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Number of partial or full days Gov. Chris Christie spent traveling outside of New Jersey in 2015, or 72% of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports.
He may not even be a resident, never mind governor.
— Sen. Rand Paul, saying that Gov. Chris Christie should resign his office “because he has spent more than 200 days outside his state yet is campaigning for president based on his experience as a governor,” Politico reports.
There’s not a lot of depth there.
— Gov. Chris Christie, in an interview with The Atlantic, on Sen. Marco Rubio.
Gov. Christie is right for these dangerous times. He has prosecuted terrorists and dealt admirably with major disasters. But the one reason he may be best-suited to lead during these times is because he tells it like it is and isn’t shy about it.
— Fro the editorial endorsing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie from New Hampshire’s Union Leader, traditionally the most respected newspaper voice in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
61%
Of all voters in the state said that Gov. Chris Christie should abandon his White House bid. Just 33 percent said Christie, who polled fourth among Republican presidential candidates in the survey, should stay in the race, a new Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey finds.
Our committee believes that Mr. Christie has already performed the service of stopping his campaign in spirit.
— Tom Bjorklund, treasurer of the Stop Chris Christie PAC, which is shutting down because it says Christie is doing a better job at stopping his own campaign.
I’m still waiting for one fact from you, one fact about me being anti-gun. Give me one. One fact. Got one?
— New jersey Gov. Chris Christie, displaying his fiery side Saturday in front of potential Iowa caucus-goers, “when he defended his record on gun control and scolded a gun rights activist who challenged him during a town hall,” the Des Moines Register reports.
I find it ironic that Ted Cruz is giving lectures on Republican-on-Republican violence. I mean with all due respect, I don’t need to be lectured by Ted Cruz.
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Dallas Morning News, calling Cruz “hypocritical” for saying he refuses to attack Republicans even though he worked to support primary challengers to incumbent Republicans in 2014.
30%
Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) approval rating in New Jersey, well below what is usually expected for a White House hopeful in his own state, where 55% disapprove of his performance,” according to a new Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind poll.
My party, quite frankly, has been guilty of speaking in a way that doesn’t sound very welcoming to new members.
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by NBC News.
