Posted on 12/18/2012 3:00:42 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
A new poll has New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leading the 2016 GOP presidential field.
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Christie would make a great candidate..... for the democrats.
Send that cow to pasture.
Welcome to the “new America”.
I'd say the GOP as we currently know it is finished as a national party. However, the GOP will simply morph into whatever is necessary to be competitive. Major political party's are designed to win elections. The GOP will dump whatever agenda bits it feels are preventing that. This means the party will move left - probably mostly on social issues. No different than conservative party's in Europe. As those nations veered down the path of secular socialism, the right of center party's adopted more of the left's positions. Unfortunately, that is just how it works until some event or major social change pushes things back to the right - which could be due to economic malaise/collapse, a black swan type event, etc, etc.
Don't count on the voters doing the right thing though. The American public that could be counted on for that is dead or dying off. The current version of the American public is no more politically savvy than the Mexicans who voted for the same socialist party for 70 years, or any number of other countries that have voted for leftist party's over and over and over again for generations. Until the system completely collapses and it is obvious to everyone social welfare states can't survive, people will keep voting that way.
I want to win, I will make my selection on which one I think more likely to defeat Hillary. To heck with issues, no one cares. The American people are ignorant and this election will be on purely superficial issues.
I’ve got news. If Christie is the nominee in 2016, there will be no GOP by 2018.
I agree, but when the new leftist GOP gets formed they will have been out of power for over 20 years or more. Then, and only then, you might get an Ike-type elected. Conservatism as we have known it is finished in the USA. There’s a “new people” who have been moved into the country to replace the curent population.
I am for Michelle Bachman. Let the Dems try their war on women BS on her.
I wonder how many people on this thread will be rah-rahing the next wussy GOP candidate in 2016, and screaming down those of use who won’t support leftists, regardless of which party they claim to belong.
You may get Michelle, not the one you want but the other won.
The country is already gone. At this rate, if this blubber tub Obama ho was the only choice, I will stay home.
I laughed at that, but it wa very cruel and disgusting. LOL
Chris Christie is dead to me after the suck-up to Obama that, in no small way, made a difference in this election. I backed Romney this time, but I won’t back any more RINOs. PLEASE, Conservatives, pick one strong Conservative to go against the RINO candidate and not divide the support so that it is ineffective.
No doubt Ann “man neck” Coulture will oush him to run.
“Christie Ascendent (poll: leading the 2016 GOP field)”
Who did they poll, OverEaters Anonymous?
Christie would be awesome!
For destroying the gop that is.
Christie/Pelosi 2016!
Gun grabbers need not apply.
Krispy Kream couldn’t carry New Jersey and the media know that. This is why we will see them try to make him the new DoleMcCainromney. We can’t let that happen.
I'm having a real mental block identifying him. Thanks.
MinuteGal
Only way Spankie gets the nomination is to switch parties and run as a democrat. And there is a real good possibility of that. Put nothing past this opportunist backstabber.
Dean Wormer from ‘Animal House.’
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