WHAT: After the state’s Democratic legislators tried to restore spending cuts by Gov. Chris Christie, Sweeney said, “This is all about him being a bully and a punk. I wanted to punch him in his head” when the governor then imposed even more spending cuts. WHY IT’S DIM: When your state is fighting to avoid bankruptcy, you don’t try to restore spending programs.

CURE: Remember that the old rules of spending politics no longer apply.

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