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Mike Segar / REUTERS
Chris Christie gestures as he takes the stage with his family at his election night party in Asbury Park, N.J., Nov. 5, 2013.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie easily won re-election Tuesday over Democrat Barbara Buono, launching the GOP star to another term in a deep-blue state and solidifying his status as a top-tier 2016 presidential candidate.
In a victory speech brimming with the cadence and optimistic rhetoric of a future presidential stump speech, Christie celebrated his “big, big win” and suggested that his administration’s message of inclusion could offer lessons to the federal government.
"I know that if we can do this in Trenton, N.J., maybe the folks in Washington, D.C., should tune in their TVs right now and see how it’s done," he said to an eruption of cheers from supporters.
Read the exit polls here (.pdf)
"Tonight, a dispirited America, angry with their dysfunctional government in Washington, looks to New Jersey to say 'Is what I think happening really happening? Are people really coming together?'" he added.
Excerpts from Gov. Christie's victory speech.
With nearly 90 percent of the vote in, Christie held a definitive 60 percent to 38 percent lead over Buono.
Exit polls showed that he had garnered the support of voters well outside the traditional GOP base, winning a majority of women, about one-in-five black voters, half of Hispanics, and roughly 30 percent of self-described Democrats. Among the half of New Jersey voters who say they support the Obama-backed health care law, about three-in-10 selected Christie on their ballot.
Christie earned broad bipartisan support for his response to last year’s Superstorm Sandy and is known for his blunt political style.
Christie invoked the state’s resolve and unity in the wake of that storm Tuesday night, promising supporters he would “govern in the spirit of Sandy.”
Even while delivering a sweeping speech with frequent references to dysfunction in Washington, Christie pledged to keep working for the state that made him “the luckiest guy in the world.”
“I sought a second term to finish the job,” he said. “Now watch me do it."
Christie has developed a strong national profile since he defeated unpopular Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in 2010.
With broad support among groups the GOP has struggled with in recent national elections – women, independents, minorities and even conservative Democrats – Christie would head into 2016 with potential electability in states where the outlook for the GOP has traditionally been bleak.
(President Barack Obama defeated GOP nominee Mitt Romney in New Jersey by 17 points in 2012.)
In a statement, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus lauded Christie's "significant support among minority voters," calling it "a testament to the success of his results-oriented leadership and an inclusive campaign."
Yet the same characteristics and positions that earned Christie support from a significant portion of the state’s Democrats have made some national conservatives wary.
Read the exit polls here (.pdf)
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that while Christie is viewed positively by most self-described conservatives, firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas – known for eschewing bipartisan compromise – earned notably higher marks from the GOP’s right flank.
Watch Christie's entire victory speech.
Since the party’s more conservative wing plays a huge role in early nominating states like Iowa and South Carolina, Christie could face tough decisions on how to court the Tea Party without losing his centrist appeal. One particular episode from Christie’s first term is unlikely to fade from any primary campaign – his public embrace of Obama in the immediate aftermath of Sandy.
For now, his first hurdle – re-election – was easily cleared. Without statewide name recognition, Buono had little chance of competing with Christie’s fundraising ability and his stratospheric approval ratings, which remained high long after the superstorm battered the state.
Polls this week showed that almost one-in-four likely voters said they don’t know enough about the Democratic candidate to form an opinion.
In remarks after the race was called for Christie, Buono congratulated the governor on his win and told Democratic supporters they "withstood the onslaught of betrayal from our own political party.”
Buono, who consistently trailed in polls by double digits, received comparatively little high-profile support from national Democrats during her campaign, unlike Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s more hotly contested gubernatorial contest.
“Let us never look back with regret. Let us not for a single moment allow one night to define what we did here or to deter us from the momentum that we have built,” she said in her remarks. “There is so much work to do.”
This story was originally published on Tue Nov 5, 2013 6:04 PM EST
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Christie had no opposition in this election. His challenger was no threat. What was a waste was the "special election" costing 24 million only to keep away voters from this election.
Yes, because it's all about Chris Christie in case you did not know. I have no idea what New Jersey finds so appealing about this bellicose beast. He is every bit as conservative as most other Republicans but somehow has succeeded in getting a pass in a strongly Democratic state.
Yes, he thought nothing of pissing away tens of millions just so he could run without Corey Booker would not be on the same ballot with him.
Maybe Christie should have had Obama or Hillary campaign for him......then maybe the election result would have been closer instead of a run away.
Joe Biden-Chris Christie, 2016.
Mark it down.
IDO: And maybe your party should stop nominating far, far Reich Wing Tea Crazies who think the earth is 5,000 years old and that contraception is sin against god and that Gays inherently evil and must be punished and that woman should not enjoy the same rights as do men.
Hillary is a washed up has been; the Party, AND Democratic Voters, threw her under the bus in 2008, gleefully.
I have seen this Hillary movie before, and I know how it ends.
Biden-Christie in 2016.
Hillary can be the first fossilized president.
She looks like it already.
Billary won't be elected if she runs because she's too old and because of her abysmal track record as SoS, not to mention Benghazigate
Even if she runs and does win, it will be a continuance of the same incompetency we've witnessed for over 5 years now
Christie is the better choice as he's displayed leadership and has the right stuff to save this country from radical liberalism
Be sure to suggest that when Hillary is inaugurated.
Not likely...there will be far fewer Republicans in the House and Senate.
Right...now just convince the Teabaggers they like Christie and get them to vote for him. The Republican Party gets more and more entertaining all the time. I thought the clown car full of Teabagger candidates was funny last election. This one is shaping up to be a full-on three ring circus.
Holy crap. A success story about the GOP, and nothing but Obama/Clinton trolling. And OldTimeD even throwing the GOP victory into the trash and labeling him a RINO.
WOW. Seriously. WOW.
Look at Christie up there in the picture holding a cookie getting ready to woof it.
It is true, Chris Christie is a union busting scab herder, but, that plays in red states and would help Biden tremendously.
IS Christie running against one of Sonny Bono's relatives?
Christie-Marco Rubio in 2016 has been revealed for 2016. We will finally see an end to pure failure.........
I wouldn't vote for that disgusting fat body if he were the only man left in the GOP....
You are correct. Biden has made it clear he wants to run. How can Obama not support him? Otherwise he would be saying his VP choice was a mistake. Hillary Clinton will not be the democratic nominee - either for health reasons, Benghazi, that she's a lesbian ... something.
Christie will defeat Biden. The liberals will be pissed but they will be the real winners as Christie will govern very liberally.
Christie wins by riding President Obama coat tails.....A vote for Christie is a vote against the extreme rt winger Tea Party nation obstructionists.
Republican Party says no to the Extreme Christian rt wingers.
Who cares what NBC thinks. It will be the people's votes deciding Piggy Christie's fate? Not NBC that';s trying to influence the voters.
This must gall Mitt Romney.
Every time Romney is reminded of how popular Christie is, he's remembering that had he chosen Christie instead of the very UNpopular and polarizing Paul Ryan, he might be sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office tonight.
What's really interesting: Christie's able to convince people he's a moderate. Hidden behind that little smile beats the wizened heart of true member of the GOP. He's just too smart to show it.
That fat @!$%#, better enjoy his job, because he will never get the republican nomination. Traitor bastard
Do you really think the GOP will nominate an anachronism--a non extremist Republican. After Romney lost, the party line was they should have run someone more conservative. Also, I find your comment on Ms. Clinton being a lesbian ridiculous--and irrelevant.
Old-doc-
Not likely...there will be far fewer Republicans in the House and Senate
Which is a shame considering the scandalous left running everything into the ground- eventually to China
Starfailing-
You say Christie rides Obama's "coat tails"...?? What the he#% does that even mean?
Oh, it means more radical liberal nonsense. Christie won because his performance in office is exemplary- unlike some people.
But she is a lesbian, and it matters. Remeber it's not a choice, your born that way right? So by staying married to a man she is living a lie, and don't we already have a liar in the WH, do we really want another?
In 2016 it is Christie or Gov. Cumo for president.
The low information voters have spoken. The dumbing down of America continues.
43, 52, 46, 47,......69?
The numbers represent the ages of the newly elected Democratic Presidents in the past 60 years - Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, & Obama. Democrats elect youthful candidates, not 69 year olds with health issues.
Do you really think Democrats can back someone who would be the 2nd oldest elected president ever? (Reagan would still be the oldest elected by ~8 months)
Spoken like a true champion and servant of the people.
Stacey Peterson .
Is your idiot discrimination showing? ..........IT DOESNT MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE, what color they are and what gender they are. It's time to elect the best of the best.
I think he is pointing out the clear discrimination of the Democratic electorate.. They always tout the fact that the GOP is filled with old white guys and it seeps down to the voters that vote the party line..
I wish he would take Bohener's job. He definitely would do a much better job, and be able to negotiate with the Democrats.
Bohener thinks he is Louis XV
He is...Sorry, the rest of the Republicans are just RABID DOGS. You don't need to vote anyway.
I think Christie has the ability to attract Moderates and some Republicans---but he's not down with The Tea Party Gang." Will he climb in the Koch Brothers pockets or will he be his own man? Only time will tell, but wouldn't it be grand if we had a CoC that had the balls to say, "@!$%# you" to the Pentagon. Mrs Clinton doesn't impress me with her long standing hawkishness on foreign policy. The first one to guarantee the closing of half of the 750+ military bases on foreign soil--gets my vote. So---that's Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders.
Justoneguy:
"Is your idiot discrimination showing? ..........IT DOESNT MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE, what color they are and what gender they are. It's time to elect the best of the best."
It shouldn't matter how old they are, what color they are, or what sex they are. But things like that do influence voters. As it stands, Clinton is campaigning on the basis of being female and "breaking the glass ceiling." She gives no other reason to vote for her. The candidates we get are not the best of the best. And I am not holding my breath. But Clinton is seriously not someone I want in office.
Exit polls showed that he had garnered the support of voters well outside the traditional GOP base, winning a majority of women, about one-in-five black voters, nearly half of Hispanics, and roughly 30 percent of self-described Democrats. Among the half of New Jersey voters who say they support the Obama-backed health care law, about three-in-10 selected Christie on their ballot.
That means 80%of black voters voted against him. More than 50% of Hispanic voters voted against him. 70% of "self-described Democrats" voted against him. And 70% of all the NJ voters who support Obamacare voted against him.
They say "a majority of women" voted for him -- can't explain that one. No woman I know voted for him!
Not what I would call "broad support" from any of those groups. Really.
So who elected him? The traditional GOP base, I guess, which is mostly white, male and rich. And the 'middle class' voters who for some reason can't see that voting Republican is voting against their own best interests.
"I sought a second term to finish the job," he said. "Now watch me do it."
That is what New Jersey is afraid of, Governor Christie. Do not assume you have a mandate. You do not have one.
I'm sorry to break this to you america but no matter which corporate funded party you vote for, Democrat or Republican, you're going to get screwed.
I know, I know, there are probably a few good people in both parties but they don't have control over their parties and their parties are not good.
Both parties and the candidates who won tonight are committed to enacting ELITE CONSENSUS because that's who subsidizes and facilitates their political careers (if they do what they are told) and one of the goals of Elite consensus (for instance) is to cut/destroy Social Security and Medicare.
These two successful, popular programs are some of the last vestiges of the New Deal we have left (Clinton, good friends with Terry McCauliffe, gutted AFDC, otherwise known as WELFARE back in the '90's) which enabled the U.S. to have a large prosperous middle class, just like the high taxes on the top income brackets did when they were in force back in the 1950's and 1960's.
Both Christie and McCauliffe (just like Obama and Bush) have the same goals: Keep transfering the nations wealth to the richest people in the country (and along with that...POWER).
There's very little difference anymore between what the Democrats and Republicans do they just do the same thing in different ways.
It's funny.
The Democrat, Franklin Roosevelt, was elected President by the people FOUR TIMES, but how often do you hear Democrats today (or for the last 30 years) mention his name?
That's because their masters, Wall Street and corporations generally, didn't like FDR. They hated and feared him.
Here's why Wall Street/Corporations hated FDR and americans loved him:
FDR second bill of rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EZ5bx9AyI4
I think its telling today; Democrats and moderate seeming Republicans are being elected. I think the Republican party must disavow the Tea Party conservatives and move back a little toward the center if they hope to survive.
Congrats Gov Christie! For someone who is Republican he has a lot of class. I think he really cares about the people in his state and I don't think he is for the rich only, but more for the poor and middle class. I only ask one thing and that is don't run for President cause Hillary is going to win. Thank you Gov Christie for being a kind, gentle, compassionate and all around nice guy:)
"Christie storms..."? As in Hurricane Sandy?
Sheesh! Who writes these titles?
Doesn't matter, though. Christie is as dirty as they come and he'll be hammered by a serious vetting at the national level. Just wait and see.
Funny thing, though....Hillary-haters will laud the big guy in spite of his extremely shady past.
Too bad he is not going to be the Republican nominee for 2016. He is not extreme enough to make it. Ted Cruz will be picked and therefor lock in the winner as Hillary Clinton. It really is sad that the Republicans just chop off their noses to spite there faces.
Hmm, I see that clueless, racist twit Ozzieboy is here again, spewing his demented version of what he believes to be the truth. Well done, moronic lib. Once again you proved how easy Dems. buy sh*t the media and Obama feed you.
And meanwhile in the other marquee race of yesterday: If Democrats are not a bit shaky from a close call in Virginia, they are fools. In politics, as in much of life, money talks. McAuliffe outspent Cuccinelli about 38 million to 16 million - or more than 2 to 1 - and 70 per cent of his money was from Hollywood and Bloomberg's Gotham and others outside the state. With such a huge money advantage most Virginians were expecting a McAuliffe blowout - like a 12 to 14 per cent win by McAuliffe. That didn't happen because what happened? All of Obie's tissue of lies - plain lies, lies that a 6 year old recognizes - came to light and POW! - suddenly Cuccinelli was fast closing the gap even without the money - (and when has THAT ever happened?) - all due to Obie's lies about his anti-care act. McAuliffe was a lucky man that the vote was yesterday and not in 30 days - or even 7 days - because as all the lies continue to pour out and the utter incompetence of the liberals is on daily display - with different timing seriously underfunded Cuccinelli would have beaten hugely funded McAuliffe. The Dems have seriously underestimated the national outrage that comes for an administration with the lies of a Nixon and the incompetence of a Carter. Their plan was for Alinsky incrementalism, but the reality is a bunch of Washington bozos who can't run a website, who can't keep private even the personal and confidential information of the maybe six or seven people who have managed to get on their pathetic website and who are yet somehow surprised that no one with a brain would want the hip replacement or the heart surgery that these incompetents would provide through anything they had a hand in. Bottom line, if the DNC and any and all Dems up for election in 2014 do not understand from this barely-made-it-despite-serious-outspending squeaker in Virginia that at the very least they'd best push back the individual mandate until 2015 if they want to keep their jobs in 2014 elections, they have missed the point and they are fools. McAuliffe and all the Dems will smile and spin this for the gullible masses in the morning news (and who can blame them - ANYTHING to get the focus off the Obamacare debaucle and worldwide joke, right?) but the hard and inconvenient truth is that they just outspent an opponent into the ground on the money side, a not particularly popular candidate in many circles at that, and they just barely squeaked by. Dems up for election next year will ignore the Obamacare outrage at their peril. THAT is the real story of the Virginia election.
Odd that democrats would keep a republican. They do so at their own peril.
Christie has and will turn on the middle class. Time will show it to be true.
He is a republican through and through and will not represent working people in the end.
New Jersey 'f'ed up.
How can any Hillary supporter take childish jabs at Christie's wieght? Hillars @$$ alone carries more gravitational pull than all of Christie.
Now there's a great way to choose.... I guess you vote for ex-athletes or movie stars over others 'cause they're hot?
Keep him? Where are we keeping him? Just because we find it interesting to see a non-Tea Party Republican sure as hell doesn't mean we would vote for him.
Deflating Christie's Big Hot Air Balloon- Why Tuesday in NJ Means Almost Nothing for Republicans
#of voting age potential voters in NJ 6,581,000
#of registered NJ voters 3,656,000
#of votes cast for both candidates 2,024,278 (Christie 1,242,568)
#of votes cast in 2012 election NJ 2,383,000
Christie got only 5.3% of the voting age population in NJ to come out and vote for him.
Christie got only 34% of registered voters in NJ to come out and vote for him.
With the same vote totals, Christie would have gotten only 52% of the vote that turned out in 2012,against a straw man opponent (Buono) and actually lost 51-49 to Hillary Clinton in exit polls of those that might support him for President in 2016, with most Democrats sitting this one out.
The CNN/ORC International survey of 1,022 adults released Monday found that 17 percent of Republicans and independents who lean toward the GOP are likely to support New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/cnn-poll-conservatives-christie/2013/09/16/id/525886#ixzz2jt7zNEIN
and don't say storms and Christie in the same article title....it makes his 2016 campaign people nervous.
Mike:
What must be remembered is that polls in the news media tend to lean heavily toward the results that those media like. The reported polls often influence the actual voters. This is part of why the major parties each conduct their own polls. They don't trust the results of the media, nor should they. Of course, each of those polls introduces its own bias (at least as it gets reported to us.)
It should give people pause that Christie obtained substantial votes from groups that Republicans normally have to write off. So, yes, 80% of black voted against him as opposed to the usual 99%. Seventy percent of Democrats voted against as opposed to the normal 90 percent. As he siphons off traditional Democratic votes, it will put the battleground states in traditional Democratic strongholds. And it will make "normal" swing states Republican-safe. It's the reverse of what happened in the last presidential election.
New Jersey last voted Republican for George H. W. Bush. And it's fairly solidly Democrat. The fact that they are polling specific to New Jersey (and they did) suggests they're worried he might be able to take it. The Tea Party does the Republicans no favors. But it starts coming down to how many Republicans turn out in the primaries. If the more moderate Republicans turn out, the Tea Party candidate won't get the nomination.
The only Moron is the one calling liberals morons simply because they have a different view then Republicans. How Moronic is that?
It's beyond me what moderates and Democrats see in this behemoth. He is no moderate and a look at his policies proves just how conservative he is. Perhaps not conservative enough for the Tea Crazies but plenty conservative.
He has handed out lot's of freebies just like any good GOP politician should. He has opposed gay marriage, is a big time union basher, hates public education and seeks to undermine it, turned down a huge Federal funded building project which would have added many thousands of good, high paying jobs and has spent most of his time creating this aura about him of being a 'regular guy" and a man of the people. In fact, he is little more than a bully and a bloated one at that. He shouts down both reporters as well as civilians who ask him valid questions and then tries to play the victim. He has fantasies of himself being a tough guy when anyone can tell, he was the fatty kid in the school yard who got the snot beaten out of him everday.
If you judge a politician more by their deeds than their words, you will find Chris Christie little different than all the other current crop of GOP governors who seek to turn back the clock a century or more on social and economic progress. For those on the Right, this all sounds like a good thing. Whether he will ever p ass muster with the Tea Nuts is another matter.
You only have to compare him to the past Democratic governors to understand what we see in him. It's gonna take a while to get rid of the stench of Corzine and the incredibly corrupt liar McGreedy.
Hey Fella, I'm a New Jersey native, born and raised. I still fail to see any redeeming qualities in this bloated, beached whale. He's a rude, nasty SOB who enjoys the liimelight but as I said, at his core, he's little different from other GOP Governors and in some ways worse.
Ozzy, shall we say, politely, you are not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Biden-Christie would steamroll the republicans by taking EVERY issue they have away from them.
Well said Ozzie.
Ozzie,
Shhhhhhh.... Don't tell the trolls like OldTimeD that Christie is a real Republican. He said something nice about Obama and THEY WILL NEVER FORGIVE. RINO RINO RINO RINO. BIDEN-CHRISTIE 2016!!!!!!!
And no, democrats don't like his policies. But remember, he has been a very effective governor. Smart democrats vote for good leaders. In Massachusetts, a republican by the name of Weld ruled for many a year. He wasn't as conservative as Christie, true, but the liberals of Mass certainly didn't like his policies. They simply liked that he ran the State effectively.
You think liberals liked Reagan's policies? No. They liked that he reached peace with Gorby and the USSR. He brought stability. He was effective.
Do you think NYC is conservative? Yet Giuliani was unbeatable. Why? Because he cleaned up a trash heap. He was effective.
So yes, liberals hate Christie's policies. But they like how he runs the joint. Especially after all the recent crap leaders they have had. You have to respect effectiveness. That's all this is.
Trumka, Christie would be an excellent VP candidate for VP Biden to choose.
We in North NJ love him. Glad he is here to start cleaning up this place :)
OB -
Your jealousy of his success shines through.
That`s right Ozzie, he is fat, pissed and tired of overly powerful unions that provide way below average results while hijacking our tax dollars....do your homework, NJ spends more per student on education than any other state and have miserable results, especially in the urban centers...no accountability thanks to union contracts....and the only action we get from union leadership is give them more money through our property taxes that are ridiculously high....he absolutely has our support taking on these shameless unions. Love to see him turned loose on DC.....he`d be our Godzilla....you mealy mouthed progressives would be thousands of fleeing villagers....
You mean that dirty lier is back in office, 'talk about dubble dipping' yes, lier. Watch out Senitor Cory Brooker he spell trouble...
Christie should be satisfied as Governor. Americans want a Tea Party candidate who are for the middle class to run for President. Democrats have Lied too much for Americans to believe anything they say. Right Mr. President?
Zeppelin....americans only want tea party candidates for the laughs....which they provide in abundance.
Now that he's won re-election watch him take a sharp turn to the right so he can get the Tea Party votes he'll need in the 2016 Presidential primaries and caucuses.
Ladies and gentlemen, run for your lives! Wouldn't it be nice to have some candidates with some real leadership skills rather than merely a cult of personality for a change? As a country we settle for the lowest common denominator far too often.
I have a very simple way of looking at it. I pay more in taxes than prior to his first election. It is due to a shift, the taxes did not go away, they are now in our property taxes plus some. Nothing has been solved with the schools, we still have over 600 school districts or some crazy number. We have more politicians per square mile than any other state. And we pay for it.
It has improved so much, that my husband and I have plans to move out of the state in a couple of years. It does not pay to live in Jersey.
In 2008, Obama's novelty was the first black guy; Christie can be the first fat president, at least since Chester
Arthur, who once got stuck in the White House bathtub.
LBJ, shall I say "politely", you are a world class dip@!$%#.
Telling me I'm unintelligent is no way to win an argument. Don't you know how to debate dimwit or is your idea of making your point simply making offensive comments. I made numerous points in my post which you failed to debunk a single one. Go back to debating school and perhaps you won't sound like a total imbecile.
I never once said you were unintelligent; I merely said you needed to sharpen up on the finer points.
Hey LBJDemocract what do the initials LBJ stand for ? Let me guess LICKING BIDEN'S JUNK, dude get a life.
and thats exactly how he became president .. a record number of blacks came out to vote .. even some dead ones just to see a black us president .. too bad they are too dumb and actually believed "a brother would hook them up" LOL poor saps!
LBJ
I think that was Howard Taft ? A prime candidate for "weight watchers"
Christie can't get elected to the presidency, conservatives, the largest voting segment in the US, won't support him.
LBJ Democrat - you simply are a brain damaged moron. Anyone that would select LBJ as a moniker is proof of what I said. LBJ single handedly plunged us deep into Vietnam for political reasons and was the cause of hundreds of thousands of American deaths. The recently released White House tapes demonstrate just what a selfish SOB Johnson was. You and your idol are a lot alike.
FL if the conservatives are the largest voting block, how come Romney did not win. But I think you mean conservatives outnumber liberals. But both parties seem to forget the Indies and moderates like me, we also are a voting block. And our votes count too.
No, Chester Alan Arthur was not fat. The fattest US president was William Howard Taft, who I think is the one who supposedly got stuck in the tub. The second fattest was Grover Cleveland.
That's funny one poster telling another to get a life in a post. Damn you people are way too uptight about everything.
Ozzy, you have the big guy nailed. Trickle down snob with no interest in the middle class other than for votes. His policies benefit a select few and his cronies. Bring on another Gilded Age!
Ozzie boy. Yet another democrat without a clue but plenty of un educated holier than thou opinion. New Jersey is the case study as to how the Obama "led" federal government should function. Budgets are passed, taxes are lowered, debate occurs and then decisions get made. We would be happy to keep our governor should you wish to continue 4 more yearsof gridlock, govt shutdowns, failed accountable careinvestments and embarasing foreign policy "leadership".
Sorry fella, the gridlock and total dysfunction belongs to your crowd not mind. Democats in NJ chose to work with Christie, unlike the all the phony patriots in the GO in Washington. As for being a "case study" I hardly view it that way. The GOP congress made a tactical decision when Obama was elected that they would challenge EVERYTHING, even legislation which Republicans had created. Obama Care is a perfect example of this. There's a great book which came out last year, "Do not ask what good we do" which is how the GOP met on the night of Obama's first inauguration to determine how to block every last thing that Obama wanted to do. Just check out the number of filibusters used or should I say abused by the Right. They set an all time record and by far. So for you to try and place blame on Democrats for gridlock in Washington is absurd.
No, I"ll stand by my original statement, Christie is a bully, a guy who is trying to convince himself what a tough guy he is. He has constantly been abusive to reporters and private citizens alike when it is totally uncalled for. That may meet your standards for leadership but it does not cut it with me. It will be interesting to see how far this guy goes inside the GOP. I still can't sees all the bible thumpers which make up your party, accept this guy as one of their own. Just like they never really accepted Willard, the cardboard cut out of a human being.
madman6
Mad man is right. Unchecked Republicans beg the question, how many middle-east wars can we fight at the same time?
And for a surprise and inspired byhow we in nj get things done, I agree with you in part. I have no respect or allegiance to boehner and his nit wits. Including in the nitwit crew is my own nj congressman, garrett. They share the blame. I only fault the president and for better or worse he is my president, for his lack of leadership or ability to move the ball forward. I too believe the bible thumpers will be a challenge to onboard, but I believe the governor will attempt to go forward without selling his soul to the fringe. As far as his style with the press and those that grandstand and are disrespectful in open discourse, I'm ok with giving what you get.
OB - Christie is a leader. Your boy in the white house is a community organizer. People work with leaders. People laugh at community organizers.
Ozziegirl, you seriously need a hobby...and to get laid real soon. Perhaps your sister will oblige.
Did he campaign on the promise to publish where are the best buffets in NJ . It appears as though he eats there all the time, He will try to bring back all you can eat for $1.99. Anybody who believe in him should contact me because I just might have some magic beans for you like Jack. Or if you want there could be a bridge for sale in Brooklyn that you can buy real cheap. This guy is just a windbag who likes to hear himself talk. I hope he runs for the president because it will mean 4 more years for the good guys not the GOP.
I'm still trying to understand why re-electing a Republican Governor in NJ comes as such a shock to MSDNC/MSLSD. If they bothered to do even a modicum of research, they would see the Governorship in NJ has been pretty much evenly split between both parties over the last 150 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_Jersey
it baffles me as to why anyone would want to live in NJ, what an overcrowded screwed up place.
Sledge, I'm leaving NJ in ten days. Can't afford it any longer.
I didn't see anyone complaining when possibly the worst governor we've ever had, John Corzine(oh excuse me I forgot McGreevy) appointed an over-the hill Lautenberg to the Senate. Christie played fair instead of appointing someone, held an election so the people could select a senator. There's just no end to the terminal stupidity and story lines of the Libtards. Had he appointed someone you would have found fault with his selection. By the way hows your lazy, incompetent, know-nothing, liar in the White House working out
Yea, and he wasted millions on a special election. Gov. Finances, that is Christie. Plus his special deals with Dwek.
geovillage: what the hell are you talking about? Wrong on BOTH accounts.
Christie DID make an interim appointment until the special election - his attorney general Jeff Chiaca.
As for Lautenberg, he won five (5) times and was never appointed, you dummy. When Torricelli had to resign, he was recruited by the Democrats to come out of retirement and run for the seat. That is totally different from being appointed.
Jersey D. You never addressed Geo's most important point, the last one.
sledge123, his last point was opinion. Considering geovillage couldn't get well-known and easily verified facts straight it's hardly worth addressing his opinion.
Put another way, how you think the opinion of someone who can't get their facts right is the "most important point" doesn't say a lot for the credibility of either of you.
Dear New Jersey,
While I can appreciate your consideration of Christie as a moderate who is able to work between parties, you need to be aware of what this view does on a national basis.
I ALWAYS really liked moderate candidates on both sides of the aisle. I used to vote based purely on perceived trust and issues, not party (I was Reagan before Reagan was cool). I now vote straight DEMOCRAT NO MATTER WHAT. The reason I currently do this is because the Red party is UNABLE or UNWILLING to keep the new crop of RW weirdos (you know who I speak of) on a leash. They are freezing and crippling progress in this country. LW weirdos are EQUALLY stubborn, but are mostly held at bay, just like in the good old days.
You might say: "Why not keep the moderates, and get rid of the Teahadists?" I agree, but that is NOT going to happen until the Red party becomes completely crippled, and without a voice. Then, and only then, will states like Tennessee, or Texas, or Georgia come to the realization that they are getting NOTHING by sending wanna be tough guys into the fray. The freaks will end up without a voice. THEN they will be voted out. THEN we can return to a sane GOP.
Gotta get the moderates out. It's the only way.
You are pretty retarded if you just vote for ALL Democrats or ALL Republicans. Vote for the person, not party lines. Sadly low-information voters like you are coming out in droves.
New Jersey - poor bastards.
Re-elected governor of NJ for another four years! How many days you think he'll be in NJ for this new term??? Not many..he'll be going all over the nation to see if he can be the next US prez!
I knew this big man won in NJ!
I guess all those candids and photo ops with Obama helped quite a bit, haven't they?
I am glad he won!
You probably don't live in New Jersey. Four more years of Governor Pufferfish will not benefit the residents of the state, but only himself, his cronies and business pals. I guess the NJ electorate loves a bellicose, ill-mannered, arrogant snob of a governor, whose only interest is where his next gallon of Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia is coming from, and how soon.
He won on the power (and size) of his personality, and of course endeared himself to the citizenry when he dared work with Obama on disaster relief. New Jerseyans really appreciated that he put partisan politics aside for the greater good, at a time of hyper-partisanship, even after speaking at the GOP convention and saying all sorts of nasty (and untrue) things about the president. The disaster was personal for him - having touched those places he remembers enjoying during summers in his youth - and the state could relate with him on that. Turning his back on the national GOP the way he did was the moment he won re-election - I knew it along with everyone else (I did not vote for him, again).
He won because every past governer going back to and including Whitman were corrupt scum lining their own pockets and causing the state to fall further into debt. He is the first to make any attempt to back up his campaign promises. Seeing a governer that is attempting to fix some problems is way better than watching those before who create bigger problems for the future to try and work out.
Gawd you libtards are so stupid if you think this idiot is nothing more than a moderate at best. He won't get the GOP nom. He's a freaking RINO. He's one of you only you're too stupid to know the sun is shining. Morons.
You teabagger morons said the same thing about Romney. The moderate always gets the Nom. You're too stupid to know it. However Christie is far from a moderate. There's no such thing as a republican moderate anymore. And THAT is why you'll never win a national election :D
You are right--he won't get the nomination. The Republicans will find someone riding in the clown car and get wiped out come Nov. 2016. I just love the ideological purity. The TPers--Democrats best friend.
Heh - Libtards come forth and reveal their moronic selves.
The nice thing about these myopic hard right-wingers is their narrow minded bigotry keeps them from recognizing just how looney they are.
Maddest man in New Jersey? The chef at the Governor's mansion.
True..he still has to cook galore for the fat man four more years! Poor chef.
Well - job security is something he has nothing to worry about for a few more years, nope.
NBC was late -- I already got the results from "across Pond" BBC, junk-food-loving governor stayed in Garbage State!
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
@ profreedom, thanks, now I know I'm into radical liberalism. I ride my HD's, go boating, do anything I want. Just wish to be left alone by you radical righties who seem to say profreedom,. then turn around and try to tell people what they can't do.
Yes you want to do everything you want and want everyone around you to be either doing the same thing or helping you do what you want
Good to see that handsome, meaty countenance again; the only Republican who could EVER be elected in the bluest of blue states and the only man on the planet who could 'have Shaq for lunch'. He's most definitely the best 'moderate' choice for the Repubs. which means T.P. operatives are LICKING their chops, sharpening their harpoons, this is going to be a whale of a show come the Repub. primaries! Cannibalism 101; Republicans have perfected it to an art form!
You probably don't live in the US. We got four more years of BARRY that is not benefiting the residents of the US, but only himself, his cronies and business pals. I guess the electorate loves a hope, change and forward. whose only interest is where his next vacation will be or the next smoke.
see saying it doesn't make it true.
So I guess Christie is going to try to destroy the T-Party since they are the conservative ones of the Republicans. Another Democrat in disguise, like George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush. Sort of like Obama claiming he's American.
Now if he would just come out of the Democrat closet and admit that he works for everyone and not himself.....he could actually defeat Hillary in 2016.
He wouldn't defeat Hillary Clinton in New Jersey. I promise you that. He would lose in a head-to-head contest. The margin would be comparable to the recently held special election between Booker and Lonegan. We have 700,000 more Democrats here and they are in Hillary's corner if she runs. Bank on it.
Big deal , he's just a closet liberal !
That's why he had a chance to win.
look at the picture . its not a closet ,its a coffin.