Christie: New Hampshire governor trying to ‘increase her own visibility and run for the next job’
Graphic by Robert Hazelrigg, RobertHazelrigg.com
TRENTON — While traveling in New Hampshire on Monday to test the waters for his possible 2016 presidential run, Gov. Chris Christie said Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan seems more focused on running for higher elected office than taking care of her own state. “The way she’s governing now and what she did in 2012 and 2014… Read the rest of this entry »
Republican Jeb Bush to Lay Out Case for Stronger U.S. Role in World
The United States needs to regain its leadership role in the world, Republican Jeb Bush will say in a speech on Wednesday, while asserting that President Barack Obama has been inconsistent and indecisive in carrying out American foreign policy. Bush’s speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs will be his first major foray into foreign… Read the rest of this entry »Christie discloses presidential platform for the first time
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Christie gave the first glimpse of what he’d do if Americans elected him to the White House while speaking to New Hampshire Republicans in the presidential battleground state tonight. “Within the first 100 days, if I were to run for president and be elected, we would change this tax system in this… Read the rest of this entry »Jeb Bush Releases 250,000 Emails, Distancing Himself from Chris Christie
Posted: February 13th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Carl Golden, Chris Christie, emails, Jeb Bush, Michael Aron, NJTV, transparency | 12 Comments »Chris Christie’s About-Face on Common Core Standards Turns Debate Upside-Down
Posted: February 11th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Education, Iowa | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Chris Christie, Common Core, Education, Iowa, New Jersey, PARCC tests | 2 Comments »Correction: U.S. Attorney has not opened new Christie investigation into Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office
Governor Chris Christie at Long Branch press conference, August , 2014 photo by Art Gallagher
Contrary to published reports, including one here at MMM, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman’s office has not opened a new criminal investigation into Governor Chris Christie’s role, if any, in quashing the prosecution of former Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah Trout.
The initial inaccurate report was published by International Business Times, a content partner of MMM through repubHub. MMM published the IBT story after noticing it was being cited by other news outlets.
On Friday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show published a report that included a denial from the U.S. Attorney’s office that it is investigating Christie over the Trout issue. (h/t SaveJersey)
Posted: February 9th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Monmouth County, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney | Tags: Chris Christie, Governor Chris Christie, IBT, International Business Times, Matthew Reilly, MSNBC, NJNewsCommons, Rachel Maddow Show, repubHub, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | 2 Comments »“Any characterization that we are investigating the Governor about this is just not true … . [W]e talk to people all the time. It doesn’t mean we’re investigating anybody.”
Chris Christie And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
WASHINGTON — There are 49 weeks left until Iowa holds its caucus — which is good for Chris Christie, because he needs time to recover from this past week. His trip to London drew attention for all the wrong reasons, spotlighting his love for creature comforts and raising questions about funding. He sounded off about vaccines… Read the rest of this entry »New Jersey GOP Sours On Their Governor
ATLANTIC CITY – Gov. Chris Christie was across the pond Monday on a foreign trip to London, dealing with a series of public relations problems. First there was report in The Bergen Record about how businesses awarded state tax breaks are paying for his travel. Then The New York Times published a piece detailing how the… Read the rest of this entry »Feds Launch Criminal Probe Of Christie Administration
Federal law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and members of his administration, pursuing allegations the governor and his staff broke the law when they quashed grand jury indictments against Christie supporters, International Business Times has learned. Two criminal investigators from the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday interviewed… Read the rest of this entry »