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Why Chris Christie could save the GOP from itself
The Washington Post ^ | July 12, 2013 | Sean Sullivan

Posted on 07/13/2013 8:31:30 AM PDT by Bratch

Perhaps no other politician enjoys the cross-party likability that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is sporting these days. And that’s why he may just be the key to the Republican Party repairing its brand in the coming years.

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But if Christie’s numbers hold up over time, it will be hard to argue there is a better ambassador for the GOP to expand its reach. And the power of the electability argument that Christie would be able to make in the 2016 primary shouldn’t be underestimated. Washington Post-ABC News polling consistently showed Republicans felt in the 2012 primary that Mitt Romney had the best shot in the general election.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 2016; christie; rinos
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To: Bratch

Big government RINO turd...there is no clean end to grasp.


61 posted on 07/13/2013 9:57:05 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Bratch

I keep wondering how anyone could be comfortable being a member of the same party as the evil people in Austin TX this past month who are yelling “hail satan” and threatening to throw feces.


62 posted on 07/13/2013 9:57:53 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: freeangel
I see Rove is already ramping up for 2016.

Rove will be in Jeb Bush's camp for 2016. If anything, he'd be pushing Bush to select Christie for the Veep slot.

63 posted on 07/13/2013 10:00:44 AM PDT by peyton randolph (Tagline copyright in violation of Directive 10-289)
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To: Bratch
cross-party likability that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Bwhaaaaaaaa!! Bwhaaaaaaaa!!!

64 posted on 07/13/2013 10:02:25 AM PDT by ontap (***)
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To: Bratch

How can a Democrat save the Republican Party?


65 posted on 07/13/2013 10:10:33 AM PDT by mort56
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To: Bratch

All of this recent liberal concern and advice over the future viability of the Republican Party is so heartwarming. /sarc

This just tells me the libs are worried that a backlash is coming when it becomes painfully clear (to even the low information voters) that their utopian schemes wrecked the country. Think Obamacare. They are hedging their bets against this scenario and hoping for a liberal Republican as an alternative. Simple as that.


66 posted on 07/13/2013 10:15:53 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Bratch

If the Democratic Party needed saving, Christie may be the (little o) one.


67 posted on 07/13/2013 10:22:31 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: Bratch

I thought McCain and Romney were supposed to save the GOP from itself.


68 posted on 07/13/2013 10:28:20 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: Bratch

More horse manure from the Washington compost.


69 posted on 07/13/2013 10:31:57 AM PDT by ZULU ((See: http://gatesofvienna.net/) Obama, do you hear me?)
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To: Bratch

Christie would save the GOP just like McCain in 08 and Romney in ‘12. Yes, the Rhinos are saving the GOP. More Rhinos is what we need.


70 posted on 07/13/2013 10:36:40 AM PDT by Buck-I-Guy
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To: Bratch

Wishful thinking from the usual northeastern Liberal/RINO clique.


71 posted on 07/13/2013 10:39:28 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Bratch

I’d comment but I can’t stop laughing.


72 posted on 07/13/2013 10:44:34 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Bratch

Screw Christie, he should change his party to the RAT brand!


73 posted on 07/13/2013 10:52:17 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: citizen
Good grief! We will probably get Christie-Rubio. Another nose-holding ticket.

You may hold your nose and vote for such a ticket, but I won't and neither will the overwhelming majority of posters on this thread.

74 posted on 07/13/2013 11:16:59 AM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Bratch
Taking advice from the WP is like taking religious instruction from an Imam. He just knows what you need to do is "be reasonable," just submit to our desert moon god and you and I will get along just fine. Oh, and hold this towel for me while I cut your Crusader neighbor's head off.

And that, my friends, is the problem with Christie. He's apparently blind to the clear and present danger embodied in the Islamic political mass movement, particularly as it is aligned with America's radical socialist faction.

He's a product of that foul tasting particular flavor of Experimentalism that John Dewey emotively labeled Progressive Education, so he sees "racism" everywhere.

An "Islamophobe" is "a racist," though such a conclusion is no more logical than labeling as "racists," or "haters" of Germans, critics of the Nazis before they invaded Poland.

I'm sure Christie really believes he's Conservative, but that dog won't hunt.

75 posted on 07/13/2013 11:19:36 AM PDT by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: Bratch

Christie is liked by Republicans?? Who knew........


76 posted on 07/13/2013 11:36:30 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: EricT.

Exactly. And the minute, the very minute Christie got the nomination (God forbid, but assume it for a moment) the media and the dems would start deriding him as FAT FAT FAT (because they’re so mature); ANTI-CHOICE, ANTI-CHOICE, ANTI-CHOICE (because abortion is their golden idol); ANTI-GAY, ANTI-GAY, ANTI-GAY (because he’s not behind gay marriage,even tho’ NJ already has civil unions); etc, etc, etc.

And that’s before all the actual negative stuff about Christie, which of course they’ll be sure to mention too.

I’m starting to think they ARE just the stupid party. All the naivete of Charlie Brown and none of the charm.


77 posted on 07/13/2013 11:36:42 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: amnestynone

Dude, not for nothing, but if they pass amnesty I’m not voting R again. I might consider Rand Paul, but I think our country will be finished at that point anyway, so why bother? Let the Mexicans, et al pick our ruler.


78 posted on 07/13/2013 11:40:12 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: kearnyirish2
“His positions on issues makes him a liberal rino.”

He is pro-life and has capped our property tax increases resulting in thousands of government workers losing their jobs in NJ.

RINO? He won election with those positions.




He has a few conservative positions. But that doesn't make him a good conservative candidate. The only reason he even won is because he was in an election in New Jersey.
79 posted on 07/13/2013 12:34:53 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Bratch

**** any pos that even tries to promote crispie creme to me.

LLS


80 posted on 07/13/2013 12:59:46 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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