Enlarge image Christie Deflects Revenue Shortfall Criticism With Insults Eric Thayer/The New York Times via Redux New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Photographer: Eric Thayer/The New York Times via Redux As New Jersey’s nonpartisan budget analyst testified before Assembly lawmakers about a $1.3 billion revenue shortfall, Republican Governor Chris Christie offered his own analysis of the speaker. “Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?” Christie said yesterday, referring to David Rosen, who reported that the governor’s budget overestimates revenue collections through June 2013. He’s “a joke,” a “handmaiden” for Democrats who control the Senate and the Assembly, Christie said. “The Dr. Kevorkian of the numbers.” The comparison between Rosen, whose work in the Office of Legislative Services is ... Continue reading →
Enlarge image Christie Deflects Revenue Shortfall Criticism With Insults Eric Thayer/The New York Times via Redux New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Photographer: Eric Thayer/The New York Times via Redux As New Jersey’s nonpartisan budget analyst testified before Assembly lawmakers about a $1.3 billion revenue shortfall, Republican Governor Chris Christie offered his own analysis of the speaker. “Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?” Christie said yesterday, referring to David Rosen, who reported that the governor’s budget overestimates revenue collections through June 2013. He’s “a joke,” a “handmaiden” for Democrats who control the Senate and the Assembly, Christie said. “The Dr. Kevorkian of the numbers.” The comparison between Rosen, whose work in the Office of Legislative Services is ... Continue reading →