REPORT: Donors 'Jumping Ship' On Christie

REPORT: Donors 'Jumping Ship' On Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering of home owners Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Manahawkin, N.J., who were affected by last year's Superstorm Sandy. Christie spoke to Superstorm Sandy victims one week after the meeting was hastily canceled because of a scandal over traffic jams that appear to have been manufactured by his aides. Christie and Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable III announced a Sandy housing recovery milestone Thursday as the governor seeks to put the traffic scandal behind him. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering of home owners Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Manahawkin, N.J., who were affected by last year's Superstorm Sandy. Christie spoke to Superstorm Sandy victims one week after the meeting was hastily canceled because of a scandal over traffic jams that appear to have been manufactured by his aides. Christie and Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable III announced a Sandy housing recovery milestone Thursday as the governor seeks to put the traffic scandal behind him. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In the immediate aftermath of their emphatic defeat in 2012, the monied mega-donors and professional operatives who run the GOP took solace in what then seemed like a dazzling, diverse roster of talented politicians and outsize personalities eminently equipped to lead the party out of the wilderness.

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