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I think Christie will easily win again. He destroyed Corzine in a heavily democratic state. He will beat the next challenger by an even wider margin because he has already proven that he does what he says he is going to do. He is the first EFFECTIVE governor that NJ has seen in a very long time, and hey, that's going to **** some people off, but it's making even more people very happy.
Ok cool. I don't see it being as easy as you say but you are entitled to believe what you like.
Problem is 3 polls, same results. Barack Obama beats Christie in his own home state of NJ by a landslide!
His NJ disapproval rating today is higher than McGreevey, Whitman & Corzine on their 1st term as Governor for the June 1st term poll.
Christie had the smallest margin of victory in this heavily democratic leaning state since another republican Whitman won with a small margin. This despite the combined worst economy both in state of NJ & Nationally since the great depression & the Very unpopular, zero personality incumbent Governor in Corzine.
With the millions the state GOP spent & his brother spent, the worst economy, the very unpopular Corzine, he barely won & needed a landslide support from 3 GOP counties to barely win.
Marist Institute will come out on June 29th with a poll showing Christie losing to Democrats Bob Andrews, Codey, Pascrell & Booker. ( Christie got a huge break since Booker is not running for Gov. )
This guy is toast. A one term governor in a democratic state.
His confrontational, arrogant style is great when your running as a challenger. Its Ugly & horrible when you are the incumbent governor.
He may be a one term Governor but it ain't because of his style. My seven year old would vote me out of the house every time I denied him ice cream too. Too many people in New Jersey are too dependent on the government.
When you lose 5 straight presidential elections by landslides in the last 18 years, and a horrible candidate like John Kerry wins your state, plus you've lost every single Senate & Governors race in the last decade & it took a PERFECT STORM to elect a Republican- with a Very Small margin of victory against the worse Governor in modern NJ in Corzine, that says it all right there.
Its nice to feel good if you re a Christie die hard but pretending everything is okay won't change a thing.
You seem confused between what is good for the state and a horse race. It is my opinion is, it is better not to have the $11 billion budget deficit Christie closed. If you are OK having huge deficits as long as a Dem is in the Governors mansion, that is your choice.
Am I missing something or did you come into city-data as a senior member from the get go? I thought every single one of the thousands of citydata members started as a junior when they first started.
So if I'm brand new and write a political comment that is opposite your view, I am now a shill ? I am now a teacher? I am now an NJEA?
My post is nonesense? Did your post make sense? lol !
Wow. I hope your attitude is an isolated case here. We have enough political nuts running around. Ok, Christie is awesome. He is great. He's my man. Now does that make you happy? Whatever your drinking Anesthia, you better take less of that.
Please! At least this post is conversational, which is a lot more than I can say for your first post. Maybe if you re-read it, you will see how closely it resembles the typical NJEA, Christie bashing ads. You merely just jumped in with a list of reasons why you think Christie either shouldn't or won't be reelected, with your first post, no less.
And this post of yours makes sense. Its purely based on your love of a candidate without any historical consideration nor consideration of NJ's political reality.
You claim I sound NJEA while you forgot to mention that you sound like a die hard tea party nut.
You being an older member of Citydata does not make a new member's opinion and view less relevant or less accurate than yours.
Sure, he'll easily win. All your post are based on pure emotions. Nothing to show but your rah rah rah he'll win. Christie does not need cheerleaders. He has enough of that.
I state a tough re-election for a republican, and you immediately brush it off as NJEA. Way too much Kool aid buddy.. Way too much.
You can't argue that the NJEA's interests and that of the tax payer are aligned. Anyone who is so upset about Christie closing an $11 billion budget gap certainly raises questions about their priorities.
You aren't making a dispassionate observation about NJ's demographics.
Am I missing something or did you come into city-data as a senior member from the get go? I thought every single one of the thousands of citydata members started as a junior when they first started.
So if I'm brand new and write a political comment that is opposite your view, I am now a shill ? I am now a teacher? I am now an NJEA?
I think Christie will easily win again. He destroyed Corzine in a heavily democratic state. He will beat the next challenger by an even wider margin because he has already proven that he does what he says he is going to do. He is the first EFFECTIVE governor that NJ has seen in a very long time, and hey, that's going to **** some people off, but it's making even more people very happy.
And there's the issue.
He's trying to "fix" this state. The problem is that no one who plays a part in the long standing issues/problems that plague NJ, REALLY wants anything to change. For them. Personally.
Unless, and of course, the solution is taxing the "rich" more than they already are. Which is the easy way out.
I missed where CC stated "shared sacrifice" was only intended for those who make $250K and up to share and sacrifice more?
He did not close an $11 billion dollar budget gap. That is a fantasy number- made up. In fact when Corzine used the same logic to discuss how he handled the budget Christie called him out on it- now he uses the same made up numbers.
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