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Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 01:30:00 PM EDT
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Oh, the conservatives aren't going to like this one very much; Chris Christie .... again! .... is bringing another GOP demi-star ahead of their poster girl, Sarah.
As potential presidential candidates stream in and out of the state to boost the Christie campaign and the GOP, let's remember first who is notcoming to New Jersey and why, particularly Sarah Palin. Christie: "This is about New Jersey issues and New Jersey, and I don't think having Governor Palin here would do me, or frankly the state, a whole lot of good in the sense that we need to talk and focus on what the New Jersey issues are," Christie said during a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5 FM. "I hope Mayor Giuliani will continue to be supportive and be here and work with me, but other than that, I think the people of New Jersey have to hear from me and that's the person they'll be electing." Ah. So it's about New Jersey issues, unless he thinks someone from outside of New Jersey can help him, which obviously he doesn't think Palin can. But apparently, he does think the Governor from Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty's got game because Christie's got the welcome mat rolled out:Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he will head to New Jersey next week to campaign for that state's Republican candidate for governor.
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Pawlenty made his comment to reporters after his weekly radio show at the Minnesota State Fair. He didn't give any details. Maybe Tim Pawlenty has a unique knowledge of New Jersey all the way from Minnesota. After all, Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house in Alaska, and Pawlenty can only see Wisconsin.
Our offer still stands for Blue Jersey to pick Sarah Palin up at the airport whenever Christie's super-duper right wing base can convince him to let her come. Now Newt, Pawlenty, Rudy, Santorum, and Romney will have all come to town for Christie, while Sarah Palin continues to have to talk to the hand, and not the NJ GOP. Maybe Palin needs Diane Allen and Kim Guadagno to fight for her to be allowed in the Garden State too.
Ladies?
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 08:29:39 PM EDT
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With New Jersey being one of only two states with off year elections, you can expect many of the big names to come through the state. While the Governor will have the President in on Thursday and the Christie campaign will have Michael Steele on Monday, Jay Webber has turned the party to a familiar name:GOP State Committee Chairman Jay Webber confirmed Friday that Gingrich will headline a July 24 event at the home of Sal and Lisa LoBiondo, a Montville couple who are active in Republican politics.
Invitees to the private fundraiser will pay $1,000 each for a cocktail reception, $5,000 a plate for dinner.
It's not known how many people will attend.
Webber called Gingrich "an interesting figure who has a lot of insights on current events." It's probably a smart move by the new chair because Newt is one of the few names with drawing power in their party. We should keep track of all the people who come to town while Sarah Palin is turned away. Romney has been here, Steele is coming, Rudy has been prominent and Newt will be helping the effort, while Palin is quarantined from the NJ GOP. Her treatment prompted this reaction from one conservative, pointed out by Fred Snowflack:The message of the New Jersey GOP is loud and clear: not only is Sarah Palin is not welcome here, but neither are conservative Republicans. The GOP in in this state is a pathetic simulacrum of the party of Ronald Reagan - a political Potemkin Village populated by party hacks too busy shaking the plum tree to realize the ground beneath them is giving way.
At best, her presence here would have boosted the morale of the conservative faction of the Party - if only temporarily. I?m actually relieved that the Christie campaign made its intentions known, as this will serve as a warning to Mrs. Palin to avoid this particular pit of vipers We'll see if Newt is able to tamp down that sentiment, because if conservatives stay home, Christie's got problems. An interesting note, the party website has the "Evening with Newt Gingrich" listed, which is basically a private house party with a former elected official, but not the Christie/Steele tour du Jersey which involves their party standard bearer and National Chairman. Make of that what you will.
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Sat May 30, 2009 at 02:37:30 PM EDT
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More fun and games in the GOP Primary. Chris Christie was endorsed by the Mittster himself, Mitt Romney in Haddonfield on Thursday, which opened the door for the latest Lonegan lines:"Mitt Romney was rejected by Republican Primary voters because he was a moderate trying to pass himself off as a conservative just in time to win an election. Chris Christie has done the exact same thing in this race, so it follows that Romney would back him," he says in a statement.
"This is a case of one fraudulent moderate trying to help another one. Republican voters will see through Chris Christie the same way they did Mitt Romney last February." Rejected and fraudulent, it must be getting close to election day. I love the fight over who is the bigger, better conservative too. But my favorite part of the Romney trip into town was learning that he knows something no one else does:I know Chris Christie. I've looked at his plan in great depth. Maybe since Mitt knows all about the plan and has seen it in such great depth, he could share with the voters because Christie hasn't been willing to do so.
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 02:15:00 PM EDT
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Well, here's my vote for stupid lede of the day from the Press of Atlantic City:
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally endorsed Chris Myers, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey's 3rd District on Tuesday.
Romney, who campaigned for president earlier this year, called Myers an unusual man who offers the district a unique opportunity.
I tell you, I am shocked -- nay, SHOCKED!!!!! -- that a former Republican presidential candidate "formally endorsed" a Republican House candidate.
I expect tomorrow's Press will have a story about a dog biting a man on the cover above the fold.
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Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 08:38:00 PM EDT
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This may be the saddest announcement I've ever seen. Why?
Romney is also holding a fundraiser for 7th District Congressional candidate Leonard Lance tomorrow.
Apparently, Mitt Romney is in Medford to get the heck out of town as soon as possible. Maybe he's still upset that Myers didn't endorse him for President...
 Anyway, this gives us the opportunity to see two economic gurus in the flesh. After all, Chris Myers claims that, as an employee of a defense contractor, he is responsible for creating jobs. Mitt Romney has good teeth.
Will Mitt agree with Chris that the economy is "still basically strong"? Well, considering that Mitt just used $10,000 for his portrait, maybe he isn't the one to tell us that he can feel our pain. Especially since he used money from his campaign to pay for it - money that he told people he'd use to run for office.
But then again, John McCain spent over $100 grand for household help (in however many houses he has now). So maybe the economy is still good in that rarified air. For the rest of us - not so much.
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Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 11:13:27 AM EST
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It was highly amusing to watch Mitt Romney and Chris Wallace go back and forth this morning on Fox News Sunday.
Romney and host Chris Wallace went at it over an a Romney ad that attacked Sen. John McCain for supposedly wanting to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens. Wallace persistently questioned the validity of Romney’s characterization, knocking it down.
But did he do so two years ago, when Democrats across the country were attacked for such a position – specifically our Sen. Bob Menendez?
I think not.
(A nod to Hopeful, who said back then, “Oh, I think we'll see McCain attacked for it during the primaries.”)
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 11:49:09 PM EDT
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The FEC quarterly reports are in. The New York Times has an amusing tool where they have mapped the donors. (Unfortunately, the main Democrats are not up yet at the Times, though you can look yourself at the donors at the FEC link.) You should remember that only donors who give $250 are individually listed and therefore small donors are not represented on the map.
Who are the New Jersey donors supporting? It's about what you might guess: Overwhelmingly Giuliani, then McCain, then Romney. Romney underperforms in New Jersey compared to his national numbers. Giuliani is doing much better in North Jersey than Central/South Jersey. All numbers in the table below are in thousands of dollars and are rounded off. North Jersey is zipcodes 07000-07999 and Central/South Jersey is zipcodes 08000-08999. Huckabee is really going nowhere, no wonder Republicans are trying to get Fred Thompson into the race.
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| Giuliani | 843 | 191 | | McCain | 369 | 137 | | Romney | 133 | 32 | | Brownback | 8 | 8 | | Paul | 8 | 5 | | Hunter | 2 | 0 | | Huckabee | 0 | 0 | | T. Thompson | 0 | 0 |
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