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    Michael Hiltzik: Sorry, Democrats — Chris Christie's attacks on Trump don't make him a moderate

    One curious feature of the presidential campaign season's current phase is the praise being lavished on Chris Christie by otherwise progressive or Democratic commentators. The former Republican governor of New Jersey and former member of Donald Trump's inner circle announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination on June 6. Christie has tried to distinguish himself from the GOP pack by attacking ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 2023 6 minutes
    Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

    One curious feature of the presidential campaign season's current phase is the praise being lavished on Chris Christie by otherwise progressive or Democratic commentators.

    The former Republican governor of New Jersey and former member of Donald Trump's inner circle announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination on June 6.

    Christie has tried to distinguish himself from the GOP pack by attacking Trump, the front-runner, comprehensively and by name. Trump "doesn't give a damn about the American people, in my view," he told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper during a June 12 town hall. On "Fox News Sunday" this weekend, he repeated the slam and called Trump a snake oil salesman. "If we want to lose to Joe Biden again," he said, "then let's nominate Donald Trump."

    Most of the other candidates have avoided criticizing Trump by name, like medieval necromancers wary of uttering the number of the beast for fear of having Satan materialize in front of them.

    They tend to make only glancing and vague references to Trump's wrongdoing, whether fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection or

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