His departure could make room for Nikki Haley to grow her support in New Hampshire, where Christie had grabbed a slice of anti-Trump Republican voters.
I'm surprised he stayed in this long. The fact that he ran at all showed that he clearly had no idea what the Republican zeitgeist is, I suppose. I'm sure never-Trump Republicans (if there are any) remember that he tried to hitch his cart to the Trump Train, Trumpers hate that he tried to rebrand himself as a never-Trumper, and Democrats hate him because he's a Republican and an asshole and he ran New Jersey like it.
Maybe this was an attempt to get enough publicity on CNN to launch some new wing of his career, but there's no way it works, because everybody hates him. I guess he could become a second Bill Maher but that niche is already filled by Bill Maher.
Being in the race helped him maintain/build his bullshit brand of being a "reasonable republican" which he uses for his CNN gig, etc. I think CNN gives him something like $400,000 a year.
I'm surprised he stayed in this long. The fact that he ran at all showed that he clearly had no idea what the Republican zeitgeist is, I suppose. I'm sure never-Trump Republicans (if there are any) remember that he tried to hitch his cart to the Trump Train, Trumpers hate that he tried to rebrand himself as a never-Trumper, and Democrats hate him because he's a Republican and an asshole and he ran New Jersey like it.
Maybe this was an attempt to get enough publicity on CNN to launch some new wing of his career, but there's no way it works, because everybody hates him. I guess he could become a second Bill Maher but that niche is already filled by Bill Maher.
Being in the race helped him maintain/build his bullshit brand of being a "reasonable republican" which he uses for his CNN gig, etc. I think CNN gives him something like $400,000 a year.