A few days after Hurricane Sandy shattered the shores of New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie picked up the phone to take on a different kind of recovery work: taming the Republican Party fury over his effusive embrace of President Obama.
On Nov. 3, Mr. Christie called Rupert Murdoch, the influential News Corporation chief and would-be kingmaker, who had warned in a biting post on Twitter that the governor might be responsible for Mr. Obama's re-election.
Mr. Christie told Mr. Murdoch that amid the devastation, New Jersey needed friends, no matter their political party, according to people briefed on the discussion. But Mr. Murdoch was blunt: Mr. Christie risked looking like a spoiler unless he publicly affirmed his support for Mitt Romney, something the governor did the next day....
I am shocked -- shocked!
Rupert Murdoch isn't even an official in the Republican Party! And his cable news operation is so utterly fair and balanced! And yet it's to him -- not to any Republican Party official or veteran officeholder -- that a member of the GOP family who strays must turn in order to make amends!
Astonishing, isn't it?
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