Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie is currently running ahead in the polls as the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey, but the Democrats are now aiming to trip him up using an ages-old maneuver: Attacking Christie for presenting himself as a moderate now, compared to the more right-wing stuff he said when he was campaigning for the Republican nomination.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=140959