Gov. Chris Christie (R) “entered the year with a range of advantages in the emerging 2016 presidential race that combined to make him the early front-runner: a sweeping re-election win behind him, a national image as a no-nonsense problem-solver only growing, and a new platform for building a GOP donor network far beyond his native New Jersey,” Rick Klein reports.
“Just three weeks into 2014 – on the day of his second inaugural as governor — all of that is gone. With it has gone virtually all of the head start he enjoyed in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.”
