please, sir, don’t -- we need you. Your country needs you to run for president.”
I feel sorry for this woman, because she will, inevitably, be disappointed – even if Christie runs, even if Christie wins. This is because it is not Christie that she and so many other Republicans want but what Christie represents: a political superman who can, in a single-bound, transform the whole mess our political system has become.
We’ve seen this movie before, with a Democrat playing the lead role. Nearly three-and-a-half years ago, I raised doubts about Barack Obama’s over-confident promise to transform politics, the nation and the world. Obama’s wide-eyed followers, who had assigned the candidate magical powers, set themselves up for the relative letdown his presidency has become.
(More here.)
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