Source: Jim Acosta / CNN It’s considered a key speaking engagement for any Republican considering a bid for president, but one potential 2016 candidate didn’t get an invitation to this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Someone close to CPAC said Monday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn’t asked to attend by organizers of the [...]
Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite During Thursday night’s broadcast of NBC’sRock Center, anchor Brian Williams took shots at both former FEMA head Michael Brown and conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for what Williams considered to be their unsavory remarks in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s destructive path. Delivering a monologue on news items-of-the-day, Williams mentioned that “‘Brownie’ is back. Michael [...]
Source: Tommy Christopher / Mediaite In an ordinary campaign, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would easily be the worst surrogate, but in the disastrous Mitt Romney campaign, he’s got to settle for being the star defensive infielder of going off-message, the Mark Belanger of blowing it. In Sunday show appearances this weekend alone,Christie torpedoed Team Romney’s delusional poll denial, their media bias narrative, and [...]
Source: Lucy Madison / CBS News Famously outspoken New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he’s “tired” of making the discourse surrounding tax reform all about Warren Buffett – and that if the billionaire investor wants so badly to pay more taxes, “he should just write a check and shut up.” In a CNN interview on [...]
Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has been under pressure from Democrats and his GOP rivals to release his tax returns, but now one of Romney’s supporters is piling on — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. “The way I’ve conducted myself in my public life all along is I’ve released all my [...]
Source: Jonathan Karl / ABC News New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president, according to a source with direct knowledge of the governor’s thinking. Christie has long said he’s not ready to run, but had reconsidered in recent weeks and there was speculation he could make a late entrance into the race. [...]
Source: The New York Times Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, has scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference for Tuesday afternoon in Trenton to announce his decision about a possible presidential run. Mr. Christie and his top advisers have spent the weekend re-evaluating the possibility of a late entry into the Republican contest [...]