From NY Times
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey finished a disappointing sixth after staking his campaign here. With little money left and a slim chance of being eligible for a Republican debate on Saturday, the governor said he was going back to New Jersey on Wednesday “to take a deep breath.” Supporters of Mr. Bush, who formed an alliance with Mr. Christie here as both sought to diminish Mr. Rubio, are lobbying him to endorse the former Florida governor.
Remember when everyone was so certain Christie would be doing time over this? Wonder what ever happened to that.
Maybe but Republicans want to win and remember they hated Romney but voted for him.
A North Carolinian rooting for The Broncos?
Maybe he’ll pull a Wellstone and everyone can talk about how much they actually loved Tubby.
OK, so I’m guessing at this point I’ve figured out that Big Door is Trump?
I’m ashamed it took me so long.
hey, y’all re-elected him with an over 20% margin, and he was already Governor for four years, so you can’t say you didn’t know what you were getting
Besides the fact that he is running out of NH on fumes, both organizationally and financially, Kasich hasn’t be contested yet. He has largely been ignored by everyone. His claims are pretty much so many tee balls lined up waiting for everyone to start swinging.
His biggest, and my pet peeve, is the claim that he was the architect of Clinton’s surplus and balanced budget. Nothing could be further from the truth. He voted against every single bill that made getting to the point possible. The tax increases, they pay-go concept…every single thing, he voted against.
The surplus budget was done by Bill and submitted to Congress…at which point Kasich tried to run out in front of the cameras and claim it was all his doing and started screaming for a balanced budget amendment. Nobody in his party gives him credit (his infamous temper is real…the man is complete ass), and Hillary will most certainly knock his socks off on that one.
And once that comes unraveled, pretty much everything else he claims falls to the wayside, too. Ohio’s economic recovery? Based largely on fracking…which is now going under with cheap oil. Ohio’s economy is about to hit the rails, right as the campaign heats up. And with that, all his fiscal conservatism flies out the window.
And, as much as he wants to pretend he never heard of Michigan or Snyder today, that claim isn’t going to stand up to scrutiny either. They’ve been working from the same play book since they both got elected. As Snyder descends into the pits of flame, Kasich is going to be dragged down right with him.
Christie Drops Out!?!?
#Oh…the humanity!
And the truly hilarious part about it all is that if he hadn’t been such a thin-skinned, craven asshole that couldn’t take no for an answer, he still would’ve overwhelmingly won reelection and Bridgegate would’ve never been a thing. He might actually be a real contender right now if he hadn’t been so desperate to run up his vote totals in order to prove he could be a contender.
99 bottles of beer on wall 99 bottle of beer, take ONE down …YAY, the BIG ONE is leaving…LOL
BETTER late than never, I NEVER thought HE’D take the hint.
Aw, Christie’s out…
"The moderate northeastern Republican..."
Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffft! Just sprayed my rye all over the monitor…
Well, I guess it is at this point that I need to re-energize my campaign for a single-day primary.
Look, folks, especially with these two initial States, the electorate was hardly representative of the whole country. Now, on the GOP side, several candidates have dropped out and, on the Dem side, one candidate has dropped out. None of the rest of us, who are far more representative of the electorate (if we don’t live in Iowa or NH) get any chance to have our say on the viability (or lack of it) of these candidates.
The days of needing this spread out overblown primary nonsense are over. We’ve been inundated with their spiels for three or four months already. Why not move to a single-day primary where all voters get to vote on all candidates?
One day. Not five months. One day.
Drinking rye…at this time of the day?
No, because the original was actually funny and topical.
Unlike fat jokes, which are never witty.
Sort of the same approach Americans take to dieting and exercise, huh?
Just saw three headers on line:
Christie Weighs Future
Christie’s Campaign Weighs Its Chances
Future Weighs Heavy on Christie
Sorry…I tried not to, but I did laugh. I’m bad.
Just the first one to the exit. Carson and Fiorinia won’t be far behind.
Why were you even in the race to begin with? Hubris!