Had somebody from Christie's camp just stepped up and took the hit, there would have never been a story. The story grew and grew and derailed Christie's huge momentum and popularity. For such an abrasive guy, Christie had a lot of charm and wit and media was really warming up to him in his bid for 2016. Somebody was supposed to fall on their sword, leave the public eye and then resurface when Christie was getting inaugurated and get some cushy patronage job.
Instead Christie is revealed as the petty bully that he is....or for having people around him that weren't ready for prime time. You can get away with this stuff in some backwoods NJ township that nobody has ever heard of, but not in town which connects to Manhattan.
You are right that officials have directly done more egregious things and gotten away with no scrutiny...but Christie was surrounded by losers.
Only in NJ...will a person in high office write in an email "it's time for problems for the little Serb"....referring to Mayor Sokolich...and then get THAT wrong....cause Sokolich is Croatian.
