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GOP rivals begin dishing on Christie
NBC ^ | 11/7/13 | Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Jessica Taylor

Posted on 11/07/2013 11:05:48 AM PST by jimbo123

GOP rivals begin dishing on Christie: So this is what happens the day after you win a 22-point re-election victory and after the national media anoint you as the GOP establishment front-runner for a presidential race that’s still three years (!!!) away: Potential Republican rivals begin taking not-so-subtle shots at you.

That’s exactly what happened to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) yesterday. "Clearly [Christie] was able to speak to the hopes and aspirations of people within New Jersey,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told CNN. “That's important. We want to win everywhere and Gov. Christie has certainly shown he has a way of winning in New Jersey, in states like New Jersey... so I congratulate him on that." In other words, as TPM put it, Rubio was saying, “Try replicating this outside of New Jersey.” Here was Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): "I think the Republican Party is a big party, and we need moderates like Chris Christie who can win in New Jersey in our party.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: barbarabuono; chrischristie; christie2016; finos; newjersey; njcorruption; rino
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1 posted on 11/07/2013 11:05:48 AM PST by jimbo123
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I agree with Rubio, Christie is good for New Jersey, as long he stays there and doesn’t trash other Republican candidates or issues.


2 posted on 11/07/2013 11:08:25 AM PST by Eva
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After seeing what the Republican elite did to Sarah Palin, I want almost nothing to do with the anti-Palin Republican establishment.


3 posted on 11/07/2013 11:11:14 AM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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The MSM is going to have a field day amplifying the in-house fighting among republicans while the democrats are going to give Hillary a free ride to the nomination.


4 posted on 11/07/2013 11:12:02 AM PST by AU72
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I’ll vote for a Republican, but I won’t vote for Christie...whatever he is...


5 posted on 11/07/2013 11:12:17 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: Eva

Agreed. After all, he’s done a wonderful job with the Sandy recovery.


6 posted on 11/07/2013 11:13:19 AM PST by Mashood
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To: jimbo123

I guess I’m supposed to fell sorry for Jabba?


7 posted on 11/07/2013 11:13:26 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: jimbo123

I despise the Republcan establishment as much as I do Democrats.


8 posted on 11/07/2013 11:16:21 AM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: AU72

It appears Jeb Bush is getting cold feet about competing in the primaries unless Rove and Priebus can get things changed, so the GOP-e is floating the NJ Fatass as a trial balloon (blimp?) for Bush’s replacement.


9 posted on 11/07/2013 11:16:24 AM PST by jimbo123
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THe corrupt MSM will shower Christie with many accolades, just like they loved the Maverick McCain... right until he secured the Primary and then they savaged him. Christie will be no different. The Marxists want Christie. They will give him the same McCain treatment.


10 posted on 11/07/2013 11:17:31 AM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: Eva

I agree. Christie is great for New Jersay

He should stay there.


11 posted on 11/07/2013 11:18:26 AM PST by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: AU72
The MSM is going to have a field day amplifying the in-house fighting among republicans while the democrats are going to give Hillary a free ride to the nomination.

FReepers will have a field day fighting among themselves, giving a free ride to another McCain/Romney clone. And then wonder what happened, again.

12 posted on 11/07/2013 11:18:27 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Won’t happen as long as the big spending SoCons stay on the sidelines.


13 posted on 11/07/2013 11:20:50 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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Four years of watching the GOP-E backstab Sarah Palin (among other tea-party stalwarts) and I’m perfectly happy seeing these “heroes” of the GOP-E like Christie being sliced-and-diced to bloody pieces.

Speaking of which, I’m remembering one of the very first clues I had about Christie. A talk-show host asked him his opinion of Palin, and he contorted his face into a “gag-me-with-a-spoon” reaction, like some ditzy teenage girl. Then and there, I had Christie pegged. And he has proved it, over and over again. To hell with the bastard.


14 posted on 11/07/2013 11:21:06 AM PST by greene66
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I loathe the RINO gutpile!


15 posted on 11/07/2013 11:21:24 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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"The MSM is going to have a field day amplifying the in-house fighting among republicans while the democrats are going to give Hillary a free ride to the nomination."

Spot on! Your words must be repeated. Dittos!

16 posted on 11/07/2013 11:21:45 AM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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Having lived in NJ for roughly the first 40 years of my life, I can say without equivocation that Christie is a good governor for NJ.

Maybe he'd be a good Senator for NJ, as well.

Perhaps he'd even be a good cabinet officer, like head of OMB or the Labor Dept.

That's about it.

Yes, he won a big victory - for himself. Here's what he didn't do:

1) Have any coattails in the state legislature.

2) Help out the Republican Senate candidate by having the 2 elections on the same day...but that wouldn't have made for such a large victory for himself (and maybe that was part of his deal with the Dems, to ensure a lack of funded and endorsed opposition).

3) For that matter, he could've appointed a Republican to fill Lousyberg's seat, but chose not to do so (and the reasons above may well apply here, as well).

4) He didn't bother to even make a single speech for Cuccinelli, nor even a single 30-second TV or radio ad. That lack of support for a fellow Republican running for governor of his state will be remembered.

He's not Presidential timber - though the Lamestream media would like him to be the sacrificial lamb Republican nominee in 2016. Oh, BTW, polls on Tuesday night show him losing to the Hildabeast IN NEW JERSEY. Some great candidate, he won't even carry his home state, despite winning a statewide election by 22 points!

17 posted on 11/07/2013 11:22:36 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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Fat boy DemocRat sucks.


18 posted on 11/07/2013 11:25:12 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
What I've always found interesting about FR is primary-time. FReepers have absolutely no difficulty sniffing-out the CINO . . . but then later they fall into that Deer Hunter-esque game of Russian roulette.

"My candidate is more conservative than yours!"
"No, my candidate is more conservative than yours!"

Meanwhile, the CINO just strolls right through.

19 posted on 11/07/2013 11:26:45 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Christie is nothing more than a distraction and tool to encourage infighting in the Republican party.

It’s 2013 and Obamacare is destroying America, don’t lose sight of that, stopping this cabal from taking over America is our only focus right now. Democrats and the media love to make the horse races the entire conversation even three years out but we may not have an election in 2016 if we don’t battle these tyrants now, not as a party, as Americans.


20 posted on 11/07/2013 11:35:16 AM PST by Kenny
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