Really. And it is news! The Star Ledger, Huffington Post and The Philly Inky are reporting it.
The Governor cancelled a breakfast appearance before the Committee of Seventy, a Philadelphia good government group. He was to speak to about 600 people and take questions, but cancelled last night, because he’s “just not feeling well at all,” according Seventy’s press release.
The Ledger and Inky quoted Christie’s spokesperson, Colin Reed as stating, “fighting off a cold and has had to cut back his morning schedule tomorrow.”
So far, Christie is still scheduled to appear at Newark Liberty Airport at 11:30 this morning for an airline service announcement.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother and son of the former presidents Bush, is considering a run for president, but only if Gov. Chris Christie fails to gain nationwide traction, Politico reports this morning. According to the report, Bush has edged…
LAWRENCEVILLE — Steve Schmidt, a senior advisor to U.S. Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential bid and New Jersey native, tonight called Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign a model for the national GOP. “There is a template there for success…
Governor Chris Christie and HUD Sec Shaun Donovan in Highlands, April 29, 2013
Now that Governor Chris Christie has completed his victory lap with appearances on all four network Sunday morning talk shows, the whole world thinks he’s running for president.
His presidential message of getting things done in a bi-partisan manner is compelling given the current national political environment. If the presidential election was next November, I think he would beat Hillary Clinton or any Democrat.
But the presidential election is in 2016. Before running for president Christie has a year or two governing New Jersey and a year, 2014, as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
2014 will be a busy year for Christie. In addition to the undefined “big things” he said he will accomplish in his second term, there are 36 gubernatorial seats (38 if you consider the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) up in ’14. 19 (20 if you count Guam) of those seats are currently held by Republicans.
In New Jersey, much of Christie’s first term agenda remains undone. Tax cuts, “the property tax toll kit,” civil service reform, education reform, reshaping the State Supreme Court, and gutting COAH are all incomplete. Rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy is his mission. Much of New Jersey is still hurting one year out from the storm.
If Christie can cross off most of his New Jersey agenda from his to do list, get the remaining Sandy survivors back into their homes, and pick up some gubernatorial seats next year, the 2016 Republican presidential primaries will not be much of a challenge. No other GOP contender would be able to match Christie’s “I can get the job done and I know how to win” message.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s ascent to the status of would-be savior of the national Republican Party started with one viral video – a clip of him telling my colleague, Star-Ledger Editorial Page Editor and columnist Tom Moran, “you must be the…
TRENTON — Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate for governor, and her husband, a physician, earned more than a half a million dollars last year, according to tax returns released today by Buono’s campaign. The tax return — which shows a combined…
Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger By Erin O’Neill and MaryAnn Spoto In churches and firehouses, at a school and a community center, in a rebuilt restaurant and a private home still in need of work, Gov. Chris Christie commemorated the anniversary…
