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Donald Trump has made it official, appropriately enough via a Tweet, Mike Pence is to be his running mate. Chris Christie's dreams of leaving New Jersey in his rear view mirror are dead. He's stuck with us and vice versa. Whoopee.

The governor's quest for glory dies with a fitting whimper as he was cruelly denied a job only three people on the planet earth wanted. Now he gets to spend the rest of his time in office weeping softly and trying to forget all the humiliating things he did in the name of ambition. All the press conferences he stood by and watched dead eyed in the background, all the rallies where Trump supporters pointed and laughed while the Republican nominee for president made fun of his choice of snack food, all the blatantly racist statements he was forced to insist we took out of context. There isn't a Silkwood shower strong enough to wash off that stink.

Say what you will about the governor and his craven opportunism, at least he went all in. There was no flirting or playing hard to get. Christie let his intentions be known from the jump. Should he be embarrassed? Certainly, but at least he went down swinging.

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