It might seem odd, in the midst of the deep freeze and the snowstorms that have gripped the Midwest and the Northeast, but New Jersey and Illinois also charge their residents the highest and second-highest property taxes in the nation,
A number of Iowa Republicans were surprised to see the image of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie winning reelection in their mailboxes on a holiday card with a warm greeting. According to multiple sources, the recipients interpreted the card as
A combination of media outlets, from The New York Times to assorted Democratic attack institutions, are gearing up to dismantle the popular image of Chris Christie, who now finds himself with few allies on the right with whom to fight back
In a poll of registered voters, CNN finds that NJ Governor Chris Christie beats Secretary Hillary Clinton 48-46 in a hypothetical 2016 match-up. It’s still a year before 2016 campaigning begins in earnest but pollsters continue to ask who voters
After immigration reform supporters in New Jersey accused him of breaking his campaign promise, Governor Chris Christie signed his state’s version of the DREAM Act today. “Shame on all of you who accused me and others of playing politics with
Governor Chris Christie’s deals to assure the pensions of public workers have put New Jersey’s economy in such danger of overspending that Moody’s Investor Service lowered the state’s economic outlook to “negative” this week. The foreboding report suggested that New
Democrats in New Jersey are accusing Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) of using traffic patterns to punish political opponents. According to state Democrats, Christie appointees at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ordered access lanes from Fort Lee
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced this week that he would hold his second inauguration party on Ellis Island. The island is a unique landmark, but it is also part of the state of New York–and makes for great national
The Asbury Park Press, a southern New Jersey newspaper, reported on Friday that the paper has been requesting information from Chris Christie’s administration for months on where federal funding for Hurricane Sandy victims is going–requests that, so far, have yielded
Well, isn’t this getting confusing? On November 19th, I published a post entitled “Move Over, Rubio: Is Christie The New Immigration Flip-Flopper?”, regarding a New Jersey bill that would provide in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants. In 2011 Christie
Governor Chris Christie’s courting of national attention has proven dissatisfying to New Jerseyans of all political persuasions. In a column this weekend, the Star-Ledger editorial board accused him of “roll[ing] over Latinos” to win over GOP primary voters after refusing to
I’m spending a bit of time poring through two books, each about two likely Republican presidential contenders in 2016: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge, and Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power,
This Thanksgiving was more politicized than any in recent memory. More than the last one, after Barack Obama won re-election after four disappointing years. More than the 2008 Thanksgiving, which happened right after that bitterly contentious campaign, and when Slate.com
A new Quinnipiac poll of Florida finds a majority of voters in the state view President Obama as untrustworthy. Just 44% believe Obama is honest. This view is a major factor in the collapse of Obama’s approval rating in the
Senator Rand Paul interviewed by Simon Conway on WHO…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaking in an interview at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, insisted he is indeed a conservative and dared anyone to question his credentials. Asked whether he and fellow moderate Chris Christie could
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast‘s Dean Obeidallah wrote about Governor Chris Christie’s upcoming Catch-22 on immigration. The New Jersey Tuition Equality Act, which would provide in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants, passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday and
Hollywood producer and Clinton loyalist Harvey Weinstein declared his love for Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight. Morgan asked Weinstein during the show’s Friday installment “if he could enjoy the work of someone like Chris
A poll published Wednesday by Quinnipiac finds that in a theoretical 2016 match-up between Governor Chris Christie and former Secretary Hillary Clinton, Christie would have a slight edge. The poll of American voters showed Christie garnering 43 percent while Clinton
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said moderate Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s “extreme” weight makes it difficult for some people not to comment on it. When Palin noted that women in politics get criticized over things like their wardrobe
The Associated Press noted Tuesday that one part of Obamacare is going extremely well: new enrollments in an expanded Medicaid program. According to estimates, Medicaid has added over 400,000 new patients in ten states–roughly two million across the country, by
On Fox News’s Hannity Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s record on Second Amendment issues was going to be “tough” to overcome with conservatives. She said Christie was “flirtin’ with disaster” when it
Even moderates in the GOP like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are running scared from comprehensive immigration reform, knowing that such a plan is politically devastating for any of them. Appearing on This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday, the former
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on ABC’s “This Week” “The president’s biggest problem right now is he’s gotta tell the truth, I’ve told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn’t necessarily agree with, but they give you
When asked on “Fox News Sunday” about gun control New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said “When you look at what we’ve done in New Jersey, we want to control violence, Some of that my involve firearms, but a lot of
