>>Christie says in the interview that he "felt no pressure". Doesn't mean the White House didn't jump on him. Remember, this is the White House that reaches out and scolds Democratic Congress members for criticizing the president.
Did you read the whole article?
Later Monday, Christie defended the White House against allegations of exerting political pressure, calling that charge “unfair.”
“There is absolutely no truth to it at all,” he said. “And by the way, if they did, it wouldn't change my mind anyway.” Too late now- whole tenor has been altered when you hit that link. Wow.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
