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Washington Remember Bridgegate? Top Democrats want to make sure you do. Thats why they gathered in Fort Lee, N.J., Monday to highlight the one-year anniversary of the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal linked to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and a posse of state party officials gathered at the Fort Lee Historic Park to slam Gov. Christie for the traffic jam, as well as his handling of the state economy and frequent travel outside New Jerseys verdant bounds.

On Sept. 9, 2013, the New Jersey Port Authority abruptly closed some lanes on the GWB, causing massive gridlock on Fort Lee streets. Political retribution against the Fort Lee mayor, a Democrat who refrained from endorsing Christie in his gubernatorial reelection campaign, may have been the point of this move.

Some Christie staffers and appointees resigned in the scandals wake. No evidence has emerged to tie Christie directly to the order to roll out the orange cones, but federal authorities and New Jersey lawmakers are still investigating the matter.

Bridgegate began Christies downfall. His popularity sank. His approval rating declined. More people began to dislike him and disapprove of the job he is doing, said Representative Wasserman-Schultz of Florida in her Fort Lee appearance.

Why are Democrats piling on Christie? Perhaps theyre waving the Bridgegate flag because Christies presidential hopes havent been dashed at all over the last 12 months.

He continues to run hard in the pre-voting stage of the race, where candidates cross the nation to raise money, make contacts, and shake hands in Iowa and New Hampshire. According to early polls, hes now the GOP frontrunner: the RealClearPolitics rolling average of major surveys of Republican voters on Sept. 8 has Christie leading second-place Jeb Bush by 0.7 percent.

So the DNC is doing to Christie what the RNC is doing to Hillary Clinton. Theyre trying to ding the first-place person of the other party in order to keep their negatives up in advance of actual primaries. And Democrats have long worried that Christie, as a relatively moderate Northeasterner, could be a tough general election opponent.

But 0.7 percent isnt a lead, really, especially this early in the race. And theres also evidence that Bridgegate has undermined Christies national appeal in a manner that might hurt him when actual voting starts.

Christies favorability rating is now underwater, for instance. According to the Huffington Posts Pollster average, 47 percent of Americans view him negatively and 30 percent positively. Thats close to the exact opposite of the numbers he enjoyed one year ago, when his favorable rating was riding high.

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With President Obama deciding not to take executive action on immigration until after the November election, some Democrats took to the Sunday talk shows to voice their frustration with him and with Congress' continued inaction.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) accused Obama of "playing it safe" and targeted fellow Democrats for, he said, turning their backs on the party's "values and principles."

The White House has "looked at polling in four or five states where there aren't large Latino constituencies and said that's the way forward, without thinking of the impact that policy might have in Illinois, in California, in Colorado," Gutierrez said on ABC's "This Week.""Playing it safe might win an election ... but it never leads to fairness, to justice and to good public policy you can be proud of."

Democratic Sens.Mark Begich of Alaska,Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina -- who are each locked in competitive midterm contests in Republican-leaning states -- have urged Obama not to take executive action. Instead, they say, Congress must act.

A comprehensive bipartisan immigration bill passed the Democrat-controlled Senate more than a year ago but stalled in the GOP-controlled House. Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take control of the Senate. They have accused the president of having political motivations.

Obama disputed that, noting in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that an influx ofunaccompanied children at the Southwest border had factored into his decision.

The truth of the matter is that the politics did shift midsummer because of that problem, Obama said on NBC. I want to spend some time, even as we're getting all our ducks in a row for the executive action, I also want to make sure that the public understands why we're doing this, why it's the right thing for the American people, why it's the right thing for the American economy.

Obama said he would use executive action on immigration before the end of the year, however, because "it's the right thing to do for the country."

But it's going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children, and why it's necessary, Obama said.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) kept up the drumbeat on "Fox News Sunday."Its nothing more than raw politics, motivated by a fear that acting could cost Democrats control of the Senate, he said.

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