Category Archives: Gov. Chris Christie

The jockeying for 2016 has already begun.

  By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Party to rethink its pitch to voters. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says Republicans should look to outsiders to fix partisan gridlock in Washington. Their fellow governor, Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, says the next GOP leader must do a better [...]

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2012 GOP’s Jib Jab Halloween Debate

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Christie reportedly eyed for RNC convention keynote

By MAGGIE HABERMAN  POLITICO Former New Jersey reporter Josh Margolin reports in the NY Post: The word is going out quietly to Republican activists across New Jersey: If you’re going to the GOP convention in Tampa next month, be sure to be there by Tuesday night, Aug. 28, because Gov. Chris Christie is going to [...]

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Web verdict on Perry: Brutal

By JUANA SUMMERS The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry’s debate performance: The Texas governor didn’t just lose, he bombed. There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark. But his second consecutive weak outing set off alarms on the right, where too many cringeworthy moments raised questions about Perry’s durability, his [...]

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Gov. Scott Walker thanks 2012ers for support

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Romney Wins New Hampshire Republican Party Committee Straw Poll

ABC News Political Director Amy Walter reports: In the first ever “straw poll” of New Hampshire Republican party committee members sponsored by ABC News and WMUR and sanctioned by the state Republican party, ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took 35 percent of the 276 valid ballots cast. This is just 3 percent more than Romney took [...]

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GOP mega-donors look toward 2012

POLITICO By MAGGIE HABERMAN & KENNETH P. VOGEL  As the 2010 campaign draws to its raucous close, the Republican Party’s biggest donors are slowly beginning to choose sides, with some still looking for a strong alternative to a populist conservative movement that makes them uneasy. The big New York, Texas, California and Florida donors who [...]

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Christie Veto Shuts Down Abortion Clinics in NJ

Ya’ gotta love this guy.  Gov. Chris Cristie is rapidly becoming an up to now unsung hero of the conservative resurgence. That is changing very rapidly. ~~John Cronin~~ NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Part of Gov. Chris Christie’s belt-tightening plan for New Jersey was the termination of $7.5 million in public funding for Planned Parenthood clinics in the [...]

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Mitt Romney Keynotes Conservative Dinner

By MAGGIE HABERMAN      POLITICO SYRACUSE, NY — Mitt Romney promoted the importance of values but tread lightly on social issues in a keynote address here to an annual Conservative Party dinner, in an effort to avoid the pitfalls of pandering at a moment when the party has been tacking hard right in its 2010 primaries. [...]

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At Least 17 Republicans in 2012 Presidential Election Field

USNEWS.COM By Paul Bedard When Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told us this week that the 2012 GOP presidential field will be “wide open,” we had no idea just how many Republicans might be marching to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada for the opening caucuses and primaries. Including Barbour, who will decide after the [...]

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