Do you see N.J. Gov. Chris Christie as a less viable potential candidate for president due to the road-closure scandal?

Definitely!  I think “Bridge-gate” is the tip of the iceberg that will sink his ship.   I’m confident that the combined investigatory committees will find several charges on which to indict Gov. Chris Christie.  GOP leaders are beginning to call for Christie to step down from his appointment to the RGA.  Former assist. U.S. Atty. Reid Schar, was the lead prosecutor  in former Gov. Blagojevich’s corruption trial, that landed that Illinois governor in prison.  Reid Schar has been appointed as special counsel to advise the New Jersey legislative committee probe on: potential misuse of taxpayer resources for political power, conspiracy, obstruction, and possible abuse of powers, etc. by Governor Christie and his cohorts.   The outcome of the probe will hopefully uncover “what Christie knew and when he knew it”.  I believe that findings will eventually show that Gov. Christie used his power to punish all those who did not support him or his pet projects.  New Jersey has a statute that “prohibits public servants from benefitting or from depriving another of a benefit  through the “unauthorized exercise” of their official duties”.  And who wants such a bully as our country’s President?  Not me!