Poll: Chris Christie now more popular with Dems than Repubs

[soulflower]

From PPP Polling's Twitter page:


"Christie is up a net 12 points with Democrats and down a net 11 points with Republicans since last month"


https://twitter.com/ppppolls

It probably won't last through 2016 unless he switches his party affiliation...

[AttackPlanR]

Ohhhh no! Christie is a moderate? He must hate America now.

I guess he and Chuck Hagel are now going to be labled as "RINOs" by the dominant voices of the GOP

[BlandFood]

Isn't he fat or something?

[llubon]

Christie serves his people well and could less who thinks what.

[Grindelwald]

LMAO. Democrats are the moderate, rational party now.

[Calamari]

It's already become ok here to make fun of his weight, which means the whiny PC R's aren't jumping to his defense anymore.

[Baltimatt]

TIME cover story

When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took the podium for his Jan. 8 State of the State address, Trenton’s Democratic legislature received him less as the pugnacious leader of the opposition than as its own conquering hero. Christie was welcomed with a standing ovation, and his speech was staccatoed by thunderous applause. So what if many of those Democrats privately refer to Christie in terms not fit to print? As Christie might say, Don’t be stupid: At this moment, there’s virtually no challenging the man. Christie’s textbook performance after Hurricane Sandy devastated his state in October pushed his approval ratings above 70% and sent his opponents scurrying for cover. Local TV commentators wonder if his upcoming 2013 re-*election fight might be more coronation than campaign. In short, Christie may now be America’s most popular politician. And at a moment when Republicans in Washington look ham-fisted, inflexible and incapable of governing, Christie is poised to show a demoralized post–Mitt Romney GOP how to regain its majority status.

The past three months have transformed a man who was already on virtually everyone’s short list for 2016 into something else entirely. In mid-October, Christie was bogged down in tedious wrangling with the state assembly and reading about the various Democrats eager to steal his job. Then came Sandy. Arriving with ghoulish timing just before Halloween, it was the worst storm to hit New Jersey in a century. Almost 350,000 homes were destroyed, 116,000 people were evacuated or displaced, and nearly 7 million people lost power. Huge swaths of the Jersey Shore, where tourism is an indispensable part of the economy, were devastated. The television airwaves were filled with sobbing, homeless families.

The article notes his economic politics are conservative.

[cprenegade]

TIME cover story



The article notes his economic politics are conservative.

If he can sustain a social moderate position and continue to push conservative fiscal policies, he can beat anyone the dems might have to put up against him. But he will have to walk a very fine line to that. Hurricane Sandy gave him national exposure and portrayed him as a leader who cared more about his people than politics.

[Baltimatt]

cprenegade--

His bluntness can be a two-edged sword. He's called out the "crazies" in his party who objected to his nomination of a Muslim judge, but he can also come across as a bully.

[Grindelwald]

If he can sustain a social moderate position and continue to push conservative fiscal policies, he can beat anyone the dems might have to put up against him. But he will have to walk a very fine line to that. Hurricane Sandy gave him national exposure and portrayed him as a leader who cared more about his people than politics.

I'd vote for him.

[Mike Evans]

I would vote for him over anyone but Hillary.

[soulflower]

Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo are BFF's