Analysis: GOP Gubernatorial Gains Bolster Christie’s Presidential Hopes
Credit: Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen Gov. Chris Christie’s name wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday, but he was clearly one of the biggest winners of the 2014 midterm elections. Christie’s 70 days of coast-to-coast campaigning and the record $104 million he raised as Republican Governors Association chairman paid off in a string of gubernatorial victories that thrust him…
what’s he gonna run on? Our repeated bond rating downgrades? Our unemployment? Our debt and raiding the transportation fund? Our high property taxes and death and inheritance taxes? Would it be the: “I’ll Do Better in DC” platform?? Can’t see him as a serious choice, or improvement option,sorry.
Add to that his all in bet on Atlantic City which failed miserably. Still have possible GWB indictments of top aides and appointees hanging over him. With that said, my sense is that people outside of NJ are not currently very familiar with those issues. Would expect them to be raised by R primary opponents as well as D’s in the general election if he makes it that far.