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Has "Bridgegate" eliminated Chris Christie's chances for president?

Has "Bridgegate" eliminated Chris Christie's chances for president?


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Christie seems to have that every-man, tell it like it is appeal. I'd certainly label it as charisma, although many may find it off-putting. As for voters short memories, I don't think one could point to a better example than the drastic swings in polling data we've witnessed during and immediately after the recent federal shutdown. The doom and gloom predictions that were made during lasted all of a few weeks. An individual with Christie's clout should overcome this with ease, barring significant and new discoveries as to his direct involvement.

I'm not sure you can compare voters' attention span re the federal shutdown to a juicy, personal-character dramarama.
 
I'm not sure you can compare voters' attention span re the federal shutdown to a juicy, personal-character dramarama.
Perhaps Clinton would be a more relevant comparison. Regardless, unless Christie is shown to have had direct involvement in the affair, I predict this to be a non-issue in the long run.
 
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know




It's certainly a bump in the road, but I am inclined to believe that the big guy can put this behind him.

I won't believe that he's done until he says that he's done.
 
I have been out of the media loop, but aside from the one connected death, I don't know if this has staying power. Christie has to have direct knowledge, and the story has to be sexy enough.
 
Was Christie ever really a real candidate? Most conservatives I know of see his as too liberal.[
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If the right insists on making the perfect the enemy of the good they are likely to lose the next presidential election.




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.
 
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He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know

Christie was superb today: honest, forthright and accountable. I will support him for POTUS in 2016.:peace
 
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If the right insists on making the perfect the enemy of the good they will lose the next presidential election.




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of time, GOP.

Who are the democrats running again? Oh yeah a murdering bitch that can't even take care of business at home with her husband.
 
Christie was superb today: honest, forthright and accountable. I will support him for POTUS in 2016.:peace
I agree, he did a great job. I think when he talked about him joking about it several weeks ago did the trick.
 
Christie was superb today: honest, forthright and accountable. I will support him for POTUS in 2016.:peace
Democratic strategist, Bob Shrum said earlier, that he thought this controversy and the way Christie handled it will help him.
 
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Democratic strategist, Bob Shrum said earlier, that he thought this controversy and the way Christie handled it will help him.

I suppose that's good news, but IIRC Shrum has never been associated with a winning POTUS campaign.:peace
 
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know

I don't know, I watched him on CNN and listened to a couple of their pundits. They think he did the right thing in apologizing and firing the guy. They also think he is home free unless another smoking gun is found that ties it directly to him. At least as far as they are concerned, the bridge closing is behind him. For now as they put it. I tend to believe them. I know democrats will try to tar him for this and republicans will say it is no big deal, he's innocent and just a product of a democratic witch hunt. But I am not sure how independents will view this whole thing.

But I will worry about independents later. I am still not sure if Christie can win in the Republican primaries and all of this is moot if he doesn't. Christie probably has more to worry about him embracing President Obama in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy than the bridge closing.
 
Rand Paul can probably beat her if they ran today. She is damaged goods

4 of the latest polls matching Paul against Clinton
CNN/Opinion Research Clinton 54 Paul 41 Clinton +13
Quinnipiac Clinton 48 Paul 41 Clinton +7
McClatchy/Marist Clinton 55 Paul 40 Clinton +15
Quinnipiac Clinton 49 Paul 40 Clinton +9

But with a little less than 3 years to go, these polls do not mean that much, just a snapshot of the day. But what is important is the favorable/unfavorable ratings. Here they are for most candidates:
Clinton 47% favorable 45% unfavorable
Christie 43% favorable 31% unfavorable
Paul 34% favorable 39% unfavorable
Cruz 26% favorable 40% unfavorable
Bush 31% favorable 41% unfavorable

Those in the minus area have a lot of work to do. Clinton is well known, flaws and all. Christie is better known than the rest, but we will have to see how this bridge incident hurts him. The rest need a lot of improvement to become a viable candidate. But they have the time.
 
The man has spoken against the 1964 Civil Rights Act,that will not be forgotten and it will cost him a lot of votes.

You mean against title seven?
 
He claims he had nothing to do with the bridge closure, it was his aide that did it.

Yes, He's toast

No, he's still in the running

I Don't Know

If so, it would speed the Republican Party along to their doom.

But probably not.
 
The man has spoken against the 1964 Civil Rights Act,that will not be forgotten and it will cost him a lot of votes.

Yeah, we couldn't restore property rights by eliminating Title II and Title VII of the civil rights act. That would be bad. Gosh, we might just be on the path to protecting the rights of people. We can't have that.
 
Can someone explain to me why he was ticked off a democrat didn't support him? That would be like Obama blocking all interstate highways in ohio because John Boner didn't endorse him. Of course he didn't he is a republican.
 
Yeah, we couldn't restore property rights by eliminating Title II and Title VII of the civil rights act. That would be bad. Gosh, we might just be on the path to protecting the rights of people. We can't have that
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It's not going to happen.

Wait and see.
 
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