The People Pushing Chris Christie: Wall Street and Rupert Murdoch

[JCMach1]

There has been no outcry from the 'GOP Base' to get Gov. Christie in the race. Instead it is orchestrated media hype coming from:

Wall Street:

...Chris Christie seems to have two big constituent groups: The media (which seems to love him) and Wall Street, which is not too keen on Republican populism.

Earlier this week, Nick Confessore at NYT did a good roundup of the folks pushing for Christie to run.

Among the notable finance names:

David Tepper
Dan Loeb
Charles Schwab
Ken Langone
Stan Druckenmiller
Paul Singer...


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-streeters-for-chris-christie-2011-10#ixzz1ZiXcd71g

Christie's wife Pat also works on Wall Street and 'shockingly' had a major rise in income last year.



Rupert Murdoch et al:

... The New York Times reports that “….Those pushing Mr. Christie to run include the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, Nancy Reagan and the conservative columnist William Kristol.

Mr. Christie has become particularly popular among those establishment Republicans and major party donors who are seeking a candidate who could be a more exciting alternative — and one with potentially broader appeal — than one of the perceived front-runners, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.

The push to recruit him intensified after Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who had been seen as a promising alternative, received poor debate performance reviews two weeks ago…“... http://www7.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2011/10/02/should-you-be-betting-on-murdochs-choice-in-the-gop-race

:puke: that is all