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warrprayer

(4,734 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 07:52 PM Nov 2013

IMO Christie Can't Win in 2016 - Here's why

"And it will hit Christie first. Halperin and Heilemann make abundant use of a vice-presidential vetting file dropped into their hands by someone in Romney’s orbit to illuminate secrets about the governor. Delivering the documents to the authors was a stunning breach of political decorum that can only be read as a giant middle finger at Christie and his aides.

According to the authors, Romney and his team were shaken by what they discovered about Christie during “Project Goldfish,” as the hush-hush veep search process was known. His “disturbing” research file is littered with “garish controversies,” the authors write: a Justice Department investigation into his free-spending ways as U.S. attorney, his habit of steering government contracts to friends and political allies, a defamation lawsuit that emerged during a 1994 run for local office, a politically problematic lobbying career that included work on behalf of a financial firm that employed Bernie Madoff. And that’s not to mention the Romney team’s anxiety about the governor’s girth."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/review-double-down-on-the-2012-election-by-mark-halperin-and-john-heilemann/2013/11/01/8bf4f050-3fdd-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html


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IMO Christie Can't Win in 2016 - Here's why (Original Post) warrprayer Nov 2013 OP
I think Christie is a Sacrificial Lamb for the Democrats... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #1
sorry warrprayer Nov 2013 #3
and that negates my theory how? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #7
Christie was BERNIE MADOFF'S lobbyist and succeeded in exempting securities fraud from blm Nov 2013 #2
edited op warrprayer Nov 2013 #4
I am patiently waiting for the MSM to pick up on this...only a mild reference today on CTyankee Nov 2013 #5
Oh NO warrprayer Nov 2013 #8
Christie is getting set up to fail on so many sides its not even funny kydo Nov 2013 #6
EXACTLY! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #9
Under the surface, there are real problems with Christie. Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #10
kick Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #11
 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
7. and that negates my theory how?
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:44 PM
Nov 2013

they know they can beat him....they have his vetting...AND he will cause a schism in the Republicans...

blm

(113,051 posts)
2. Christie was BERNIE MADOFF'S lobbyist and succeeded in exempting securities fraud from
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:01 PM
Nov 2013

NJ's consumer fraud laws.

CTyankee

(63,911 posts)
5. I am patiently waiting for the MSM to pick up on this...only a mild reference today on
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:14 PM
Nov 2013

Morning Joe...bad...

warrprayer

(4,734 posts)
8. Oh NO
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:45 PM
Nov 2013

instead, after a day of national victories for Dems, all three cable news outlets including msnbc broadcast his acceptance speech in full. I wanted to throw stuff.

kydo

(2,679 posts)
6. Christie is getting set up to fail on so many sides its not even funny
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:21 PM
Nov 2013

The Dems are setting him up by liking him knowing that makes baggers hate him more. The old guard repubs just don't like him because he is an asshole and he hugged Obama. Baggers despise him and he hugged Obama.

He would be the worst person to win the bagger nomination from a candidate stand point. But 2016 is far away and lots of time for him to tumble in the medias eye. Once he does the media will turn on him so fast.

His demise will be very entertaining.

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