Chris Christie could be single-handedly responsible for the political downfall of Marco Rubio.  The Times revealed that he basically has no staff outside Iowa and New Hampshire.  He is banking on big poll numbers in New Hampshire to jump-start his campaign.  But while a candidate can expect a boost from a good showing in New Hampshire, he still needs a state-by-state organization in place in order to take advantage of it.  If Chris Christie expects to do well in New Hampshire and then suddenly build up in other states, it simply isn't going to happen.  There's no historical precedent for it. Christie has almost no campaign infrastructure beyond the first-in-the-nation primary state. Most of the campaign's time and resources have been devoted to New Hampshire, with Iowa a distant second. In both Iowa and New Hampshire, he's got a handful of staffers in each state. But in South Carolina, Christie has just one operative on the...(Read Full Post)