Topic: Chris Christie

Romney says Christie would be on Vice President list

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would be on his short list for vice presidential running mate if he won the Republican presidential nomination.A day after Romney won Christie's endorsement, ...

Perry plummets, Cain climbs in US 2012 race: poll

Texas Governor Rick Perry's popularity has plummeted following some weak debate showings as former pizza company executive Herman Cain has risen to tie him, a new poll showed Tuesday.The Washington Post/ABC News poll of 2012 Republican White House candidates showed former Massachusetts ...

Florida primary move sows political calendar chaos

Florida officials decided Friday to move up the vital battleground's presidential primary date to January 31, sowing chaos in the political calendar in the run up to the November 2012 elections.The state, which has 29 of the 270 electoral college votes needed ...

Is Christie conservative enough for Tea Party?

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Is tough-talking Republican Chris Christie tough enough for the Tea Party?Christie's potential entry into a 2012 White House race dominated by conservatives would electrify the campaign but trigger scrutiny of his record as a Republican governor in heavily ...

NJ settles dispute over tunnel with Washington

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has agreed to reimburse the federal government $95 million for money that had been earmarked for a tunnel project Christie canceled after calling it too expensive.The commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River ...

NJ Gov. Christie in hospital with breathing trouble

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has frequently been mentioned as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, was taken to the hospital on Thursday after having "difficulty breathing," his spokesman said.Christie, 48, who is heavily overweight and ...

Chris Christie says no to 2012 presidential race

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, ruled out a presidential run in 2012, telling an interviewer that President Barack Obama "can rest easy."The governor was pressed on his intentions in an interview on Fox News Sunday, ...
First I would like to say that I live in New Jersey, I?m not a Republican, or Democrat, or a Tea Party Member, even though I did vote for Obama, and Chris Christie. When Barack Obama was running for President I believed ...
article released on October 9, 2010 is "Chris Christie wins Richmond Tea Party presidential straw poll" (Web-site/URL: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin finished in a close second place with 13.5 percent of the vote and Texas Congressman Ron Paul in third with ...

New Jersey Governor Christie on the political rise

OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (Reuters) - He's gruff, not so charismatic and new to elected politics. But some see New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as the type of politician who can bridge the Tea Party movement and mainstream Republicans.At local town-hall meetings ...
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