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Chris Christie and Rick Perry: 'They just don't like each other'
CNN Politics ^ | February 7, 2014 | Peter Hamby, National Political Reporter

Posted on 02/07/2014 12:09:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Dallas, Texas (CNN) -- In the afterglow of Chris Christie's smashing re-election win last November, a chorus of big-name Republicans heralded the charismatic New Jersey governor as the party's savior in 2016.

Not everyone was so enamored.

Just days after the election, Texas Gov. Rick Perry appeared on national television and poured cold water on Christie's impressive victory.

"He was a successful governor in New Jersey," Perry said on ABC's "This Week." "Now does that transcend to the country? We'll see in later years and months to come. We're all different states. Is a conservative in New Jersey a conservative in the rest of the country?"

The comments made headlines, but were largely seen as just another predictable potshot fired off by one likely presidential contender jockeying for position with another.

But Perry's curt dismissal belied a much deeper resentment toward Christie -- and thrust a long-simmering tension between two of the Republican Party's biggest personalities into public view.

It is a rivalry that continues today and colors many of the political discussions inside the usually drama-free Republican Governors Association, the powerful fundraising committee currently helmed by Christie...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Louisiana; New Jersey; Texas; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; chrischristie; christie; jindal; perry; rickperry; rinos
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t like them either.


21 posted on 02/07/2014 2:25:10 PM PST by bgill
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To: MrEdd

Ditto


22 posted on 02/07/2014 2:26:46 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: austinaero

Perry is taking a different tack... I know it’s 10th Amdt and suspect it’s Constitutional Convention. He left TX in Greg Abbott’s strong and careful hands and can do what his own heart wants, and it is a conservative, maybe even revolutionary, travel.

The boy’s up to something, and I can promise you it will be something we like. I don’t think he’s running for POTUS, I think he has a deeper plan to uproot and brush-fire our sickly POSHITUS.

Stay tuned.


23 posted on 02/07/2014 2:36:04 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Resolute Conservative

Actually after I finally got educated and got over the Rick Perry RINO BS I realized he would prolly have been a pretty good President. I can understand why he does not like Crispy as neither do I.


24 posted on 02/07/2014 4:34:38 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

sort of like Newman and Jerry...”Hello Rick” “Hello Chris”


25 posted on 02/07/2014 6:39:35 PM PST by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I think he would have been better than Bush and way better then Bammy, Hillary, or Crispy.


26 posted on 02/10/2014 5:15:21 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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