TAKING A TOLL ON CHRIS CHRISTIE.

The article discusses New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's January 2014 denial of causing traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey as political retribution against the town's Democratic mayor Mark Sokolich for failing to back Christie's re-election. Topics include similarities of his denial and that of U.S. President Richard Nixon regarding Watergate, the translation of his persona as a "bully" and its effect on his running in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, and his use of political tools to exercise his power.