Corzine: Christie is a Lawbreaker
by Jonathan Singer, Tue Aug 18, 2009 at 07:57:43 AM EDT
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These are strong words from New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, words that should keep his Republican challenger Chris Christie stumbling in his efforts to combat the recent string of news that he had maintained political contacts with Karl Rove -- potentially improperly -- as U.S. Attorney and had had a longer relationship with no-bid contracts than was previously understood.
The form of these words is effective, too. It recalls a scene from "Tanner '88", Robert Altman's excellent 20 year old mockumentary about a presidential aspirant in which the candidate, played by Michael Murphy, delivers a fiery address to his staff, who surreptitiously film then release the speech. While this video doesn't have the same artistic flair or framing of the video shot for "Tanner", with the camera filming upward through a glass coffee table, it does offer a similar result -- a sense of being brought inside the circle.
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