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Your 2016 Republican Field, by the Odds

Albert R. Hunt  If you want to wager on who the 2016 Republican nominee will be and have only one choice, the best bet may be former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. However, the odds overwhelmingly suggest the former governor won’t win the nomination — assuming he even runs. This underscores, more than any other time […] Continue reading →

Why Chris Christie�s Problem is a Problem for American Conservatives

By, Luke Hamilton, “The past two Presidential contests have produced such milksop Republican candidates because the primaries have been hopscotch practice instead of 10 rounds of sparring before the big fight. Sure, they got occasionally contentious, but the fact that the man who created Romneycare emerged to challenge the man who created Obamacare demonstrates that […] Continue reading →

Thomas Sowell: Christie, Hillary and Obama

 The first time I saw New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on television, a few years ago, my first reaction was astonishment: “A talking Republican!” It would scarcely have been more astonishing if there had been a talking giraffe. For reasons unknown, most Republican leaders seem to pay very little attention to articulation — certainly as […] Continue reading →

Political Means Don’t Achieve Moral Ends

 It’s too early to predict where N.J. Governor Chris Christie’s “bridgegate” scandal will lead. What did Christie know and when did he know it about actions of operatives in his administration who engineered the closing of key traffic lanes, leading onto the George Washington bridge outside Fort Lee, New Jersey, as political punishment for a […] Continue reading →

Glenn Beck Calls Chris Christie ‘a Fat Nightmare’

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck blasted Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , calling him “a fat nightmare” and labeling him as a “progressive.” “Chris Christie is a fat nightmare,” Beck told conservative interviewer S.E. Cupp on “Piers Morgan Live” on CNN. “He is a nightmare.” Story continues below video. Even as Cupp rattled off some […] Continue reading →

Some Conservative Advice For Chris Christie

Whether we like it or not – and we don’t – there’s a significant chance that Chris Christie will be the 2016 Republican nominee. Perhaps he can use a few helpful hints from the GOP’s Tea Party/Constitutional Conservative/Actual Conservative wing. Let’s start by establishing a baseline: We don’t like you and we don’t trust you. […] Continue reading →

Chris Christie Pulls an Alinsky on Rand Paul

Jeannie DeAngelis A few days prior to the 2012 presidential election, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie gave Obama a long, drawn-out hug and silently nodded his head in agreement to every word spoken by the always-opportunistic president.  Since that day, the twosome has been setting the standard for […] Continue reading →