Anna Little spent Hurricane Irene in Texas singing her own praises to Governor Rick Perry.
Upon her return, Little proceeded to inform supporters that she will be the number 2 person in Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign in the Garden State and that her “ass will be the one to kiss” in the NJ GOP. Little wouldn’t disclose to her supporters who Perry’s number 1 will be.
Multiple published reports have indicated that Governor Christie has asked NJ Republican donors and operatives not to commit to a presidential candidate. I guess Little will no longer have front row seats at the Governor’s town hall meetings.
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno will be on the radio with NJ 101.5’s Jim Gearhart tomorrow morning at 7:35 AM and again with John Gambling on 710 AM at 8:05 AM.
Journalist Jonathan Alter tweeted that sources have told him that Governor Chris Christie is conducting focus groups in preparation for a 2012 run for president.
The Governor’s office is referring requests for comment, confirmation or denial to Mike DuHaime, Christie’s political strategist. DuHamine has not yet responded to MMM’s inquiry.
UPDATE
NJ.com is reporting that Christie’s trusted friend and advisor Bill Palatucci denied that there are focus groups being conducted for a Christie presidential run. Alter issued another tweet saying he has a better source that contradicts the first.
The Associated Press is reporting that former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will announce his withdrawl from the race for the GOP nomination for President on ABC’s “This Week.”
Pawlenty finished a distant third place in the Ames, Iowa straw poll yesterday.
The newspaper formerly known as The Asbury Park Press (their print edition masthead now reads “THE PRESS”) has irrefutably revealed itself as a far left extremist publication. In an editorial published on their website last evening, Obama caving in to GOP demands, the Neptune Nudniks have moved on to the left of the New York Times, the old Huffington Post, Daily Kos and Middletown Mike.
The Press called the President “weak,” “hardly a leader,” and said his speech Monday night was “too little, too late.” They said his speech “was not tough so much as it was petulance.” As Dan Jacobson would say, hilarious, though hysterical would be more accurate.
“Left wing extreme, Art?” you might say, “that sounds like right wing rhetoric I might read on MoreMonmouthMusings.” You’d be correct, except the nudniks are complaining that Obama “has alienated his base, gone back on what he held as rock-solid principles,” while drawing a “line in the sand” that is inside the Republican Tea Party right’s tent. APP is now short for apparatchik.
The Press did get one important thing right in their rantitorial. They correctly identified Obama’s reelection concerns and the only issue that is holding up a deal that would raise the debt ceiling, reduce the deficit and prevent a default. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, also not left enough for the apparatchiks, and Speaker John Boehner have already agreed on a plan that would raise the debt ceiling, reduce spending and not raise taxes. Obama killed the deal because it only lasted for a year. He doesn’t want to go through this again next summer only a few months before the Presidential election.
If Obama thought his economic policies and philosphy were popular with the American people, he would welcome having such a debate next year. Instead, he’s willing to put the full faith and credit of the United States of America at risk rather than debate “redistribution of wealth” and massive government expansion months before the American people decide whether or not to give him another four years.
It is no accident that most of ObamaCare kicks in after the election. This is more of the same. Obama wants his lease on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave renewed before the American people realize what he has done to them.
The “Tea Party Republican” members of congress are controlling the debt ceiling debate because Obama is letting them control the debate. If Reid and Obama agreed to Boehner’s proposal, Nancy Pelosi would deliver enough Democratic votes in the House to pass Boehner’s plan with moderate Republican support, thereby neutralizing the “Tea Party” Republicans who are uncompromising.
Obama would have to take a page out of Chris Christie’s book in order to make a deal like that. And Christie says he’s not ready to be President.
Governor Chris Christie takes his “I’m not running for president” tour to Iowa today to speak at an education summit and to headline a fundraiser for Congressman Steve King.
The education summit will also feature Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Iowa U.S. Senator Tom Harkin. In addition to the speakers, the 1500 attendees of the conference organized by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will listen to panel discussions on recruiting top talent to be teachers, how states can have meaningful education reform and a look at other educational systems around the world.
King will seek reelection in a newly formed Iowa district that includes approximately half of his current district. Like New Jersey, Iowa lost a congressional seat in the 2010. Former Iowa First Lady Christine Vilsack is expected to be King’s Democratic opponent in 2012. Vilsack’s husband is U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Politico published a paraphase of what Governor Chris Christie told top GOP donors including Home Depot founder Ken Langone on Tuesday:
I’m not running, but I came because Langone is so aggressive, he basically just physically shook me into doing it. I’ve weighed this carefully; I didn’t dismiss it out of hand. There were four considerations:
1) One question was: Where’s my wife? She’s not enthused.
2) The second is: I looked ahead at the potential for two years of running, and not seeing my kids. If I won, six years of not seeing them. If I won a second term, 10 years of not seeing them. Missing my kids growing up is a big deal to me, and it was a big reason. The wife was the biggest. The children were the second.
3) I’m staying in New Jersey. I am not just going to quit halfway through my term. The people trusted me, and I feel like I owe that trust and faith some fidelity.
4) And fourth: Could I win? Could I really do it? I think I would win – not saying I would win, but I could win.
I brought my oldest son today because, first of all, I wanted him to wake up early. And, second of all, to have to put on his one suit and tie. But I wanted him to listen because if I did run, which I’m not going to – but if I did in the future – it’s going to affect him. There’s six people in the family – I’m just one.
I recognize that not all of you would immediately commit, but it certainly makes me realize that if I were to run, and had this group were behind me, I certainly wouldn’t have any problem raising money.
Anna Little spent Hurricane Irene in Texas singing her own praises to Governor Rick Perry.