Posted on 11/11/2013 5:26:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Democrats insist they can thwart Chris Christie (R) if he seeks the White House in 2016, despite the broad appeal he showed in winning reelection last week.
Even though the New Jersey governor secured more than 60 percent of the votes against state Sen. Barbara Buono (D), Democratic strategists in the Garden State and beyond believe he has vulnerabilities they could exploit in a national election.
Above all, they assert that Christies famously combative style could result in a loss of self-control during the heat of a presidential campaign.
Steve Elmendorf, who served as deputy campaign manager for then-Sen. John Kerrys 2004 presidential bid, said Christie has a conflict between appearing authentic and becoming unhinged.
People like the fact that he gets angry and yells at people sometimes. But they dont want their next president to be unhinged.
Christies combative tendencies were on display during the gubernatorial campaign, and his supporters point out that they did not do him much harm.
It was widely reported that the governor told a female public school teacher who criticized him at a campaign stop, Im tired of you people. A photo of Christie jabbing his finger at the teacher went viral on social media.
Christie denied using the words reported but did not dispute that it was a tense exchange. By his account, the woman asked him why he referred to public schools as failure factories, and he replied, Because they are. He also insisted, What I said was, Its never enough for you people. No matter how much money I give, its never enough for you people.(continued)
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He WILL be beaten....You can count on that.
Correct! Keep pushing that when you get the chance. If we don’ coalesce early we will get another left of center moderate. This one will fight so there is that. And it is an advantage the pubbies have not had for two cycles. Let’s not let it get to that. Let’s get a conservative nominated!
You'll get the exact same thing with Jeb, or Christie.
Beaten like a bass drum.
How do you know? We've never had one.
/johnny
So you don’t give a damn that Christie is Pro-Life?
I compromise NOTHING in the Primary.
I do the best I can in the General.
Reagan was the last GOP candidate I didn’t have some objection with.
This is “President” we’re talking about, NOT POPE!!
/johnny
So was John McCain.
We had a pro-life president in GW Bush. Didn’t do much good for the babies during that era.
The people who deserve praise for pro-life actions are the governors who have instituted what amount to bans on abortion in SPITE of the SCOTUS (For all his faults, the governor of North Dakota has made a heroic stand).
Let’s say Christie became president. Do you think a single thing would be done? I doubt it. I highly doubt it.
I’ll tell you this: I was like you last go-round. This time, I’m gonna be rooting for the civil war this country so richly deserves, and needs.
Enjoy your Hillary years.......
Everything he’s done points to winning the nomination. If he doesn’t have a heart attack, he could be WH bound.
/johnny
/johnny
I certainly won’t vote for the donut muncher.
Did conservatives vote for the previous GOP candidate ?
/johnny
I would never vote for Christie. If the GOP RINOS run him I am staying home.
/johnny
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