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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 04:05 PM Dec 2016

Abandoned Christie Still Sees a Path to Trump


New York Times: “Once considered the Republican Party’s best hope to win the White House, Mr. Christie has endured months of humiliation after he dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Mr. Trump — who mocked him as they campaigned together for eating too many Oreos, and passed him over as the vice-presidential nominee. Now, Mr. Christie has returned to New Jersey a lame duck in his last year to discover voters angry over his absences and a Legislature suddenly unwilling to go along with his agenda.”

“Mr. Christie still believes he has a political future nationally. He wants to write a book and his friends have been telling people in New Jersey that the governor expects Mr. Trump to eventually come around to him. According to their scenario, the White House management team of Jared Kushner, Stephen K. Bannon and Reince Priebus will be a disaster and Mr. Christie will be tapped as the skilled manager, like David Gergen, the former aide to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan who swooped in to steady Bill Clinton’s administration after a raucous first year.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/12/27/abandoned-christie-still-sees-path-trump/
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Abandoned Christie Still Sees a Path to Trump (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Give up, Chris. He's just not that into you. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #1
Newt and Chris a fine couple .......... a couple of what I am not sure Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #2
Word is that fast food works for both of them malaise Dec 2016 #3
Why shouldn't Christie still think he has a political future? gratuitous Dec 2016 #4

gratuitous

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4. Why shouldn't Christie still think he has a political future?
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 04:55 PM
Dec 2016

I've seen Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay (to name just two people who could drop off the face of the earth tomorrow) weighing in on the national political scene. Christie has been humiliated, but he hasn't been beaten at the ballot box. I don't like him, but I'm sure the man can still work a room and yell at women. What more does he need to be able to do to be a Republican?

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