Like Icarus, Christie is flying high. But whether or not the rooking governor can hold on to the stack of chips he has hauled in from the budget and cap negotiation poker games remains to be seen. Massive layoffs of teachers and cops could turn the general public against the Republican in the coming years, melting his wings and sending him earthward, while a turnaround of the tax burden in the Garden State could make him a national darling.

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