Check out the latest video from Team Christie at the NJ Governor’s office. A flash of thunder leads to dark, ominous music, a shot of Christie speaking to constituents, and it's The Choice, i.e. impending doom or fulfilling King--ahem, Gov.--Christie's desires. The video is largely a mashup of cuts from the budget address presenting Christie's ballsy ultimatum: If the state legislature passes Health Benefits reform (i.e. cuts for state workers) by the 15th of March then the governor in his benevolence will put $320 million into doubling property tax rebates for New Jerseyans.

Um, do health benefits and property taxes have anything to do with each other? Nope, not really. In his budget address, and again in this propaganda piece, Christie brashly lays what is usually behind-the-scenes logrolling between politicians out on the table. You give me something I want, I'll give you something you want.

The YouTube video ends with a melodramatic cliff hanger. "The Ides of March are coming...and I'm waiting!" If Christie were a superhero, I'd call him the Logger Man.