Chris Christie fades into darkness

[DonViejo]

Sinking in the polls and struggling to gain traction in New Hampshire, the New Jersey governor could be relegated to the 'kiddie table' debate next month.

By Daniel Strauss

8/22/15 8:01 AM EDT
Updated 8/22/15 1:15 PM EDT

He was supposed to be the brash, blunt New York-area candidate who told it like it is. Then came Donald Trump.

Chris Christie, the voluble New Jersey governor, is once again facing the possibility that he might be relegated to the junior varsity debate — and rival Republican campaigns and outside observers say his window to re-enter the top tier of presidential candidates is closing fast.

Wednesday night’s scene in New Hampshire showed the daunting challenge ahead of Christie. As CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC covered Trump’s first town hall live — breaking only to run clips of Jeb Bush attacking the real estate tycoon — Christie was gasping for air on C-SPAN. Because the governor’s dimly lit event — a town hall at a restaurant outside of Manchester — was outdoors, the few viewers watching saw the candidate gradually disappear into darkness. The next day’s headlines duly focused on the Jeb-Donald contretemps, ignoring Christie’s play for a state he has made central to his fading White House hopes.

“He’s just not getting the traction that I think he was expecting,” said Andy Seale, the former chairman of the Republican Party in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Christie has become such an also-ran that the Associated Press and the New York Times recently reassigned reporters dedicated to covering Christie — Jill Colvin and Kate Zernike — to other beats.

Then there are the polls.

If current trends hold, the New Jersey governor will likely lose his spot in the primetime CNN/Reagan Library debate on Sept. 16, displaced by a surging Carly Fiorina. As of mid-day Thursday, Christie was in 11th place among GOP presidential contenders in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls — behind Trump, Bush, Ben Carson, Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, Fiorina, Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. John Kasich, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.


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[TheBlackAdder]

1. Most planetary bodies rotate. He'll turn back into the sunlight again. nt

[PatrickforO]

3. I thought he WAS a planetary body...

Oops...what a mean thing to say...

[femmocrat]

2. I saw a little of his town hall on TV.

The one where he was interrupted by the animal rights protesters. Unfortunately, they were herded off the stage by some uniformed security guys (not sure if they were police?). Christie replied with some drivel about his supporting farmers' rights to raise their livestock as they saw fit. Big applause from the crowd.

That was enough for me.

One thing I noticed though, was his different personna in Iowa: Mr. "Nice Guy." So fake.

[Gothmog]

4. Christie is not going to be the GOP nominee

Christie would never play well outside of NJ and now he cannot compete against trump

[reformist2]

5. I love that they're calling the second tier the "kiddie table," lol!

Chris Christie can be Spanky.

[Scurrilous]

6. How to know when it's over?

When you're running behind a lunatic like Mike Huckabee in the polls.

[kairos12]

7. He is the bridge to nowhere.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

8. Christie believes sweet dreams come as darkness fades in

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