Hope For NJ--The Garden State Likes Christie

PolitickerNJ.com ^ | 03/03/10 | Editor

[sonrise57]

Poll: Voters approve of new governor

Gov. Christopher Christie has a 52%-21% job approval rating, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning. New Jerseyans, by a 66%-21%, say the state budget should be balanced even it programs are cut rather than increase taxes.

Christie, who took office January 19, has favorables of 47%-25% -- a huge improvement from his upside-down 41%-44% favorable rating he had in an FDU poll released four days before he ousted Gov. Jon Corzine. His job approvals are at 74%-7% among Republicans, 43%-17% among independents, and 38%-33% among Democrats.

[sonrise57]

Read the rest of the article for insight into the mind of the typical garden stater. The comments on the sight are interesting. Union thugs aren't happy. Pray for the governer's safety, especially with him going after the authorties. These are the agencies the real Tony Sopranos get their skim from.

[Huck]

I’m loving every Christie headline that I see in my local paper. It’s all good. Still a long way to go, but a good start.

[pepsi_junkie]

I had low expectations, mainly because Christie was a prosecutor with no real political record so you had to take his word for it that he'd make the tough choices and hold to fiscally conservative principles. But I voted for him because I knew for 100% certainty that Corzine would not, and in fact was determined to do everything to make it worse.

I can't express how pleased I am to see this guy go after reckless spending like he was prosecuting a drunk driver who ran over a kindergarten class. If the unions and the mob don't manage to leave him under the 50 yard line at the new Giants stadium we might start to see some glimmers of hope.

[imskylark]

I was wondering how NJ was taking all these cuts that Gov. Christie is making. I’m glad they are willing to make these ‘sacrifices’. I guess most can see and understand the goal.

[appeal2]

Christie is the template for the incoming red governors in blue states. One point to remember here is that he’s pushing executive power to the max and bypassing the legislature. I favor this approach as these are truly emergency times but if and when he gets things right in the state we will need to revisit the scope of governor powers. The Bamster is using a good crisis to try to expand his powers. Christie is doing it to save NJ. The Bamster is doing it to destroy the US. Just something to keep in mind.

But we absolutely need to wage war on the pub employee unions. They are thugs and criminals that need to be disbanded.

[ABQHispConservative]

I want to see how this turns out, but I am liking what I am seeing from Christie. He is taking some tough steps. This kind of shock therapy will be needed all over.

[ScottinVA]

Our new Guv here in VA, Bob McDonnell, is going for a lot of budget cutting here as well and has drawn whines from the libs, but... well... they’ll either get over it, or they WON’T!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

NJ PING!!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I agree he needs to watch his back after pissing off the unions like he is....prayers for his safety and success.

[OldMissileer]

Our new Guv here in VA, Bob McDonnell, is going for a lot of budget cutting here as well and has drawn whines from the libs, but... well... they’ll either get over it, or they WON’T!

My local paper here in VA, The Free Lance Star, seemed to have it's panties in a twist over the cuts put forward by McDonnell.

Liberals are so vacuous. They don't like what they have done to an economy (they will never blame themselves for their troubles)so they elect people to fix the problem and then trash those same people when they realize they will have to undergo some hardships.

They want it both ways and are too ignorant to see their own hypocrisy.