Romney reportedly was taken aback by N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's high-handed demands, including one that romney not fund raise in Newe jersey without Christie's ok. He reportedly described Christie as thinking he was Tony Soprano, and this attitude was apparently an important part of his decision not to select Christie As his VP nominee.
Now Chrisite has again gone off the deep end, acting more like a mafia chief than a governor. His administration abruptly acted to force Tesla to stop selling cars in NJ unless they use a traditional dealer network, something the company has refused to do anywhere. The politics of this are too clear to require explanation. It is the equivalent of the traditional mafia extortion racquet " Nice little restaurant you have there, too bad if anything happened to it."
Under Christie, if you want to do business in NJ, youse gotta pay the right guys, otherwise fugaddabit.
I cannot think of a single good reason this is not a violation of the Commerce Clause. Apparently, our "living" Cconstitution now guarantees a right to gay marriage but if you want to sell cars in NJ, you have to pony up.
If anyone had any lingering doubts about Christie's fitness to be president, i hope this settles the issue. Of course, the same disqualification has to apply to Rick Perry since Texas has a similar law. His heart just goes out to illegals but not apparently to car buyers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-be-closed-after-n-j-blocks-direct-sales.html
Now Chrisite has again gone off the deep end, acting more like a mafia chief than a governor. His administration abruptly acted to force Tesla to stop selling cars in NJ unless they use a traditional dealer network, something the company has refused to do anywhere. The politics of this are too clear to require explanation. It is the equivalent of the traditional mafia extortion racquet " Nice little restaurant you have there, too bad if anything happened to it."
Under Christie, if you want to do business in NJ, youse gotta pay the right guys, otherwise fugaddabit.
I cannot think of a single good reason this is not a violation of the Commerce Clause. Apparently, our "living" Cconstitution now guarantees a right to gay marriage but if you want to sell cars in NJ, you have to pony up.
If anyone had any lingering doubts about Christie's fitness to be president, i hope this settles the issue. Of course, the same disqualification has to apply to Rick Perry since Texas has a similar law. His heart just goes out to illegals but not apparently to car buyers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-be-closed-after-n-j-blocks-direct-sales.html
