Posted on 07/11/2013 2:55:03 PM PDT by SMGFan
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie gives the GOP the best chance to defeat Hillary Clinton in a presidential faceoff, but Iowa’s Republicans view him least favorably among the field of possible nominees, according to a poll out today.
The split has dogged Christie since he antagonized conservatives by praising President Obama’s leadership during Hurricane Sandy. The bipartisan tone Christie struck with the Democratic White House endeared him to New Jersey's liberal electorate, but he will need to woo Iowa’s first-in-the nation caucus-goers should he seek his party’s nomination in 2016.
“There’s absolutely no doubt that Governor Christie would be the strongest Republican in the general election,” said Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling. “There’s sort of this weird dichotomy. He has the most Republicans unhappy with him, but the most moderates and independents who are happy with him.” The findings are part of a Public Policy Polling survey of Hawkeye State voters conducted July 5 to 7. The poll queried 668 Iowa voters with a 3.8 percent margin of error and a smaller group of 250 Republican caucus-goers with a 6.2 percent margin of error.
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“Christie versus Clinton.”
Opposite sides of the same coin.
East Coast (Strike One!)
Liberal (Strike Two!)
RINO (Strike Three!)
Why would anyone vote for Christie when they could vote for a REAL Democrat?
good question
I agree.
I’ve only missed one Presidential election, 2008, because I was in hospital for emergency surgery; but if Christie is the candidate in 2016, I’m staying home! I just today received ANOTHER mailing from the RNC. It went, UNOPENED, into what was known in the Army as “the $h!tcan”.
He quasi-endorsed Obama, perhaps deliberately to leave 2016 open for himself or punish Romney for not selecting him as VP. Fat piece of crap.
I’m with you.
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