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Christie has a sky-high 72% approval rating
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) has always had a relatively good job approval rating throughout most of his term, but since Hurricane Sandy it has reached almost historic heights. New Jersey voters overwhelming have a positive opinion of how Christie has handled the crisis.
According to a new Quinnipiac poll, 95 percent think Christie has done a “good” or “excellent” job dealing with the storm. This has pushed Christie’s overall job approval rating to an incredible 72 percent approve to 21 percent disapprove. Even a slim majority of Democrats, 52 percent, approve of how Christie is handling his job.
The timing is politically very important because New Jersey has the unusual odd-year gubernatorial election. In 11 months Christie will face re-election in 2013. Right now is roughly when potential opponents should be announcing their intentions to run, starting to build campaigns and raising money. Christie’s currently sky-high job approval rating could easily scare most of the top tier Democratic candidates away. Even if a top tier candidate does emerge, Christie’s strong approval rating could make donors think it is not worth spending money against him.
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Has anyone mentioned that he refused highway money that could have alleviated traffic and provided much needed jobs to the state?
No, because he played all bipartisany with Obama, so now he’s a hero to self-identified “progressive” Dems.
Local dim loyalists I know here in NYC hit a new low when they got all bonered up over Christie and started talking about what a great leader he is-all because he did a teevee appearance with 0 after the hurricane.
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Ha…was writing at the same time. It really is sad how easily manipulated many people are.
Nope, not a thought about what it means that he refuses to sign off on much needed infrastructure projects that would bring jobs to his state-because that would be fiscally irresponsible-but uses a state helicopter to attend his son’s little league game. Nope, he was standing right there next to Obama. Obama was smiling. Ergo, Christie = new progressive awesomeness. What a leader!
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I’m in NJ and I won’t vote for him. He’s clever and he and his crew are extremely good at media manipulation, but he’s a opportunistic jerk. Which does, now that I think about it, make him an natural Obama pairing. With the media off to the next short attention span headline, Christie has gone back to what he was doing before Sandy, running for president. Nothing more to be gotten posing at the shore in a hoody.
The real problem in NJ is the complete lack of competent and credible alternatives.
New Jersey is so blue that despite Fleece’s high approval ratings, I’d like to see some trial heats. Cory Booker also performed heroically in the superstorm.
Oh, I like the “Christie in Great Shape” jab…good for a chuckle.
Running for President is what he was doing during Sandy’s aftermath-make no mistake. And more fundamentally: he’s a slicker member of the Randist club subset of our political class.
Oh, jeez, Teddy, please! Read the Booker takedown: http://my.firedoglake.com/dswright/2012/11/27/in-midst-of-publicity-stunt-real-cory-booker-shines-through/ And there are more Booker exposes scattered across the web.
Booker is another Obama. He is quite good at the show, I’ll give him that. Unerring instincts for the right gesture at the right time, which just makes Booker a consummate politician.
I think citizens everywhere are so gobsmackingly amazed to witness *any* Republican actually, you know, behaving like a leader that they, like an abused spouse, they grovel & weep with relief that the abuser has actually, you know, behaved like a rational, decent, “normal,” helpful adult.
I suppose, very begrudingly, I am willing to give Christie about an eigth of a point of “credit” for actually stepping up to take the very predictable, albeit complete crap & irrational, heat from his fellow Republicans for, you know, behaving like a leader, blah blah & doing what is rational after a storm like Sandy.
That said, YES, abso-effen-lutely Christie was & is manipulative & was already jonesing for his next gubanatorial run. Natch.
Nothing to see here, children, move along now….
To give him his due, it wouldn’t surprise if he thinks Rand a cretin, but he’ll never say so–as long as there’s another office he aspires to. He’s a very clever tactician and he’s not an idiot.
Agree. As opposed to lil Paulie R-Ayn who truly appears to worship at the shrine of sniffing Rand’s panties, I think Christie will say what he thinks the dittoheaded masses want him to say/believe & then do whatever it takes to stay in power. CHA-CHING!
Isn’t Rand an eye doc? God, the very thought!
oh Mr Chris! If you put Jon Corsine in jail and arrest the Wall st crooks who sold the NJ state pension system worthless funds I might vote for you!
But we both that ain’t going to happen so I’ll vote green instead! and move to Delaware!