Remember me? You'd better, punks.
Huh, who would have thought that the Republican Party putting Fox News in charge of how their presidential debates will run would
turn into a giant money funnel for the network.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is reportedly purchasing $250,000 of advertising time on Fox News in an attempt to help secure a place at the network's August 6 debate. [...]
The Times' Jeremy Peters notes of Christie's ad buy, "Because Fox will use the candidates' standing in national polls to whittle down a field of 16 Republican candidates, the exposure that comes from a national cable television buy is extremely valuable. And while Mr. Christie's standing in the top 10 is fairly sturdy -- but not guaranteed -- this ad buy is aimed to help buttress his standing."
Christie is indeed not "guaranteed" a slot in the top ten. Despite his insistence on running for president he has been an invisible candidate, not even making a news dent large enough to garner regular Donald Trump insults. It's not clear that a Fox ad buy will boost those numbers, but it might at least shore them up by reminding his few supporters that yes, he is actually still running for president.