Posted on 09/19/2014 12:10:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Influential Republicans in early presidential primary states believe New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is poised to once again become a frontrunner for the party’s 2016 nomination, following a news report that he is no longer a target of federal scrutiny for his role in a bridge-closing scandal.
“If he had been found in the wrong, he would have been irreparably damaged,” said Matt Moore, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. “This is hugely helpful.”
“To have that not hanging over his head puts him back where he started from,” said Chuck Laudner, an Iowa-based strategist for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum’s 2012 presidential campaign. “He’s still a rock star and a compelling guy, even if he is too moderate for some conservatives. We’re glad he’s on our team.”
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Christie’s wealthy friends in Republican finance circles also expressed confidence that the governor has escaped what has been seen as the leading obstacle to his potential candidacy.
“It’s great news for Chris politically,” said real-estate mogul Donald Trump in a phone interview on Friday. “It goes a long way and pretty much clears up the problem he had, which was a very big problem. A lot of Republican donors are very happy today.”
“This was always a shadow,” said former New Jersey governor Tom Kean (R), a longtime Christie mentor. “But if it’s gone, he is set to be first tier, and in campaign where money is everything, he is the best fundraiser in the party.”
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Christie said at a news conference on Thursday that he will make a final decision on a presidential campaign at “the beginning of next year.”
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The rats will bribe him not to run, by offering a lifetime supply of donuts.
The pubbie party can try to shove whatever HACK up my ass. They want to.
I will not vote for christie, huckabee, bush, rubio or any other f-ing RINO crap.
Let the dems ruin us and to hell with it then.
I think the Rats WANT him to run. He’ll be the 2016 version of McCain and Romney.
In other words, nobody wants him except his fellow GOPer fatasses, Rove and Barbour.
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