Your Chris Christie porn for the day:
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Democrats hoping that 2011 would be another 1995, when Bill Clinton ran circles around Newt Gingrich and set himself up for an easy re-election, are going to be sorely disappointed. Republicans have truly found their voice on these debt/spending/size of government issues, and are the only ones proposing the types of reforms necessary to curb the debt at a time when the broader electorate has finally come to terms with the severity of the issue. To swing voters, Republicans are the ones siding with “the people,” while Democrats defend powerful special interests. Like I said, Election ’96 this ain’t.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:19 am
http://www.gallup.com/poll/146336/Issues-Divide-Republicans-Views-Potential-2012-Contenders.aspx
February 25th, 2011 at 1:23 am
This marks yet another public occasion where Christie has openly touted Daniels and Barbour.
I think by theory of Barbour prepping a Daniels/Christie ticket might be gaining steam….
February 25th, 2011 at 1:25 am
President Daniels, Vice President Christie, CoS Barbour would be a hell of a team, and would run circles around Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Pelosi and Hoyer.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:54 am
Ok, can we please agree to never use the phrase “Chris Christie porn” again?
February 25th, 2011 at 2:47 am
“President Daniels, Vice President Christie, CoS Barbour would be a hell of a team, and would run circles around Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Pelosi and Hoyer.”
Please please please please please please.
February 25th, 2011 at 8:34 am
Not gonna happen.
Christie already said that he doesn’t want to be someone’s VP and Daniels doesn’t have the personality to become President.
Sorry, just not gonna happen.
February 25th, 2011 at 8:52 am
The closest erotic thought related to this post is Max Twain’s comment #3 and Win’s response #5
February 25th, 2011 at 9:12 am
“President Daniels/VP Christie”?? Thats like showcasing a pea and his sidekick, banana.
February 25th, 2011 at 9:34 am
I think PSUs are becoming an albatross for the Democrats. They are completely owned by them, and the public is increasingly turning against these unions.
If I was a swing voter, I learned this past week what Democratic legislatures in Wisconsin care about more than anything else (after all, what else have they ever fled the state for); public unions.
Any polling yet from Wisconsin?
February 25th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Ah! Here we go:
“A poll of Wisconsin voters released Thursday finds more of them support Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reforms than oppose them.
The poll, conducted by former Bill Clinton political consultant Dick Morris, finds Walker’s reforms–as a package–are backed by 51 percent of the more than 400 likely voters surveyed while 47 percent indicated they were opposed.
Taken point by point, however, the news is almost all good for Walker, who has become a national political figure virtually overnight thanks to his effort to reform the way the state government works as part of his efforts to balance the budget.
For example, by a margin of 74 percent to 18 percent, likely voters in Wisconsin back the idea of making state employees pay more for their health insurance. By a margin of 79 percent to 16 percent, they favor asking state workers to contribute more toward their pensions. And, by a margin of 66 percent to 30 percent they support the idea that state workers’ pay increase should be tied to the rate of inflation unless voters approve a higher raise by public referendum……….”
February 25th, 2011 at 9:42 am
Someone should do a FPP (Dave) working off that poll linked in #10.
The Public is with is, especially when you consider those numbers are coming from Wisconsin which is probably about the 15-20th most liberal state.
February 25th, 2011 at 9:46 am
From the article about the poll:
“For example, by a margin of 74 percent to 18 percent, likely voters in Wisconsin back the idea of making state employees pay more for their health insurance. By a margin of 79 percent to 16 percent, they favor asking state workers to contribute more toward their pensions.”
I’m guessing a substantial portion of that 16-18% are households with a public union member in them, and that something like 90-95% of non-public-union households want the gravy train riders to pull a little bit of their own weight.
February 25th, 2011 at 9:47 am
#6–I do think Christie has a lot of respect for Daniels. I heard him talking up Daniels a few times now; whether that turns out to be an endorsement later on I don’t know. But the likelihood of Christie jumping in later on also probably goes down to next to zero if Daniels gets into the race.
February 25th, 2011 at 9:51 am
I have lately been convinced that there is a good chance Huckabee will be the nominee. PEOPLE LISTEN TO HIM.
February 25th, 2011 at 9:53 am
Daniels = Flavor of the Week.
The ‘establishment’ Republicans are moving on from Romney as he continues to show weakness and Daniels is where they have landed…for now.
Look for nothing but positive editorials coming non stop for the Indiana governor.
February 25th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Agree, the establishment GOP is running around in circles trying to find somebody. Yet, i disagree that romney was really every their choice, he is sorta of on the outside, clearly not as bad as huck though, with that crowd.
February 25th, 2011 at 10:42 am
lol Huckabee will never be the nominee. The guy has zero support from anyone in the establishment, zero donors, zero activists. No one has ever won with the ENTIRE establishment against them.
February 25th, 2011 at 10:48 am
17 – Huckabee has as much of a chance as Daniels…which is very little. Daniels might have establishment support and its subsequent access to donors with deep pockets but that doesn’t always equate to votes…look at Romney ’08…he had access to all the money he needed and he just couldn’t get the votes. Daniels will have the same problem. Huckabee won’t win, or probably run, but it’s due to the fact that he has zero access to ANY money…you gotta have some.
February 25th, 2011 at 11:12 am
jersey…so who then?
February 25th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers February 24, 2011
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/24/109399/even-gop-activists-are-turning.html#ixzz1EzbbfrKT
February 25th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
19 – I predict Palin is the first ever 1st Tier dark horse candidate. She has the money and the support to go against the other heavy hitters. As long as she wins one of the first contests, she can afford to go all the way to the convention if she has to. In the end she wins the nomination.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
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Yes, TDell,
That was another interesting article quoting four or five anti-Palin people, in a long line of articles attempting to dissuade Governor Palin from even running.
I’m curious, does anyone give Herman Cain much of a chance of winning the nomination? Yet there are no articles telling him he shouldn’t even bother…don’t you wonder why?
I mean of the ‘over a dozen’ names being bantered around….are they all viable candidates with equal chances of winning except Governor Palin?
Just ask yourself why are we blessed with so many people (Barbara Bush, Karl Rove, George Will, et al) who council Governor Palin that she CAN’T win so she should just stay in Alaska?
She consistently beats Newt Gingrich in the polls being taken now…have you seen anything in the media saying poor Newt should hang it up. Would we (as a party, or as a nation) just be better off if Newt would just not run? Because that is the oft repeated message we are being fed about governor Palin.
I guess mind number sheep or ignorant groupthinkers may be swayed by this constant drum beat…but it has brought me to a different conclusion.
They FEAR her.
She is inevitable.
She has been since she stepp3ed on the stage.
They all know it – and there is nothing they can do about it.
It drives them to insanity.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
22 – I think they understand the reality of the situation and are trying anything possible to remedy it for themselves. Palin is one of 2 or 3 candidates that can afford to go the distance in the primary…heck Huckabee is unlikely to be able to do that. I think Newt and Huck are non-starters. Romney and Daniels can go a while in the primaries but Daniels is smart enough to understand the realities of the situation. That leaves Romney and Palin. Romney has already shown that he’s willing to spend his life savings on a win so he will go a lot further this time because he will suffer from Al Gore syndrome…I really want it…I deserve it…my Dad told me I would be President one day. In the end Palin wins. Hopefully this party will back her instead of thinking about 2016.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Can’t wait till Christie endorses Romney. Just sayin.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
When Christie endorses Romney…Romney will have Jersey in the bag…no great feat there.
February 25th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
I would do awful, horrible, unspeakable, debased things to have an administration that included Daniels, Walker, Christie, and Barbour. DEVIANT things.
(Although, in fairness, I think giving money to a politician is a pretty effective way to debase one’s self.)
February 25th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
jersey #21 – - I LOVE Sarah Palin, but people will never give her a chance.
February 25th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
27 – Rubio, I was starting to think the same way until I watched the Long Island Business Q&A…she was on her game…she talked policy, she was charming, even some Democrats in the audience left thinking a little different about her. Her numbers will not change, too much, until she announces and then the subsequent debates but they will rise. The general public will realize that she’s not the boogeyman they were told she was and by mid to late Fall she will be neck and neck with Obama in the polls. I’m actually starting to think it is hers to lose.