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swag

(26,480 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:40 AM Apr 2013

Gov. Chris Christie: President Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid

Source: Associated Press

HIGHLANDS, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy.

Speaking on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program on the 6-month anniversary of the deadly storm, the Republican governor said presidential politics were the last thing on his mind as he toured storm-devastated areas with Obama last fall.

"The president has kept every promise he's made," said Christie, widely considered a potential candidate for the republican presidential nomination in 2016. "I think he's done a good job. He kept his word."

Christie's warm embrace of Obama after the storm angered some Republicans, who said it helped tip a close presidential election to the Democrat and away from Mitt Romney, who Christie endorsed and for whom he campaigned last fall.


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Gov. Chris Christie: President Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid (Original Post) swag Apr 2013 OP
Christie is showing himself to be the consummate politician.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #1
He's also keeping himself from ever having a shot at the Presidency. tarheelsunc Apr 2013 #2
Perhaps... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #3
Not if you have to live in NJ JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #16
I think he's betting on GOP mainstreamers to have more sense ... Myrina Apr 2013 #7
I don't think Christie wants to run for POTUS... SkyDaddy7 Apr 2013 #9
I wonder what Mitt thinks about this news? Botany Apr 2013 #4
You never know, in a new 80-20 world, there could be a place for Chris with Hillary in 2017. graham4anything Apr 2013 #5
Well, Obama effectively neutered Huntsman by appointing him; maybe he should find a job for Christie Hekate Apr 2013 #13
Interesting! Pterodactyl Jun 2013 #14
I guess Christie doesn't know Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #6
look at it this way Adam-Bomb Apr 2013 #8
'Of Course' he keeps his promises with Repugnants. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #10
You're right. President Obama should have witheld aid because our governor is a Republican. name not needed Apr 2013 #11
Christie not only shows appropriate gratitude, he shows the nation he is mainstream Hekate Apr 2013 #12
There is zero chance that Christie ProgressiveChristian Jun 2013 #15
Overarching Policies JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #17
Be that as it may, as a Californian I well remember how Reagan charmed the nation Hekate Jun 2013 #18
Unless JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #19
Best of luck. Hekate Jun 2013 #21
I agree. He's the only ReThug that will give Hillary a good run for her money. Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #20

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
1. Christie is showing himself to be the consummate politician....
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:44 AM
Apr 2013

or 'how to win Democratic friends and influence Democratic people'

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)
2. He's also keeping himself from ever having a shot at the Presidency.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:55 AM
Apr 2013

The Republicans will use this against him throughout the primary season. They don't like people who can reach across the aisle to get stuff done.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
3. Perhaps...
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:57 AM
Apr 2013

but he is expecting enough to have learned the lesson of 2012. It will be fascinating to watch as it all plays out.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
7. I think he's betting on GOP mainstreamers to have more sense ...
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:43 AM
Apr 2013

... than to march in line with the Teapots again. Someone's got to pull the party's head out of it's ass, and I suspect Crispy thinks he might be the one.

Not to say he hasn't signed some egregiously bullshit pieces of Tea-leaning legislation in the past couple years, though ...

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
9. I don't think Christie wants to run for POTUS...
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 01:37 PM
Apr 2013

However, if he does then he might be betting on the fact that the current Republican Party will need someone like him, a moderate, by the time the next election rolls around??

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
5. You never know, in a new 80-20 world, there could be a place for Chris with Hillary in 2017.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:00 AM
Apr 2013

Perhaps in her cabinet.

Normally 2 terms and out for a Governor.
But he won't be President on the republican ticket

(though he could be Jeb's vp but why would he want Hillary to kick their arsse?)

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
13. Well, Obama effectively neutered Huntsman by appointing him; maybe he should find a job for Christie
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:46 PM
Apr 2013

In reality, I think Christie is wedded to NJ for the time being. He wouldn't take any kind of appointment in a second-term Obama administration.

 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
6. I guess Christie doesn't know
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:01 AM
Apr 2013

In order to bash Obama, the Republicans use lies. Without the spin of lies they would all sound like Christie.

Adam-Bomb

(90 posts)
8. look at it this way
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:43 AM
Apr 2013

As much as I dislike Governor Christie, he WAS honest enough to
tell the truth about President Obama keeping his word and doing
what needed to be done; how many R's would have had enough
intellectual honesty to do so? Not many, I would say.

If it hurt his mouth to tell the truth to folks, who cares?

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
12. Christie not only shows appropriate gratitude, he shows the nation he is mainstream
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:39 PM
Apr 2013

Whatever the Democrats of NJ think of Christie's overarching policies, when he has the opportunity to appear on the national stage he demonstrates that he can co-operate with leaders from the "other side." He displays self-deprecating humor, and can laugh at a joke about himself.

In other words, he is going to be a very attractive Republican candidate in 2016, if he can only make it past the primaries. If he does get the GOP nomination, he will be a formidable opponent to whomever the Dems run. The people of this country are sick to death of Washington DC getting nothing done, of the party politics, the gridlock, the whole thing. They will look kindly on this big man who is not afraid to bark at idiots to get off the beach in a storm, to embrace the US President for bringing aid and comfort to the stricken, to laugh at himself. As with Ronald Reagan, the average voter will not see much beyond that.

Unless our Dem activists/voters can get their shit together next year and somehow send the current Democratic President a Congress he can work with, we are going to be very hard-pressed to get a Democrat back in the WH in 2016.

15. There is zero chance that Christie
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 11:17 PM
Jun 2013

gets the nomination. The Republican primary/caucus voters are the people who post on that other site, they are the right wing fringe. They have complete distrust of any Republican north of the Mason Dixon line, and blame the 2012 loss on two things: Romney not being "conservative" enough and Christie's embrace of the President after Sandy. They are upset with Rubio now because of his support of some type of immigration reform, Palin continues to be their idea of a "leading Republican". Christie is not dumb enough to run, he would be "Giulianied".

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
17. Overarching Policies
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:45 PM
Jun 2013

If he wins in November - he is going to flip our State government. Seriously. He might not run at the Federal level when he can inflict punishment - serious punishment on Women in NJ.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
18. Be that as it may, as a Californian I well remember how Reagan charmed the nation
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:00 PM
Jun 2013

I was appalled when he was elected President. But then, I only liked him as governor for about 2 minutes.

I came to California the year I started college, and my fellow students were hot to get rid of Governor Brown (Pat Brown, the current Gov's father). AAAAAAnybody would be better, even that guy Reagan, because Pat Brown had failed to do this, that, and the other and was just not liberal enough to even call himself a Democrat (in their eyes).

Well, I was young (17) and stupid, and this was exciting talk, and I remember repeating some of it. It's not like my vote made a difference, because I wouldn't be able to vote until I was 21, but still it is embarrassing to recall.

By the time I supported Gene McCarthy for president, and worked as co-manager of the local HQ, walked precincts, etc, I was almost 21 and my Democratic ethos was set for life and more discerning. Well before the time Hubert Humphrey went down to a humiliating defeat to Richard Nixon that year, I had learned this lesson: never help destroy a fellow Democrat, ever.

That's more than a little off topic (or maybe not, given how acrimonious this board has been), but my point is still this: People outside New Jersey do not know Christie the way you do. If he chooses to run for president, he may get the nomination because the GOP thinks he electable. He would be a formidable candidate.

Hekate

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
19. Unless
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:18 PM
Jun 2013

We can stop him in November. It would at least cripple his bid.

And only New Jerseyans can do that. It's just disheartening to see the same people that vilified Scott Walker at DU (non Wisconsins to boot) basically give Christie a verbal blow job. It's sickening and it's what is wrong with the Democratic Party in general. No quarter for the enemy I say. Look what happened for 8 years (as you pointed out) to this country. Me? I grew up with a father who would threaten to "send you to live with Ronnie" when we were misbehaving. That's how deep the hatred ran for the man in my parents house.


I think we just need the 2,125,101 people that voted for Obama last year to show up. We have an advantage in registered voters.

Here's how the election map looked in November 2012 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Jersey_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2012.svg

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
20. I agree. He's the only ReThug that will give Hillary a good run for her money.
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:52 PM
Jun 2013

In fact the thoughts of Clinton vs. Christie is down right scary! There are far to many people that don't like Hillary, don't want another Clinton or a right of center Dem and are sick of Democrats after 8 years and want a change. Christie isn't far right but could get all the desperate ReThugs, Christian right and lots more Indies.

I also don't think we can depend on the young as their ideologies aren't harden yet. If they don't feel strongly about a candidate they very likely might not vote...especially if Obama doesn't keep all his campaign promises. The fact that Hillary would be the first women president is a big advantage...especially with the ReThugs war on women.

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