Christie knows that he'll lose that case, having to pay a bunch of legal fees and damages on top of the pension money. He also knows it'll take years, happen o

Christie knows that he'll lose that case, having to pay a bunch of legal fees and damages on top of the pension money. He also knows it'll take years, happen on the next guy's watch, and he can run for President in the meantime claiming that he balanced the budget and reduced expenses. See also, the pennies on the dollar we got on that big EPA settlement with Exxon (pennies now are worth something, dollars during another gov's term worth nothing), and the fact that we didn't build another tunnel to NYC, even though it's about 50 years overdue and the feds were offering to pay for 95% of it. I'd be less offended if he had any chance at all of being a top 5 contender for the nomination. Screwing everyone for his own benefit is one thing, screwing everyone for self-delusion is a whole other level.