Liberal state?
Dang, I shoulda written this headline…..
I’ve had it with him and the rest of the establishment GOP. Their hatred of the TEA party and abandonment of Cuccinilli is pathetic. No more dollars to the repubs.
Christie was like Nixon in ‘72. Nixon got a 49 state landslide but had litrally no coattails.
Christie wanted a huge victory for himself and didn’t care about anybody else. And he got his buddy Booker safely ensconced in the senate.
Oh goodie..... Sheesh.... Is Rand Paul getting squishy?
Newsmax
Rand Paul: Christie Win Shows GOP Has Room for Moderates
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 06:25 PM
By: Bill Hoffmann
The sweeping re-election of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proves moderates are an integral part of the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says.
“There’s room in the Republican Party for moderates, like Chris Christie. They seem to be the only ones that are winning in the Northeast,” Paul told “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV.
“The other thing that might happen in the Northeast, if we had a little more libertarian-leaning Republicans, they would have a chance in the Northeast,” Paul said Wednesday.
http://www.newsmax.com/NewsmaxTv/rand-paul-chris-christie-gop-moderates/2013/11/06/id/535253
Leni
The Democrats’ favorite Republican, UNTIL the General Election.
Republicans appear to have picked up only 2 seats in the state legislature (both in the state Assembly).
In the state Senate, where Republicans were hopeful and Christie actually did some campaigning for candidates, Republicans came close in three districts (14, 28 and 38; losing with 48 percent of the vote) and not so close in two others (1 and 2; losing with 45 percent).
Christie vetoed a bill to raise the minimum wage. A constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage passed with 61 percent of the vote. Christie opposed same-sex marriage, yet the people of the state overwhelming support the court ruling making same-sex marriage into a right.
I think the proper conclusion is that Christie was elected and re-elected for idiosyncratic reasons, and not because he is able to convince blue voters to turn red. In terms of whether he would make a good Presidential candidate in 2016 is how he would do in purple states like Florida and Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Iowa and Colorado; and, hardly whether he puts New Jersey into play.