Posted on 05/08/2015 11:58:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A 2016 poll came out in New Hampshire this week that carried some very bad news for Chris Christie.
The survey, conducted by WMUR-TV, showed the New Jersey governor at 3 percent in the New Hampshire primary, putting him in 11th place in the field -- and two points behind reality show "star"/political huckster Donald Trump. Worse for Christie is that when WMUR last polled the New Hampshire primary back in February, he took 9 percent of the vote.
So, in the space of less than three months, Christie's support dropped by two-thirds in perhaps the one state where he must do well if he wants to be a serious-ish candidate for the nomination. As WMUR's John DiStaso, the dean of Granite State political reporters, writes on the poll:
"If a poll with such a tightly packed field can signal concern for any one contender, it would be for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who dropped from 9 percent in February to 3 percent, even after rolling out an entitlement reform plan that received positive reviews for its candor."
Yup.
We are accordingly dropping Christie to No. 8 in our list of the 10 most likely 2016 GOP nominees. But why aren't we dropping Christie from our rankings altogether? Because what 2012 taught us is that the presidential cycle is composed of a series of smaller boom/bust cycles that propel or hamstring candidates....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
1. Cruz
That’s all.
#1. Sarah Palin
#2. Donald Trump
#3. Rick Perry
#4. Scott Walker
#5. Ted Cruz
That’s it so far...
Cruz #1.
Their rankings are based on which RINO can buy the election, not on who can best restore the Constitution and the Republic.
Cruz
Walker
Palin
Gingrich
or Mark Levin
Stay out of the Bushes and make sure the Clintons stay out of you!
1. Jeb Bush
2. Marco Rubio
3. Scott Walker
4. Mike Huckabee
5. Rand Paul
6. Ted Cruz
7. John Kasich
8. Chris Christie
9. Bobby Jindal
10. Rick Perry
Perry is running out of weeks to announce.
If your not first, your worst.
I hope he knows just save his breath this time.
#1 Spot -—> Cruz/Jindal or Cotton (vp)
#2 Spot -—> Palin/Sessions
#3 Who cares they aren’t worth the time.
I wouldn't vote for him for any office, and he used to be my governor.
I'm glad he's completely out of politics right now and doesn't hold any political job.
He's a liberal loser.
/johnny
ANY article that has a 100 word paragraph on Jeb Bush and doesn’t even MENTION that his last name is poisonous is disingenuous.
Maybe so.
I however think there’s more to Rick Perry than what we saw in the past.
I’m willing to give the guy a big benefit of the doubt. I believe he messed up last time, but is worth another look.
You may be right.
Just saying I’m considering him is all.
Ready to hand that win to Hitlery, huh? Cuz that's what's gonna happen if Cruz ain't the man in the generals. Cruz or lose, folks. It's that simple. Put anyone besides Cruz out there, and there will be a whole lotta REAL CONSERVATIVES staying home or voting 3rd party. At some point, the GOP has to listen, or face utter defeat.
Perry is a liberal republican.
/johnny
Agreed! Want to make REAL CONSERVATIVES stay home or vote 3rd party? Put forward anyone but Cruz. It really, truly is that simple.
I’m not ruling Cruz out.
I however wish he would come out strongly for returning businesses to America.
Bring back US exporters. Maybe he believes in that, but I haven’t yet seen evidence of that.
Trade is a (big) issue for me right now.
Top four is fine.
Top ten is just a jeb protect strategy.
I sure hope not, because it is painfully clear he is the ONLY choice, if we are to right the ship of state. The rest will only push the GOP further to the left.
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