Friday, March 28, 2014

According to the most recent report about New Jersey Bridgegate is interoffice relationship.

The report reflects a relationship between Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly after she assumed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of New Jersey.

...Kelly relied heavily on him during this transition....

That statement implies Ms. Kelly was somewhat incompetant in her position and acted as a surrogate to Mr. Stepien. In other words, Mr. Stepien never stopped being Deputy Chief of Staff while also running the political campaign for Governor.  Who knows? But, if the love relationship is true and then Ms. Kelly ended the relationship, the implications are that after the re-election she took a 'big decision' on her own to abrasively rub her former lover's nose in it.

Mar. 27, 2014, 12:20 PM
Brett LoGiurato

...Kelly had become Deputy Chief of Staff, (click here) assuming the post left vacant by her predecessor, Stepien, who had departed in April 2013 to run the Governor’s re-election campaign. Because Stepien was her "benefactor," Kelly relied heavily on him during this transition. And at some point after Stepien’s departure to run the campaign, Kelly and Stepien became personally involved, although, by early August 2013, their personal relationship had cooled, apparently at Stepien’s choice, and they largely stopped speaking....

The theme of abrasive personality about Stepien somewhat carries through if indeed his former lover was going to 'stick it' to his ego.  

January 18, 2014
By JEFF PILLETS and MELISSA HAYES
STAFF WRITERS

Republicans (click here) who worked closely with Chris Christie’s former campaign manager say Bill Stepien is a world-class political operative, a numbers geek and ground-game guru who knows how to get the vote out.

“He came into our campaign in the summer of 2008 when we were at a low point and in a matter of weeks helped turn it around,” said Steve Schmidt, who directed John McCain’s presidential campaign. “He knows his craft. He has common sense, and he gets things done.”

But Stepien was also seen by some Republicans as abrasive, imperious and quick to act against party members he considered wayward...


No matter the truth or dynamics about the relationship between the two, the report brings new perceptions to the public understanding it didn't have before. No one was saying anything about a former love relationship and I don't know what that means either. Did no one sincerely know until this report was published or did the absence of this reality serve a different purpose?

I would expect at least the tabloids wandering into the territory of "...resigned Christi officials were also former lovers...." 

January 18, 2014

- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/two-sides-of-former-christie-campaign-guru-bill-stepien-highly-effective-but-personally-abrasive-1.646850#sthash.EPQXS3ys.dpuf
Republicans who worked closely with Chris Christie’s former campaign manager say Bill Stepien is a world-class political operative, a numbers geek and ground-game guru who knows how to get the vote out.

“He came into our campaign in the summer of 2008 when we were at a low point and in a matter of weeks helped turn it around,” said Steve Schmidt, who directed John McCain’s presidential campaign. “He knows his craft. He has common sense, and he gets things done.”

But Stepien was also seen by some Republicans as abrasive, imperious and quick to act against party members he considered wayward. - See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/two-sides-of-former-christie-campaign-guru-bill-stepien-highly-effective-but-personally-abrasive-1.646850#sthash.EPQXS3ys.dpuf