Every time I think about declaring the Christie campaign dead, I keep on thinking about McCain's rise from the dead in summer 2007 and his old school style of campaigning that saved him in New Hampshire.
McCain was second in line from 2000, a media darling and was beloved among independents. Fatso has none of those advantages.
Not to mention that poll after poll shows a majority of Republicans dislike the guy. Even at McCain's worst I don't recall him ever being underwater with his own party.
No but there was also nearly no one below water nationally in 2007. It was a different time for favorability ratings. McCain dropped to net negative for the overall voting population in August when he fell to a distant 4th in a non-divisive field. That was supposed to be the signal of the end.
Don't forget, Christie's been down before with Repubs post-Bridgegate and was still statistically leading polls later that year.
I feel like there are Republicans out there upset about pensions and they are using the "he hugged Obama" and "he is corrupt" excuses again but he can fix that in national campaign mode unlike say Corbett who was not that type of leader who could be instantly likable.
