At his press conference this morning, Gov. Christie announced that he has fired deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly for her role in the “Bridgegate” scandal, effective immediately:
http://twitter.com/#!/KatiePavlich/status/421313848638185472 http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMTips/status/421312875286638592Christie has also asked consultant Bill Stepien to withdraw his name from nomination for state party chairman, and he said that Stepien will not even be considered.
http://twitter.com/#!/AaronBlakeWP/status/421315733033725952Christie went on to say this: “If I cannot trust someone’s judgment, I cannot ask others to do so.” And tweeters can’t help but notice that they haven’t heard anything like that from President Obama. High-level officials who presided over corruption and scandal are still gainfully employed.
http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/421310723961393152 http://twitter.com/#!/JasonBWhitman/status/421309501241696256 http://twitter.com/#!/Cameron_Gray/status/421314005676732416 http://twitter.com/#!/CatsPolitics/status/421314864863535104 http://twitter.com/#!/kerpen/status/421316808084176896Plouffe is still around, as are these two:
http://twitter.com/#!/JedediahBila/status/421315998612869120Hope President Obama’s taking notes:
http://twitter.com/#!/EWErickson/status/421313912126967808The MSM could learn from this as well:
http://twitter.com/#!/derekahunter/status/421313372630818816***
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