These Republicans are positively giddy over Chris Christie's fall from grace

"Am I terrible person if I want to get out of the way and let the liberal media destroy Chris Christie 2016 for me?"

Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

The Republican Party is, in a general sense, freaking out over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) bridge debacle.

Christie was ostensibly the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, and though the bridge scandal alone is probably not enough to knock him from contention, it is at least turning some GOP boosters off to his potential candidacy.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.