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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums4 more years of Obama and then 4 years of Chris Christie and a Dem in 2020 ?
what do you all think of this ? Obama gets 4 more years. Chris Christie will get 4 years after that. and it will go back to Dems in 2020.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Christie is an idiot.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)and re-elected in 2020.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)will kill him before that. Look at his face. There is illness there. Christie is a pipe dream that cannot hold up to scrutiny and he is a fat mouthed abuser of people. Also, I think he's crooked too. He's a pipe dream.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)I can't think of any reason to assume the 2016 election has been decided, much less in favor of that brain dead bone stupid gasbag.
Now, as for my unvarnished opinion...
unkachuck
(6,295 posts)....is a long time for fat-man and his fat heart to wait....things might happen....
Roselma
(540 posts)on his feet, followed by 4 or 8 years of Elizabeth Warren. Chris Christie is too nasty to appeal to decent people.
JI7
(89,264 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Other than having a law degree and teaching law - basically her only experience has been with financial issues.
Even now as she is running for The U.S. Senate we had not heard how stands on the majority of 'other' issues - basically she's only publicly spoken on financial/economy related issues.
Don't get me wrong, I think Warren is great! But she would not be ready to run in 2016.
think
(11,641 posts)Obviously just the rumor mill but lot's of rumors in this regards as of late...
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Hillary has publicly stated that she will NOT run for public office again in the future.
She wants to retire and focus on women's issues globally and also be able to spend time with grand-babies when they arrive.
p.s. And months ago President Obama asked VP Joe Biden to run on the 2012 ticket with him and Biden said 'YES'.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)He's like a modern version of Ralph Kramden bellowing "To the moon, Alice!" while brandishing his fist at her in stark rage.
That Christie does it with sarcasm ain't any better. We see the anger seething beneath the snideness. The fact that he is physically large makes him look more menacing, kind of like the wifekiller Raymond Burr played in "Rear Window." Really chilling...
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)Do we have a deal?
(Not that I am really aware of anything criminal Christie has done, but it seems like one doesn't have to do more than scratch the surface to find a corrupt republican.)
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)His appeal is next to nil outside his niche.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Charlemagne
(576 posts)Didnt want to run because
1. He knew he wouldnt win against Obama
2. The economy isnt going to get better that quick so why take control and get blamed for a sluggish economy.
Yeah I think he is waiting until the next rodeo.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)I recall reading that his approval ratings are in 20-30% range. Four years should be plenty of time for the rest of the country to find out just why his own state doesn't like him. Plenty of time for more dirt to be found under his carpet, too.
Charlemagne
(576 posts)Seems like that would be a hard place to govern.
oh, and BTW....looks like you guys and the my Redlegs will be battling it out for the NL central this season.
Charlemagne
(576 posts)Or will they still have the taste of saltwater and vinegar in their mouths from shrub? HW Bush said the 'the country didnt want another bush (or something to that effect)" in 2007/8.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)- Wife spending sprees overseas and then not declaring them upon re-entering the country (and got caught)
- Affairs.
- Children with drug problems that were treated with heavy hands to make an example of them while people like Limbaugh and others got off scott free.
etc.
RZM
(8,556 posts)But it's anybody's guess what the landscape will look like in 2016. It's already quite different from that of 2008. After eight years of one party, people are often ready for a change, so that might bode well for the Republicans in 2016. But you never know. I doubt it will be Christie though. If the Republican climate is anything like what it is today, he would have an uphill battle for the nomination.
In fact, it's an open question what Christie could do in politics once he's done being governor. A failed presidential run and he's back to the private sector.
Will get a big fat job on fox news or radio, you can take that to the bank.
RZM
(8,556 posts)Because I don't see a House or Senate run in his future.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Huntsman would be a threat if nominated. That's the problem. He cannot get there.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)someone who relates to adversaries so bluntly & hatefully will ever get the votes needed for a presidency. Christie is at the top of his ladder of power as a governor. He'll never get higher-positioned on a national level due to his autonomous, partisan style of leadership.
JI7
(89,264 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)Two out of three ain't bad
Welibs
(188 posts)Warren gets more experience in 8 years rather than 4.
Anyone that is alive, working, going to school, gets SS/Med, welfare, any kind of assistance, has health care etc, will never forget what Repubilcans have done these last 11 years. I think they're done. They have crossed the line too many times into seditious behaviour.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)We have had enough of the Republican poison in the White House already during my lifetime. To concede 4 years again is unacceptable. That's what I think of it.
boxman15
(1,033 posts)2016 is up for grabs, though. It has to do with whether or not the Obama administration is able to sell the Democratic brand from here on out.
MilesColtrane
(18,678 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 9, 2012, 03:37 AM - Edit history (1)
Unrealistic?
I would have thought her attending the one-year anniversary memorial service was unrealistic a year ago.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)he is nothing but a bully and big mouth. And yes, it is not politically correct, but his weight will turn off many voters, too. (I say this as someone with a weight problem).
Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)rather than "gone." That guy's in very poor health, at least he's not healthy enough for the rigors of a Presidency.