6 Comments on ““Real leaders don’t read polls. They change polls.””

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   firesign58 said at 10:28 pm on September 27th, 2011:

   Will he or won’t he? Will he or won’t he? No crystal ball here, but my gut says no, because elements of his record in Jersey will haunt him: nominating two Muslim state Supreme Court justices, one with Muslim Brotherhood ties; belief in anthropogenic global warming; refusal to join other states in the Obamacare lawsuit; and a pro-amnesty stance toward handling the illegal alien problem. Christie is good for Jersey right now, but would not be as good for the mostly more-conservative remainder of the country.

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   TR said at 8:14 am on September 28th, 2011:

   That is an interesting point. As conservative as Christy appears to New Jersyans he does have things in his record that would make a lot of the national conservative primary voters reject him. Things that would be highlighted once he started to campaign. Look at how Perry was touted as the saviour of the party a month ago and how he has been savaged in the last week. Now don’t get me wrong I am not taking a position on the issues stated above (I agree with some and disagree with some) This is just pure political analysis. Additionally it is no secret in political circles that Christie does not like and in fact intensly dislikes the Tea Party. This would all quickly come out once he officially announced. Christie does act like a conservative often but he is too pragmatic to be ideologically pure. One of the things the majority of the primary voters want is ideological purity. We can debate wether this is a strategy to loose in November but that will not change the reality of primary voter attitudes as they exist today.
   Perhaps Christy understands this. He is very savvy. This could be part of the reason he is saying this is not my time.

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   FHGOP said at 10:33 am on September 28th, 2011:

   What is your take, Art?

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   brian said at 10:34 am on September 28th, 2011:

   Christie is the perfect candidate———–for liberals.

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   Freespeaker1976 said at 1:56 pm on September 28th, 2011:

   Boy, this is a catch 22 situation. I am reasonably happy so far with what Christie has done, but then he mentions the word “compromise” in last night speech.

   That killed it for me. I don’t want compromise at the national level. Compromising with Democrats mean Conservatives must yield everything to them.

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   Great speech, Gov! said at 6:06 pm on September 28th, 2011:

   I like Christie, but not for President. At least not right now. Maybe sometime down the road.

   I believe him when he says he won’t run, and I like how he’s handling his newfound national audience.

   Obama has to go, (before he’s allowed to do anymore damage), and Gov Christie has the eyes of the nation watching his every move, in the event that he just might change his mind and decide to run. That’s a powerful soap box.

   He can speak openly and effectively on Obama’s flawed leadership while the whole nation listens, AND without being overetly disemboweled by the Obama Defamation Machine. Although Obama will (and has been) coming at him, it simply won’t have the same effect on a State Gov as it has on a GOP Presidential Candidate. Obama will look like a petty bully if he gets into it with a state gov, and that ain’t cool. There’s enough angst going on between the states and this administration, already.

   The GOP front-runners are doing a nice job of tag teaming Obama on the issues and Christie adds weight (no pun intended) on an “every man” level.

   So far, I’m liking this Chess game. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Your move, Obama!