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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFading Christie Is Giving Bush Stronger Grip on G.O.P.’s Center
Fading Christie Is Giving Bush Stronger Grip on G.O.P.s Centerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/upshot/fading-christie-is-giving-bush-stronger-grip-on-gops-center.html?mabReward=CTM&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=1&abt=0002&abg=1
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Chris Christie's presidential ambitions are in a lot of trouble. First he squandered his initial strength in national polls he holds 6 to 7 percent of the vote among Republican contenders, down from about 20 percent before the scandal involving the closing of lanes to the George Washington Bridge.
Now a fairly broad set of reporting indicates that Mr. Christie, the governor of New Jersey, is struggling to build support among the donors, officials and operatives necessary to win the nomination.
He probably couldnt have won the nomination in any case because of his moderate positions on immigration, gun control and Medicaid expansion but he seemed poised to earn substantial support from many self-described moderate voters, along with many donors in the Republican establishment. The severity of his challenge is therefore quite important, because it puts Jeb Bush in position to consolidate the moderate wing of the G.O.P.
Mr. Bushs emerging sway among moderates might not seem like a big deal in a Republican Party dominated by conservatives with most candidates seeming eager to run as far to the right as possible. But moderates play a much bigger role in the G.O.P. primary process than they do in Washington, and it would take a very strong conservative to defeat a candidate with a big advantage among moderates.
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Fading Christie Is Giving Bush Stronger Grip on G.O.P.’s Center (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2015
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tridim
(45,358 posts)1. I wish the GOP had a center.
applegrove
(118,659 posts)2. Yeah. They are all about the superficial. Superficial governance. A shell.
GP6971
(31,158 posts)3. The word center
isn't in their vocabulary
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)4. bush can't win so it doesn't matter. I
love to see some fade and others think they have a better shot because of it. I would hate to think there was a single republican out there that isn't delusional.