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The Republican talking points on Bridge-gate revealed. Update!

This video is dead on, and if you watched the Sunday shows yesterday I certainly don't have to tell you that.

From Reince Prebus on Meet the Press, to various other GOP mouthpieces, the name of the game was to exalt Christie for manning up and giving that 107 minute press conference, suggesting that President Obama had worse scandals, and attempt to change the narrative from Bridge-ghazi back to Benghazi.

I wonder if they realize that having so many operatives, spouting the exact same talking points, makes it child's play to see how terrified they are that this scandal will stick and take their golden boy out of the running in 2016?

Cause it kinda does.

Update: Newly revealed documents seem to indicate that Christie's inner circle were WELL aware of bridge-gate before, during, and after:

Thousands of pages of documents released this week by a legislative panel investigating the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge show members of Gov. Chris Christie's inner circle were well-informed about the apparently politically motivated traffic jams the governor said took him by surprise.

When an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey angrily asserted the lane closures were a threat to public safety - and possibly illegal - the email ended up in the hands of a close Christie adviser that he had planned to promote.

When a reporter demanded answers about the huge traffic jams, a high-ranking port authority official appointed by Christie didn't refer it to his agency's media relations staff. He ordered it sent to the governor's press secretary.

And when the lanes were reopened at last, another authority staffer emailed the governor's now-fired deputy chief of staff to say Christie's hand-picked agency chairman was helping to "retaliate" against the official who stopped the closures.

The revelations about how much Christie's close aides knew about the closures could undermine the governor's attempts to distance himself from the scandal that threatens to overshadow his inauguration later this month and upend his possible candidacy for president in 2016.

And if that were not enough, now Christie is being investigated concerning how he spent that Sandy relief money:

CNN has learned that federal officials are investigating whether Christie improperly used those relief funds to produce tourism ads that starred him and his family.

If the Sandy inquiry finds any wrongdoing, it could prove even more damaging to Christie's national ambitions. His performance during and after the superstorm has been widely praised and is a fundamental part of his straight-shooting political brand.

Damn, I wonder how much longer it will be before buzzards start circling Christie's political career?

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