NJ-Quinnipiac: Christie trails Clinton 49-45%; leads Cuomo 54-36%

[Keystone Phil]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

This makes me think, if Christie was the candidate in 2012, NJ would have been a lock thanks to Sandy.

Christie being the nominee would have been a sight to see. Christie as the nominee with Sandy would have been astounding. The campaign would have abruptly halted but all eyes would have been on how a potential future President handles a crisis. Of course, there are those that think he would have resigned as Governor if he became the nominee so this would have been moot but if he didn't, it would have been remarkable to watch regardless of who you were supporting.

[Keystone Phil]

I don't think that Obama campaigning in the state in the story's aftermath would be well received. Sure, he'd do a lot of touring but I don't think it would compete with the amount of coverage the Governor/Republican nominee for the highest office in the land would get. All eyes would be on Christie to see how he'd respond.

[Keystone Phil]

What? Of course people in those states would care about how a candidate for President would respond to a disaster especially when it's just days before the election and the candidates were preparing to do something very different than cope with a hurricane. That's like saying no one outside of the Gulf Coast cared about how Bush handled Katrina.