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Maybe not, but do you honestly think the voters of NJ, if given the opportunity to pick the replacement would now pick a Republican?

They picked Christie, in the not too distant past they put in 3/4s Republicans when Jim Flim-Flam Florio crammed through a massive tax bill that included a toilet paper tax. Of course, the Republicans punted when given a veto-proof majority to get anything useful done.

We can make NO assumptions about who we THINK people would vote for. Christie makes the call, and if he is way off he will pay for it. That's how it is supposed to be in NJ. I would HATE the Kansas system where I live in Illinois, where the powers selected a new party head who gave mainly to Dems. If the party can be co-opted, then true reform is next to impossible.

The United States Constitution does not recognize parties. I am grieved that state and local governments, as well as congressional rules, do. The Founding Fathers were generally wary of them.

We can make NO assumptions about who we THINK people would vote for.

We know they voted for a Dem for this particular office. That's not an assumption.