Posted on 06/05/2013 4:30:32 PM PDT by neverdem
By now you’ve probably read about 1,000 versions of Chris Christie’s political obituary in the last six months, and will probably do so again in the next few months. The story is always roughly the same: Christie was already in peril in a Republican presidential primary, given his status as a relative moderate from the Northeast. Further complicating things, the Republican base believes that his effusive praise of Barack Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy cost Mitt Romney the 2012...
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In 2012, the New Jersey electorate was 44 percent Democrat, 30 percent Independent, and 26 percent Republican. In 2009 -- the early stages of a perfect storm that aided Republicans -- it was 41 percent Democrat, 31 percent Republican, and 28 percent Independent. In other words, he simply can’t win re-election by just tending to his base. He needs to win Independents by at least the 30-point margin he achieved in 2009...
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Chris Christie is a poor fit for the state(Iowa), even setting aside his definitively Northeastern persona. He is pro-life, but he supports civil unions. He believes homosexuals are not sinners. He believes global warming is real and at least partly caused by humans. He favors some gun control measures. Beyond this, he is a rather staunch conservative. But the strikes against him are more than enough to tank his chances in Iowa...
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That sort of campaign works well for a true outsider, someone who has angered his party a bit, at a time when people are disgusted with Washington. It also works well for an “authentic” individual. Chris Christie oozes authenticity, much as McCain did not in 2008 (but did eight years earlier). It would be an interesting matchup against Hillary Clinton, who epitomizes “Washington insider” and who often suffered from a wooden persona in 2008...
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Bull$h**
Chris Christie is no conservative. He is simply a man on the make. A political operative totally devoid of any core principles and dedicated to only one purpose - promoting his own power and advancement.
For the closest political analogy one would have to look to a member of a Roman Triumvirate - which his physical appearance in no way dispells.
barf
Thanks neverdem.
Hmmm.. Is Mr. Christie trying to edge his way ahead of Jeb Bush to be the one whose turn it is to be the Republican nominee? I think Jeb has that all sewn up. Jeb would probably have to get immersed in a really grotesque scandal to lose his place at the head of the Republican line.
“A big, fat, stupid-looking, self-centered opportunist.”
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I don’t think he’s stupid looking.
Ditto
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