Christie is doing it again -- on Morning Joe.

[Brewinblue]

Praising Obama as if they are lifetime buddies.

[Skidmore]

1. He needs money for his state.

No state can bail out of an event like this without help and Rs know that. Besides, it makes you wonder what gaps in his budget federal funds will fill.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. That federal money hides a lot of state and local sins, doesn't it?

[Bucky]

62. Which is silly. He could scream a thousand FUs at Obama and the president would still help NJ

I really think the simpler explanation holds true here. Christie is a problem solver and he's probably a little happier back-handing the nitwits who scamper about the Republican Party like so many cockroaches in a rotten house. He's got real government-specific problems to manage right now and is grateful that there's no Brownies in the administration do heckuva jobs.

Of course, there's also the possibility that Christie's softening his image for a run in 2016.

[Segami]

2. Just watched it....." The president gave me his personal number at the White House."

Mitt must be tearing up his magic underwear into shreds....

[malaise]

16. Getting up off the floor

[George II]

45. Or peeing in them!

[tavernier]

3. Hmm

you don't think he might have future aspirations...

nah. You're right. He's looking for a buddy.



But as someone said earlier, I'll take it.

[RichGirl]

28. yup!

If he can help in his own way get Obama elected...great! He can spend the next four years on Jenny Craig and get ready for a 2016 run. (Elizabeth Warren will beat him anyway...no prob!)

[q_e_d]

63. 16 it is!

He shan't have a chance against Hillary, though.

[jgurtlerterp]

4. Scarborough's face...

Did you catch the look on Joe's face after Christie's effusive praise of the President. It was as if all the hot air sucked out of him!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

14. Missed it!

Will have to look for it online.

[Tikki]

33. Hey jgurlerterp....WELCOME to DU...

Amazing times we live in...


Tikki

[Squinch]

38. And then Joe cut him off as soon as he could.

[George II]

46. One step short of lowering his head into his hands and muttering, "sweet Jesus"

[DMacTX]

5. Yes, his praise was fantastic on Morning Joe,..he's now on CNN

[aquart]

7. Sandy is getting Christie re-elected.

[Segami]

8. Its a mild ' Giuliani ' moment. He will milk it for all its worth.

[mucifer]

6. He's fricking grateful george w bush isn't the prez!

[madokie]

9. Thats what I thought too

[drlit]

10. Couple this with his convention speech omitting Mitt... and...

you "get" that he knows which side of his bread is slathered in butter.

1. He's not putting all his eggs in the Mitt basket.
2. He sees the writing on the wall.

and....
drumroll...

3. He's running in 2016


If he was smart, and I think he is, CC will start publicly embracing his struggle with weight. By the time 2016 rolls around, he'll be slimmer and the American loves to root for somebody working on their weight issues. Goodness knows, a great many of us (me included) would completely connect with him. He'd be a true force to reckon with -- a regular guy repub.

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Dude is gonna be down to 230 by December 2015

Bank that.

He might as well announce his candidacy this morning. He's all but doing that on all the mornin g shows.

Romney's people must be fucking livid!

Or, they must be dusting off their resumes to send to Christie 2016.

The real stab thrust is for Paul Ryan. Christie is essentially saying "Listen, I'm not one of these wackadoo fanatics like Paul Ryan. I can work with Dems, I'm socially moderate, and I'll stick it to the extreme of my party in a heartbeat if it gets shit done."

Ryan is hopping mad somewhere right now.

[Indpndnt]

27. Excellent points. All of them, especially about Lyin'.

[drlit]

59. Completely agree.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I do NOT like CC.

But he's great at getting attention and he's getting more right now than R/R.
When Ryan loses, it will be reallllllly hard to get the Mitt Stink off him.
And CC will emerge as clean as a whistle.

If they were to run Christie and Bloomberg. Oy.

We will really really need Hilary in '16 no matter what she says now.

[dmr]

11. He said on the Today Show that the Prez was "Outstanding"

Quietly, to himself, I bet he's hoping for an Obama reelection.

[flamingdem]

35. In the end, we're all from Joisey! n/t

[boston bean]

12. who cares?

Christie lives in NJ and is a politician. NJ isn't going red in the presidential election.

[Logical]

13. You are obviously not a big picture thinker!

[boston bean]

18. yes, that must be it.

I don't give a shit to hear about every single time joe scarborough scratches his ass.

No video, simple one liners, no substance. Boring posts, over and over and over and over, there must be 6-10 on the front page of GD.

Just OMG JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE, DID YOU SEE, DID YOU HEAR... Well no and the DU one liner posts don't give much information. It's just lazy!

I could give two craps about joe or his take on shit. Hardly anyone watches his stupid show. He isn't important.

Someone wants to write more than one liners that mean nothing to people who aren't watching that garbage, bring it on, I'll be interested and want to read.

[Logical]

22. Let me explain this to you.....

Christie praising Obama is much better than him saying Obama is doing a bad job! And realize people not in New Jersey are hearing these comments also! Jesus Christ!!

[boston bean]

26. Chris Christie is a politician in a state that will be blue.

He is playing it.

So what? It's really not breaking news.

[RichGirl]

29. Guess what...

Morning Joe is on all over the country. People ALL OVER the country are hearing a republican praising the president regarding a huge emergency. If you can't see that...go back to sleep!

[flamingdem]

36. The West Coast doesn't get to enjoy Morning Joe

too early. Am I missing anything?

[bigregg4838]

51. I concur; we all knew this was coming! He's a politician, duh! OBAMA BIDEN 2012!

[Bohunk68]

25. Boston Bean, I absolutely agree with you!

they whine and piss and moan about Dead Intern Joe Scum, but continue to watch and keep his ratings up there, filling his pockets with cash in the process. Watch Bill Press instead on Current TV.

Remember and Honor Lori Klausutis.

[snooper2]

40. I'm sorry you are out of coffee but try some hot tea...

That usually calms me down...maybe some tea and watch a couple funny youtube videos. You'll be in a better mood in 15 minutes!

[George II]

47. Now that you're finished with your rant, did you realize this thread is about Christie????????

[RomneyLies]

15. Mitt must lose for him to run in 2016. nt

[Lucy Goosey]

17. Oh, of course!

Good point - I should have thought of that.

[BlueStreak]

42. Without a doubt. And unlike the MSM, Christis is smart enough to read the polls.

Republicans all despise Romney. They hate his guts. They all have been holding their noses, but I guess Christie just couldn't make it to next Tuesday.

Christie probably would have endorsed Obama if there had been any way for him to pull it off. I guess he sees this as his opportunity.

The political calculation is simple. If Romney wins, then Romney will likely be the GOP candidate in 2016, and realistically Christie will be off the scene by 2020, if not off the planet altogether. So he really has nothing to lose. His state is voting for Obama anyway, so he isn't really hurting his party much.

[calico1]

19. He's thinking about 2016.

Either way, the praise doesn't hurt the President!

[oxymoron]

20. Exactly. nt

[BainsBane]

21. It may be as simple as the fact it is true

and Christie doesn't want to lie for Romney during a serious crisis.

[rbrnmw]

24. He just wants an invite to the Inauguration Festivities

So he can finally see the Boss perform

[Thegonagle]

30. I was half expecting Christie to endorse Obama for reelection.

[NCGardenGirl]

31. I stopped watching Morning Joe...

...love the program, but fed up with Joe's rude behavior. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was watching the interview with David Remnick, Editor of the New Yorker.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/24/1149377/-Joe-Scarborough-Bullying-a-guest-at-its-finest-Video

[BlueToTheBone]

39. I can't ever look at him without thinking about

how he killed Lori Klaustisus. Did he knock her down in a rage? Did he hit her with a blunt object? Did he watch her die? Did he run out of the room so he wouldn't have to watch her die? Who did he pay off to keep this from going to court?...these questions make it hard to hear what he is blathering about in the moment.

Welcome to DU btw

[NCGardenGirl]

44. Can't believe this is the first I've heard of this...

...just googled and wondered why this didn't get more press? Crazy.

[NCGardenGirl]

52. She was found July 21st and he resigned September 5th 2001

Am I reading correctly that he was divorced at the time and remarried October 2001?


http://www.examiner.com/article/joe-scarborough-s-dirty-little-secret

[BlueToTheBone]

57. 911 buried lots of news.

The media can only follow one story at a time, so Joe got a pass and everyone was busy excoriating Gary Condit for Chandra Levy...who was later exonerated.

[Hamlette]

48. do you have any evidence he "killed" her?

or is this the left's "Clinton had people murdered" BS?

[NCGardenGirl]

54. No, not in the brief search that I've done. Just can't believe I haven't heard about it...

... from what I've read, he was out of town when she was found. Joe was divorced at the time and was remarried the following October, which makes me skeptical of the rumors that they were having an affair. Sounds like there are legitimate concerns about the medical examiner, but nothing of substance concerning Joe.

I just do not care for the way he treats the guests on his program. Mika must make a whole lot of $ to put up with his boorish behavior.

[NCGardenGirl]

55. Link to article on Michael Berkland (medical examiner)

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120829/ARTICLE/120829520?p=1&tc=pg

[Hamlette]

58. Your link must be wrong, it took me to an article about the ME

and how the ME appears to have stored body parts in a disguesting and unconventional way.

Didn't see anything in the article that said Joe Scar killed someone.

[NCGardenGirl]

60. No, it was correct link about ME...

...my earlier response said that I couldn't find any info that would implicate Joe. The ME sounds like a weirdo, but the links I saw regarding Joe were very partisan. Joe wasn't married at the time, so I don't really get how the articles can accuse him of an affair. It does sound like she was married.

[Hamlette]

61. I should have used the sarcasm symbol

[BlueToTheBone]

56. here are a few google links

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/15/956651/-The-Ugly-Story-in-Joe-Scarborough-s-Political-Closet

http://brendancalling.com/2010/07/07/did-joe-scarborough-murder-lori-klausutis-reflections-of-a-guilty-conscience/

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html

Of course, all is circumstantial and the only living person who knows what happened is Joe Scum himself.

[WCGreen]

34. it's simple...

If Romeny wins, Christie has to wait 8 years to get a shot at the Oval Office...

[WilliamPitt]

37. Funny how storms cut through the bullshit.

I absolutely believe Christie is truly grateful to the president. Hell, the president told him to call the White House if he needed *anything* for his state.

Leadership, folks.

That tends to cut through the bullshit, too.

[George II]

49. You're right, I don't see any ulterior motives in his expression of gratitude.

[ecstatic]

41. I think he realizes he was wrong about our president

and feels like an ass for endorsing the guy who wants to do away with FEMA. Can you imagine? He could be acting, but he seems to be genuinely concerned about his citizens and so grateful to have FEDERAL help.

[George II]

43. I saw that, it looked like he was doing a campaign speech for Obama! I may have to .........

....change my opinion of Christie (at least a little)!

But then Obama is doing what he's supposed to do as President, too. Imagine if bush or Romney were in that job?

[LibDemAlways]

50. I guarantee that had an R been sitting in the WH, Christie would

be very much on his own. He should be thrilled the adults are in charge

[grantcart]

53. i think people are missing a rather obvious point. the Rep

Establishment doesn't like and doesn't trust Romney abd they don't want him in charge of the party. They know that this has been a campaig of bluster but if Romney is elected its going to fall apart quockly.

Whether it is his personal ambition or a more general ambition, they want a new lewadeer in 2016: