From the E-Mailbag…

Quite a few folks wrote me about what I said yesterday about Chris Christie. Our pal Doug McEwan wrote to say, "I think one reason Chris Christie's book is flopping is that the people who would most want to read Christie's book are mostly illiterate." I think the point is that nobody wants to read it.

No one cares about Chris Christie. He is well past the stage where he's likely to matter in any way in politics. Once upon a time, he had some appeal as a Republican who was (briefly) able to work the middle of the road and win the governorship of a usually-Democratic state. But he left office with an approval rating two points below that of cold sores. He was never going to win an election again but he might have wrangled an appointment in the Trump Administration — and indeed, he claims he turned down Chief of Staff.

But now even Trump doesn't want him around. And voters don't want a middle-of-the-road guy these days. Not being loathed by the opposition party is proof you're a traitor to your party. Christie's trying to sell himself as a sensible Republican who admits Trump lost…but who also wants and needs Trump supporters. Can't be done. You not only can't sell a candidate from that stance, you can't even sell a book.