talk radio republicans demanded blood. tea party leaders branded him a traitor. christie, however, didn t give a damn. throughout the intradition party fight the jersey boy tore a page out of his hero bruce springsteen s song book and defiantly struck a no retreat baby no surrender pose against the withering right-wing rage. and now the november 5th election results suggest that brazen, christie style bipartisanship worked. chris christie looks like he s in it for the long game. certainly sounded like that on tuesday night. the long game for him, remember he s about to take over the republican governor s association which is basically like handing him a corporate