By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 12:22 EST, 22 January 2014 | UPDATED: 14:02 EST, 22 January 2014 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's recent spate of scandals are troublesome enough to get in the way of his mission as chairman of the powerful Republican Governors Association, former Virginia attorney general and losing 2013 gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli said Tuesday. The RGA controls a $150 million purse collected to help Republicans win governor's races. Christie has the group's reins for a one-year term. Cuccinelli referred to Christie's 'Bridgegate' scandal and claims that his administration used Hurricane Sandy relief dollars as political leverage, telling CNN that it 'makes sense' for him to step down.
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Losing candidate for Virginia governor wants Christie gone from the organization that shut off the money spigot in his political race
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Ken Cuccinelli lost by a narrow margin to Bill Clinton's former fundraising chief despite closing a huge gap in the final weeks
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But Chris Christie declined to spend time campaigning for 'Cooch,' even though his own New jersey race was a cakewalk
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And the Republican Governors Association, some Virginia GOP insiders think, abandoned them when victory was within reach
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Now Cuccinelli claims Christie's 'Bridgegate' scandal will drag down other governors, meaning he should step down as the RGA's chairman
Ken Cuccinelli's camp believed that Christie could have won the race for them if he had shown up in person to campaign in @placeholder -- and that the RGA torpedoed them by stopping the flow of money in the race's crucial final weeks