Christie Hoards Cash as Rout Key to 2016 White House Bid

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-18/christie-hoards-cash-as-rout-key-to-2016-white-house-bid.html

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is raising record cash for his re-election bid. A November landslide may help heal rifts with fellow Republicans and boost his standing as a possible candidate for president in 2016.

In December, before Democrats had even rallied around a candidate, Christie had amassed almost as much as he raised in the entire 2009 primary. He has since begun an out-of-state fundraising swing, with an event last month at Facebook Inc. (FB) co- founder Mark Zuckerberg’s California home and an appearance last week in Wisconsin with Governor Scott Walker.

Christie, 50, is enjoying record approval in New Jersey for his response to Hurricane Sandy. Almost half of Democratic voters say he deserves another term as he leads his challenger, state Senator Barbara Buono, by 36 percentage points. Out of state, the governor has drawn criticism from some national Republicans for praising President Barack Obama’s help after the storm and scolding party members in Congress for aid delays.

“If he wants to run for president, he’s got to show that he’s got a capacity to raise big national money,” said Matthew Hale, who teaches politics at Seton Hall University in South Orange. “The more he can raise and the more donors he can tap into, those are people that down the road he can turn to for presidential fundraising.”

[AndyA]

1. Money, money, money--nothing else matters

It's all about the money.

Until we get the money out of politics, we'll never have the best people in office.

[malaise]

2. Are you sure he's not planning a huge barbeque?

[Larkspur]

3. He'll need that money to buy helicopter and limo rides

where regular people can walk the distance.

Christie is still a bully at heart. He doesn't give a damn about ordinary working people. He's a Wall Street fat cat.

If he runs in 2016, gets the nomination, and is still obese, I can see the marathon of running for Prez forcing him to unconsciously show the world his true self -- The Bully from New Jersey. We already know he's thinned skinned, as his response to the doctor who theorized about his weight issues showed. Being thinned skinned and constantly obese will wear him down fast.