A couple months later than I suspected, but relatively on schedule

He'll be 3/4ths the size of Huckabee by the time he starts visiting Iowa in sixteen months.

He says he did it for his wife and kids, not for his political ambitions. But either way, the political world awoke to news Tuesday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had secretly undergone stomach surgery to lose weight.

Good for him for trying to do something about his weight, but I'm sure it isn't just because he wants to buy suits off the rack.