Democratic Party strategists are focusing on a systematic strategy to undermine New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's national image by capitalizing on the backlash from the George Washington bridge scandal.
According to
The New York Times, Democratic operatives reaching up to the highest levels of the party are using every opportunity to define Christie as a corrupt bully as they aim to sabotaging his chances of mounting a successful run for the White House.
Democrats have already created 11 different videos to capitalize on Christie's links to the bridge-gate scandal. They are also organizing protests and news conferences in different parts of the country to dog Christie during his travels in his role as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
"If Republican governors want to keep embracing him as their chair, as their model for the future, we're happy to help them out," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, told the Times.
Democrats have also resorted to attacking GOP candidates and lawmakers who have come to Christie's defense, from a potential Senate candidate in New Hampshire to a New York congressman, according to The Times.
For example, when former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who is considering a run for Senate in New Hampshire, defended Christie on television, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee immediately ridiculed him as being "defender-in-chief of scandal-ridden Chris Christie," according to The Times.
The Democratic National Committee has issued 58 emails to the media about the Christie administration's alleged acts of political revenge, while American Bridge, a Democratic research group, has issued 169 requests for internal documents from the Christie Administration, the Times reports.
The escalating attacks have begun to limit Christie's ability to work on behalf of GOP candidates, with aides being forced to conceal the details of fundraisers and events. But key donors have so far said they will not turn their backs on him.
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