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There is a lot of skepticism about Christie from conservative voters. Among those identifying as ‘very conservative’ 35% see him positively to 36% with a negative opinion. Christie’s overall net favorability of +12 at 41/29 ranks him 8th most popular out of the 9 Republicans we looked at, leading only Susana Martinez who is not yet well known on a national level.

Rubio leads the Republicans among conservatives, while Christie has the advantage with moderates. The problem for Christie is that only 19% of primary voters are moderates while 74% are conservatives.

“This remake of “Twins” is gonna be amazing!” - @rfvanderlinde

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Even CPAC had to cut back on its speakers this year by about 300 pounds.

Ann Coulter takes a shot at Chris Christie at CPAC

(via @jameshohmann)

Mr. Christie’s failure to be invited [to CPAC] is not a mere oversight; virtually every other prominent Republican who might be a plausible nominee in 2016 has been asked to participate. … Now that he’s been “outed” as a moderate, it may be hard to close the closet door.

Mr. Christie, meanwhile, will need to consider whether to compete for the Republican nomination in 2016. While the mainstream media tends to chronically overrate the likelihood of a viable independent bid for the presidency, Mr. Christie would be better positioned to seek one than most, with very high favorability ratings among independent voters and the access to money and news media attention that comes from being a prominent politician in the Northeast.

herblondness:

think-progress:

Really trying to lock down 2016, by hitting hourly workers where it hurts the most.

Right. When people think he’s a moderate and a great guy — there’s this.

Christie’s overall favorability is 51% to 23%, but his 29 standing with Democrats, 52% to 23%, is higher than his 21 with GOP voters, 48% to 27%.
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Chrisitie (R) is now actually more popular with Democrats nationally than he is with Republicans. - Politicalwire

“Rick Ross would be proud of this pic!” - @justinadams81

think-progress:

Chris Christie had a lot to say about House Republicans blocking Hurricane Sandy relief.

But if you watch one clip today, watch this.

(via hpoffthebus)

soupsoup:

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the Daily Show. 

California Gov. Jerry Brown challenges Chris Christie to a fitness test

Read: The Sacramento Bee

He talked a lot about himself.
Fox’s Chris Wallace on Christie speech. via @RyanLizza
This speech was not only a bad speech, it was one of the most remarkable acts of political selfishness I have ever seen on a stage this big. This was a 2600-word speech in which he used nearly 1800 before he said Mitt Romney and as soon as he said Mitt, he went back to talking about himself for hundreds more words. This was Chris Christie accepting the nomination of Republican Party of 2016…. I found it completely shocking.
Rachel Maddow (via kateoplis)

(via apsies)

Gov. Chris Christie wasn’t willing to give up the New Jersey statehouse to be Mitt Romney’s running mate because he doubted they’d win, The Post has learned.

Romney’s top aides had demanded Christie step down as the state’s chief executive because if he didn’t, strict pay-to-play laws would have restricted the nation’s largest banks from donating to the campaign — since those banks do business with New Jersey.

But Christie adamantly refused to sacrifice his post, believing that being Romney’s running mate wasn’t worth the gamble.

“[Christie] felt, at one point, that [President] Obama could lose this. And, look, there still is that chance. But he knows, right now, you have to say it’s unlikely,” one source said.

Read: NY Post