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leftynyc

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35. I would agree IF

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 05:23 PM

Jan 2014

the rabid right didn't hate him so much. If the entire right circled their wagons, he'd survive, but the teabag brigade is also after him and looking for any reason to knock him of the "frontrunner for 2016" pedestal.

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to be perfectly honest - Christie performed well and will PROBABLY live to fight another day [View all] Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 OP

Just get the emails un-redacted and he is toast. DURHAM D Jan 2014 #1

Clinton performed well to when he said I did not have sex with that woman bigdarryl Jan 2014 #2

The Rev. Wright matter could have sunk the Obama campaign. "How can Americans elect a President who Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #10

That's really a stretch of a false equivalency, and ProSense Jan 2014 #13

If he is directly and unambiguously personally involved - I would agree that will probably sink him Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #22

Still that was something Rev. Wright did treestar Jan 2014 #25

I agree. I was thinking in matters of media controversy - not moral equivalency Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #34

Sounds like it to me, too. randome Jan 2014 #3

Body language has been amazing. Not blinking the way nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #4

often when lying is a way of life, you don't see the usual tells. he knew. bettyellen Jan 2014 #6

When a liar tells the same lie over and over again they can repeat it back like it's the truth LynneSin Jan 2014 #9

He is doing something else nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #15

The raised eyebrows are a little out of place. athena Jan 2014 #11

Will check out the documentary, thanks Beringia Jan 2014 #19

Any clips of the news conference yet? I missed it. nt avebury Jan 2014 #5

It's not over yet. nt csziggy Jan 2014 #8

I have to agree - if this was 2015 then his campaign would be close to ending LynneSin Jan 2014 #7

I don't agree. He will be perceived as either guilty or a very poor leader. nolabear Jan 2014 #12

Yes. It takes the wind out of his sails. treestar Jan 2014 #26

it's not over yet. at best he is abdicating all responsibility for his staff's work�. and he admits bettyellen Jan 2014 #14

Yeah, I think you're right. HappyMe Jan 2014 #16

If "I don't know", "mistakes" and all this denial is a good performance otohara Jan 2014 #17

He wants us to believe that Kelly and Wildstein cooked this up Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #18

A 90 year old woman died during this little stunt... Blue Idaho Jan 2014 #20

I think he sounds completely insincere. Not buying it at all. octoberlib Jan 2014 #21

And We Can ALWAYS Count On "Chuckie" To Kiss Ass ChiciB1 Jan 2014 #23

He's Disgusting otohara Jan 2014 #24

After all the crimes Repub careers have survived during the last 20 years, snot Jan 2014 #27

1000 more documents riverwalker Jan 2014 #28

Christie is doing a decent job Gothmog Jan 2014 #29

You don't think this statement is DAMAGING???? napkinz Jan 2014 #30

how the mainstream media reacts will have a lot to do with how well he weathers this storm Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #31

The problem for Christie is that this doesn't end it. truebluegreen Jan 2014 #32

in the clips I saw yesterday he didn't deny it renate Jan 2014 #33

I would agree IF leftynyc Jan 2014 #35

I have to agree there is that aspect. But the Republicans simply do not have many viable candidates Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #36

Excellent point about Wall Street leftynyc Jan 2014 #37