Tag: Chris Christie

California Gov. Jerry Brown, 74, Challenges New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49, to an Athletic Contest

Jon Ponder

What came through from the Republican Convention was its angry tone, and no one does angry tone better than New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie, age 49, who made sneering remarks from the convention podium about the age of California’s Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who is 74.

But now Gov. Brown, who is tall, lean and fit, has returned fire against Gov. Christie — who is, um, not — by challenging him to a triathalon of sorts:

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Christie Might Consider Veep — If His Wife Says It’s OK

Buck Banks

The fact is if Governor Romney comes to me and wants to talk to me about that, we’ll have a full conversation about that and then (my wife) Mary Pat and I will make that decision about what we want to do with our future… “I think if you fast forward the tape to a year from now it’s going to be President-elect Romney and some other VP-elect and Chris Christie the Governor of New Jersey.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, saying he would not rule out running for vice president, Reuters reports.

Five Reasons GOP Primary Voters Would Hate Chris Christie

Jon Ponder

In the Fox News debate last week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry apparently drove his junker presidential candidate off a cliff after he described tea baggers who don’t want to educate undocumented children who have grown up in the United States as “heartless.”

But if the tea partyists found Perry’s “compassionate conservative” position on undocumented children to be a deal killer, wait’ll they get a load of these five left-leaning positions held by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the latest GOP presidential heartthrob:

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From the Department of No Atheists in Foxholes

Trish

Our people are suffering now, and they need support now. And they (Congress) can all go down there and get back to work and figure out budget cuts later.

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), often suggested as a presidential candidate, disagreeing with Rep. Eric Cantor that before offering disaster aid, the federal government must make commensurate cuts in other areas.