New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie expressed outright “disgust” Wednesday after a leader of New Jersey’s largest teachers union said that “life’s not always fair” when discussing students who live in poorer neighborhoods and attend failing public schools. (more)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lashed out at a fellow Garden State politician Monday, calling an openly gay state legislator a “numbnuts” in response to the lawmaker labeling him a racist last week. (more)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s State of the State address was a breath of fresh air for New Jersey residents, who have grown tired of hearing that the only acceptable reform in public education is to further balloon schools’ administrative staffs. Why else would the U.S. Census Bureau report that Camden, Jersey City, Newark and Trenton all spend over $20,000 per student per year on public education? That’s over $400,000 of spending for every classroom of 20 kids, folks. Take out the teacher’s salary and benefits, as well as a healthy overhead percentage for management to run the school, and you’ve still got to wonder where another couple hundred grand is going. Then multiply that pecuniary disappearing act by every single classroom in school after school, and it gives you a sense of the situation. When I tell people the town of Newark, New Jersey alone had a $940 million budget last year, many think it’s a joke. In fact, the joke’s on us. (more)
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that Former Speaker of House Newt Gingrich “has embarrassed the party over time,” and that “we don’t need another legislature in the Oval Office.” In the Republican primaries, Christie has been an outspoken advocate for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (RELATED: Gingrich wins big in South Carolina, heads to Florida as race heats up) (more)
Last year, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson had some advice for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: “Find some way to lose weight.” It is advice Robinson gave in his Washington Post column and later on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” His argument was Christie needed to use his weight loss to set an example for a country fighting a so-called obesity epidemic. (more)
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach — and for Chris Christie, that mantra rings true. (more)
Leave it to “The Simpsons” to turn reality on its head. (more)
There has been a lot of back and forth between Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney lately, and Chris Christie is having none of it. The debate is over whether Huntsman serving as Obama’s ambassador to Communist China (and writing fawning love letters to his boss) is a show of patriotism or a disqualifying factor. The Daily Caller’s Jeff Poor reports that Christie is as straightforward on this as he is with everyone else: The fact that Huntsman is running against Obama at all reflects poorly on his integrity: (more)
In an appearance with “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski in Manchester, N.H. that aired on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie alleged that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntman’s presidential run itself calls into question his integrity. (more)
EXETER, N.H. — At a Sunday evening campaign rally for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie clashed with “Occupy” protesters and called President Obama “the most pessimistic man I’ve ever seen.” (more)
Even though Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly said that he will not run for president in 2012 and has even endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the job, some are not counting him out of the race quite yet. (more)
1.) Break a leg, Attorney General Eric Holder — Today might not be a fun day for Eric Holder. The last time he testified before Congress, he said some things that maybe weren’t so much true, and it didn’t go very well. He’s back up again today, as TheDC’s Matthew Boyle reports: (more)
There was no lack of exuberance tonight in the Hawkeye State, where New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came out swinging during a campaign stop on behalf of Mitt Romney, making veiled references about who might embarrass the country as president and referring to President Obama as a disappointment. (more)
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie gave a group of Occupy protesters here a taste of his Jersey charm when they disrupted a rally he was headlining in support of presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wednesday night. (more)
New Jersey Republican Gov.Chris Christie criticized former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at a Florida fundraiser on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. (more)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had harsh words for President Barack Obama’s leadership abilities on Monday, following the failure of the super committee to come to a budget agreement. (more)
In “A Few Dollars More,” famed Hollywood gunslinger-turned-director Clint Eastwood once asked, “Isn’t the sheriff supposed to be courageous, loyal, and above all, honest?” (more)
HANOVER, N.H. — In an intimate briefing attended by fewer than 20 reporters Tuesday afternoon, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz attacked Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and his newest supporter, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, for their job-creation records. But federal government numbers could make the Florida congresswoman rethink her talking points. (more)
Chris Christie says he expects to serve his full term as New Jersey’s governor, but has left the door open to saying “yes” to being the vice presidential candidate on the GOP ticket in 2012. (more)
LEBANON, N.H. — Moments after a hotel ballroom’s audio system finished blaring Orleans’ “Still the One” and Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ambled to a podium to endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential bid. (more)
