His campaign launch drew about as many protestors as supporters:North Jersey.com: Governor Christie launched his long-awaited presidential campaign Tuesday...(before) a crowd of about 1,000 inside Livingston High School, his alma mater...
North Jersey.com: More than a thousand demonstrators - mostly dressed in red and carrying banners and signs - congregated on the front lawn outside Livingston High School Tuesday morning to protest Governor Christie announcing his presidential bid...
His campaign launch speech drew mixed reviews: a mix of getting caught in lies...
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NJ.com: Christie said...that he has not raised taxes on New Jerseysans. That's not to say that taxpayers aren't paying more under his administration...(I)n 2010 Christie cut a tax credit on the working poor from 25 percent of the federal credit to 20 percent, a loss of about $117 for the average recipient...Christie's budget proposal for the current fiscal year included nearly two dozen taxes and fees...
ProPublica: When Christie signed his sixth budget on Friday, he reiterated his claim that his contributions to the state’s pensions have far outpaced those of his predecessors. As we pointed out in April, that’s only true if you exclude a $2.75 billion pension contribution by former Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. Christie doesn’t count Whitman’s payment because it was made with borrowed money...
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CHRISTIE: "We rolled up our sleeves and we went to work and we balanced six budgets in a row."
THE FACTS: He had no choice. The New Jersey constitution requires balanced budgets, as many states do, and they are achieved one way or the other, often with some accounting tricks.
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...and psychoanalysis with a very poor prognosis:
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New York Times: It’s fundamentally nonsense. There are lines between brash and belligerent, between open and obnoxious, and, most important, between “telling it like it is” and not telling the truth. Mr. Christie crosses those lines all the time...
NJ. com: He has a silver tongue. But if you look closely, you can see that it is forked like a serpent's...(M)y warning to America: When Christie picks up the microphone, he speaks so clearly and forcefully that you assume genuine conviction is behind it.
GQ.com: "As far as what his temperament would be like if he were president, well, if Putin said something he didn’t like, he’d hang up and say, ’Give me the black box.’ And there goes Russia. Simple as that."
NorthJersey.com: He is not a man of subtlety and nuance. He is a fist-bumper, a forceful, loud, physical presence that fills a room in a way that is hard to ignore. His fuel is adrenaline, not reflection...His critics call him a bully. His supporters call him decisive. And now, if he becomes president, Chris Christie says he has the stuff that will unite a fractured nation. Really?
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He's lost control of his campaign slogan's #TellingItLikeItIs Twitter hashtagIBTimes.com: More than 3,000 tweets with the hashtag #TellingItLikeItIs were sent via Twitter in the first few hours after Christie made his announcement, according to data compiled by the social-analytics firm Topsy. The sentiment score, measuring the mood of the tweets, was listed as 17 and therefore skewed toward negativity and away from positivity.- I will tell it like it is, you're an angry fat man who needs anger management courses
- Christie sold out the people of NJ to Exxon. He couldn't care less about us...or you.
- Of course he's lying: His lips are moving.
- Chris Christie has a 31% approval rating, and is the most unpopular governor in the nation!
- "I have a bad economic record."
- Remember when @GovChristie helped hundreds of thousands w/o power instead of running for office? Neither does S. Jersey
- You're a crook, a scam, and an embarrassment to my state. Did you have to check w/Norcross before you ran?
He and a rival candidate were house guests of the Republican who lost the previous U.S. presidential election
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CNN: What does one do at a presidential candidate slumber party? We'll likely never know exactly what happened at Mitt Romney's lakeside summer home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where Chris Christie and Marco Rubio spent the night...
"What matters most to me is that he's a resource for me," said the New Jersey governor, who was an early backer of Romney's 2012 candidacy.
Romney...(said) he didn't give either candidates any advice on running. "These guys will make their own mistakes," Romney said. "Hopefully, they won't follow mine."
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I'll try to put this as tactfully as possible, Governor Soprano: You have NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER being within NINETY-NINE MILES of EITHER of those men!!! Not Rubio, because he, too, is a presidential candidate and should not be privy to your campaign confidences (did you offer him a vice presidential slot?); and not Romney, because his presidential campaign featured such brilliant tactics as not showing his tax returns and suggesting that how he ran his businesses should not be a campaign issue. Political advice from Mitt Romney is like marriage counseling from Henry the Eighth.
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He spent Independence Day Leading A Parade In New Hampshire instead of in New Jersey (DailyKos)
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Geez, didn't ANYTHING happen last week that he can feel positive about? Well, yes:
NorthJersey.com: Governor Christie received his first major endorsement...(from Maine governor) Paul LePage, a...conservative with a fiery persona that rivals Christie's..."(T)he only difference I see between Chris Christie and I -- he's a little bit shy. I'm gonna work with him for the next year, bring him out of his shell.”
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The Rachel Maddow Show:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...e-473966147865
Bangor Daily News: Members of the (Maine) Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted unanimously...to start a formal investigation into whether Gov. Paul LePage illegally or unethically used taxpayer money to force Good Will-Hinckley (charter school) to fire House Speaker Mark Eve...
NorthJersey.com: “The first major endorsement Governor Christie receives after announcing he’s running for president is from a governor who is facing impeachment threats for his role in exacting retribution upon a political adversary,” said Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Kaylie Hanson. “Can't say we're surprised.”
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But Christie should look on the bright side -- he has nowhere to go BUT up...