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"His campaign called them "the Top 100," the swing towns that Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to win as he prepared for a re-election campaign. Capturing these towns, sometimes referred to as mini-Ohios or mini-Floridas, would validate the governor's argument that he would be the most broadly appealing Republican choice for president in 2016.

Staff members in the governor's office created tabbed and color-coded dossiers on the mayors of each town — who their friends and enemies were, the policies and projects that were dear to them — that were bound in notebooks for the governor to review in his S.U.V. between events.

Long after most of the State House had been shuttered for the night, Mr. Christie's aides worked on spreadsheets, documenting calls and meetings with key players in the towns — one Republican called it "political Moneyball" — as the governor tried to win endorsements and friends."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Kate Zernike and David W. Chen / NY Times:
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