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GOP consultants: Christie's 2016 prospects are on 'life support'

Christie has declared 'there’s no baggage here' when it comes to 'Bridgegate' and 2016. But several GOP analysts see it differently. Here's why.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a town hall meeting at Winston Churchill Elementary School, April 9, 2014, in Fairfield, N.J.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a town hall meeting at Winston Churchill Elementary School, April 9, 2014, in Fairfield, N.J.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie swears “there’s no baggage here” when it comes to a possible 2016 presidential run. But almost three-and-a-half months since "Bridgegate" broke into public view, Republican analysts and strategists are seeing it differently.

Christie recently told ABC News that he hasn’t made a decision about a 2016 run and won’t do so for another year. One thing he is sure about: “It won’t have anything to do with what’s happened in the past 10 weeks,” he said.