Sunday, May 25, 2014

Did Mayor Fulop help broker a possible Candice Osborne endorsement of Chris Christie?

If Chris Christie campaign operative Matt Mowers is to be believed while Fulop declined to endorse Governor Christie in his reelection campaign Fulop did tell Mowers and other Christie campaign aides that some on the Jersey City Council might be willing to endorse Christie.

According to "The Auditor" section in the Star-Ledger here's what happened:

"Mayor Fulop’s political team recommended that we sit down with Councilwoman Osborne because they had mentioned that a number of members of council may be interested in endorsing the Governor’s reelection campaign, and mentioned her specifically," Mowers said. "So after Mayor Fulop’s political team had mentioned that we scheduled a meeting and sat down with the councilwoman."

Ultimately Osborne gave no endorsement to Christie. It is odd that Mayor Fulop would think she'd be interested in endorsing him to begin with unless there is a Candice Osborne doppleganger running around Ward E. In Johnny's dealings with the Councilwoman she doesn't come across as any kind of Christie supporter. Maybe Fulop knows something we don't. Time will certainly tell.

Back to your regularly scheduled weekend...

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