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I try to reach the balance. That’s going to lead to good moments, and some not-so-good moments.
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, criticizing politicians who say “the blandest, most vanilla thing” to not offend voters, and defending his own style of communication, the Wall Street Journal reports.
We’re not going to pull resources from Christie, we want to kill him dead.
— American Bridge president Brad Woodhouse, quoted by Bloomberg, on his opposition research effort against GOP presidential hopefuls.
They’re going down the drain, and they ain’t turning it around.
— Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R), having some harsh words for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who campaigned hard for his election last year, the AP reports. Rauner said that New Jersey “is lost” he said the situation in the state is a disaster.
35%
Portion of New Jersey registered voters who say they approve of Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) job performance, compared to 51% who disapprove, according to a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey. Those figures mark the lowest approval and highest disapproval ratings ever recorded by the poll.
37%
Of registered New Jersey voters give Gov. Chris Christie (R) a favorable job rating, down 7 points in the last two months, new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll finds.
It’s about the worst 30 days I’ve seen of any candidate. In his first couple of years, he had a lot of promise. But people who a year ago thought he was viable now say he’s not. He’ll be the Tim Pawlenty of this election cycle.
— GOP strategist Ed Rollins, quoted by the Newark Star Ledger, on Gov. Chris Christie (R).
16%
Jeb Bush’s lead in New Hampshire, followed by Rand Paul at 13%, Scott Walker at 12%, Chris Christie at 10%, Mike Huckabee at 6%, Ben Carson at 6% and Marco Rubio at 5%, a new Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm poll finds.
It’s clear to anyone with eyes and ears by now that he is an almost pathologically ambitious figure, who has no qualms about persecuting his enemies, pettily seeking payback when necessary, and using public office to pursue political vendettas. What you really see in the Bridgegate mess is his desire to get Democratic party officials to endorse him to burnish his bipartisan credentials for a national race. If they didn’t, they had something to fear in New Jersey. He’s a big guy, in other words, with a tendency to punch down and suck up.”
— Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Dish about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
77
Number of books about the topics of diet, exercise, bariatric surgery or self-help weight loss that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) has received since he’s been in office. “The records show that gift-givers have seen fit to shower the governor with virtually every diet book, CD, DVD and weight loss kit available,” the Newark Star Ledger reports.
44%
Of Republicans would not like to see New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie run for the Republican nomination for president, while just 29% would, according to a new CBS poll. But 44% say no. Only former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s numbers are more underwater: 30% of Republicans say they’d like to see her run, but 59% disagree. In contrast, 59% of Republicans would like to see Mitt Romney jump into the 2016 race, while 26% believe he should stay out.
