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Newark Star-Ledger: We Regret Endorsing Chris Christie
The Star-Ledger, the largest-circulation newspaper in New Jersey, said Sunday it regrets endorsing Republican Gov. Chris Christie's re-election bid.
"Yes, we knew Christie was a bully," the Newark-based newspaper's editorial page editor wrote Sunday.
"But we didn't know his crew was crazy enough to put people's lives at risk in Fort Lee as a means to pressure the mayor. We didn't know he would use Hurricane Sandy aid as a political slush fund. And we certainly didn't know that Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer was sitting on a credible charge of extortion by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno."
The Star-Ledger endorsed Christie last October, a month before his landslide re-election victory. But on Sunday, the newspaper said that it rethought the endorsement after Christie's administration was accused of being behind lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September, just weeks before the newspaper endorsed the then-popular governor.
Tom Moran wrote that the newspaper's editorial board had "hesitations" before it endorsed Christie's re-election bid. Even in that endorsement, the newspaper was unflattering about the governor, but considered him the lesser of two evils.
"Our own view is that Christie is overrated," the original endorsement said. "His spin is way ahead of his substance."
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