Roger Koppl is a professor of Economics and Finance at FairleighDickinson University's Silberman College of Business and a Director of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration.
At the same time, Christie's decisions to distance himself from the House GOP and to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Obama have greatly strengthened his reputation in New Jersey, where his approval rating hit 77% late last year according to a FairleighDickinsonUniversity PublicMind survey.