March 8th, 2011 | 
Author: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.? « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
Given such fast-deteriorating conditions, many Republican veterans have come around to the view that they aren't really going to need the perfect presidential candidate, and perhaps not even a notably good one. With Chris Christie having taken himself out of the running — again — earlier this month, the field of candidates now appears to be pretty much set, and none of them are likely to inspire any reimaginings of Mount Rushmore. But maybe all the moment …
Chris Christie: To Jump Into The Frying Pan? | The Kitchen Cabinet.US
Newsmax is reporting that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is reconsidering a run for The White House. In other words, there is a bit of a confidence crisis about Rick Perry, particularly after his recent debate performances.
Publish Date: 09/24/2011 18:30
http://thekitchencabinet.us/2011/09/24/chris-christy-to-jump-into-the-frying-pan/
This is Part 3 of a look at possible GOP candidates that might run well against Obama in 2012.
Part 1 looked at Mitch Daniels Part 2 looked at Tim Pawlenty
Part 3 looked at Chris Christie Part 4 looked at Mitt Ronney
Part 5 looked at Sarah Palin Part 6 looked at Mike Huckabee
Part 7 looked at Rudy Giuliani Part 8 looked at Michele Bachman
Part 9 looked at Donald Trump Part 10 looked at Paul Ryan
Part 11 looked at Ron Paul Part 12 looked at Newt Gingrich
Part 13 looked at Herman Cain Part 14 looked at Rick Santorum
Part 15 looked at Rick Perry Part 16 looked at Jon Huntsman
Personally, I think that Chris Christy (Governor of New Jersey) would have the best chance of beating Obama, but he’s said on many occasions that he’s not ready to run.
Is he bluffing?
Well the last time he got asked the question, he replied, "What do I have to do to make you believe that I’m not going to run? Commit suicide?".
Saying that he’s not ready yet is a pretty honest statement and the guy can be very honest and straight forward.
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Christie said on CBS’s “Face the Nation”:
“You can’t finesse it. And you have to have unscripted moments. You cannot be blow-dried and, you know, poll-tested and come out here. That’s not what the American people want. They want somebody who is going to speak straight to them. … And they want unguarded moments. That’s when they can really judge your character”.
In a recent Quinnipiac University poll, respondents ranked Christie number three, just below first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton, and one step above President Barack Obama.
But polls also showed that Christie has issues with name recognition and fifty five of respondents said they didn’t know him well enough to make a decision.
I personally find it hard to believe that Michelle is so popular since she’s a racist par excellence and the number of assistants that pamper her is disgraceful.
In a recent ABC TV interview, and only after be pressed hard by Jonathan Karl, Rubio just ruled out a run for president at least in 2012, saying quite categorically, “I am not running for president in 2012″.
He did say however, that his intention is to be the best United States senator that Florida ever had.
Seems a pity though if neither Rubio or Christy are going to throw their hats into the ring.
Watch the Jonathan Karl Interview Marco Rubio
On Tuesday (May 31, 2011), it was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who was courted by a group of top Iowa Republican campaign contributors who tried to persuade him to change his mind and run against President Barack Obama in 2012.
But after trekking all the way to New Jersey, the donors and party loyalists heard the same response from Christie that countless others have heard:
“Thanks for asking, but no thanks”.
Christie reiterated that he would not be a candidate for president next year and amongst the reasons that he gave, Christie said that, “A run for the Oval Office is not something I and our family, or our four children ranging from elementary school to high school, have begun contemplating”.
And his chief political adviser Mike DuHaime added, “Other reasons are the commitment he made to New Jersey, the fact of how large a decision like this is in terms of his readiness and how hard it is to be running for president when you are governing a state and you have young children”.
Christie said however, that he would accept an invitation to speak at an education conference hosted in Iowa by Branstad in July.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who recently met with several potential Republican presidential candidates seeking his backing, just said that he would give “real consideration” to supporting Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.
“He’s certainly somebody for whom I have enormous respect and would give real consideration supporting”, Christie said today on CBS Corp.’s 1210 WPHT, which is a Philadelphia news-talk station.
President Obama’s re-election campaign is now trying to dig up dirt in the Garden State!
In spite of Christie’s repeated denials that he will seek the GOP presidential nomination, Obama’s operatives are compiling a dossier of what they call “opposition research”, which in other words means material that they might be able to use against Christie if he changes his mind.
What’s true is, that well-heeled GOP donors in New York have been spreading word that Christie has privately shown a willingness to consider running!
The Obama campaign staff is apparently trying to keep its efforts from public view, because they’re concerned that they might only elevate Christie’s already impressive standing within the Republican Party.
And Obama’s operatives have chosen not to dispatch their own people to New Jersey, but instead are talking to people there and in New York who know Christie from his time in the governor’s office, as a gubernatorial candidate and as US attorney.
Top Dems applauded Team Obama’s preparation saying:
“It would be irresponsible for them to not start looking at it”, said a consultant who played a key role in Obama’s 2008 campaign:
“It would be malpractice for them not to”.
I hope Christie runs because he’s the one GOP candidate that would definitely kick Obama out of the White House!
We need you governor! Please consider running! You can beat the mess I call our current abomination. WE WILL HELP YOU!!!
At a press conference in Trenton, Christie said the government ought to stay out of broadcasting, and added that the relationship in New Jersey should have ended decades ago.
“In my view, that should have ended with the Soviet Union”, he said. “It’s ending here in New Jersey a little later than the fall of the wall in Berlin. But we’re getting there”.
Under the agreement, New Jersey will hold on to the broadcasting licenses, but the TV arm of the NJN would be run from New York and its radio station would operate from Philadelphia.
If approved, the deal would be effective July 1.
State lawmakers, the FCC and New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority reportedly still needs to approve the new partnership, which may be met with some resistance because 130 employees would be out of work and would have to reapply for jobs.
Opponents also question the quality of journalism that would be produced on such a trimmed-down staff.
A new Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey finds Gov. Chris Christie with an upside down approval rating, 44% to 47%.
Key findings: Women disapprove of the job Christie is doing 54% to 36%, while men approve 53% to 39%, a 17-point gender gap.
Said pollster Maurice Carroll: “Christie is having a big problem with women, perhaps because they care more about schools and disapprove 60% to 34% of the way he’s handling education”.
“Obama Failed To Lead!”.
“You’re elected executive to lead. And I think it’s incumbent on the president to put the plan out there”. Gov. Christie said.
“You cannot wait for members of a legislative body to lead”.
“The executive has an obligation to lead”.
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey has vetoed a $420,000 film tax credit, dubbed the ‘Snooki Subsidy’, for the reality show Jersey Shore, citing the state’s budget crunch.
Mr Christie, a long-time critic of the raucous MTV show that offers a less than flattering portrayal of life in the Garden State, said in a statement the money would be better spent on ‘projects that actually benefit the state’.
Full story at http://is.gd/rNqTCk
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision not to run for president is predictable and offers the possibility of changing the dynamic of the Republican primary election.
With Florida, South Carolina, Nevada and New Hampshire all moving up the dates of their primaries and caucuses, it simply became impossible and impractical to raise the money and organize campaigns in those states in the less than 100 days that remain.
In the long term, the renewed speculation about Gov. Christie’s candidacy can only raise his profile nationally as well as his stature in New Jersey where poll numbers have been steadily climbing in recent week. but the big news and the big story which has yet to be reported, is what this announcement Tuesday means for the remaining nine candidates competing for the nomination.
And the big winner today is Herman Cain!
Cain is the winner because he’s the only candidate climbing in the in polls.
With talk turning to a possible brokered convention one has to consider Christie throwing his hat into the ring.
Looks like the only person that might be stronger than him would be Sarah Palin and she’s already said that she’d put forward her name in the event of a contested convention.
And how about Mitch Daniels who just said …
“I do think as a matter of emphasis, we ought to stress the largest single danger, really non-military danger America’s ever faced.
That’s the debt that America’s piled up and is scheduled to be.
In this last week, the president again went totally AWOL on this largest of subjects.
He gives a State of the Union speech, manages to talk 75 minutes and never mention it.
It would be like FDR giving his in 1942 and Japan never coming up.
Then he issues a budget that is destined to be discarded just as his last one was because it says, in essence, ‘Come on everybody, let’s go broke’.
So, this is I think the most defining among many important issues.
It’s the one that I think a big majority of Americans could be rallied on, the economy and the debt. And I just think that should have priority”.