The Long Game

摘要

We can all complain that presi-dential campaigns start earlier and last longer than ever, or we can pull up a chair and enjoy the show-and Chris Christie is a guy who knows how to put on a good show. He is a red man from a blue state that hasn't voted Republican in a presidential race since 1988. He comes from a culture that loves a bare-knuckle fight. He is squishy on issues that social conservatives care about and has worked closely with a man they despise-Barack Obama-even when the White House hung in the balance. He's been a governor who believes in governing, and he said he'd rather ponder suicide than join Congress. He makes fun of himself-"I know there are better-looking governors than me across the country," he joked on the road to re-election this fall-every chance he gets.