Chris Christie: The Scourge of Trenton

The Chris Christie Magic
I was just reminiscing about the halcyon era of a popular New Jersey Governor whose brash style and Reaganite agenda took the Garden State by storm, proving that true conservative principles can win the day even in deep Blue States. Come on the nostalgia tour with me, won't you? Here's Jennifer Rubin at Commentary: The good news for Christie fans is that there are a few scraps suggesting that he hasn’t entirely closed the door on a 2012 run. (”Christie’s actions aren’t t...

Chris Christie's Pepsi problem, cont'd
I thought this was going to take longer to happen, but it looks like Gov. Chris Christie's extremely aggressive style is wearing a bit on his state: The polls, from Quinnipiac and Rutgers-Eagleton, show Christie's Approval Rating in New Jersey slipping a bit, with significant majorities skeptical that he'd make a good president or vice-president. The polling shows that Christie is one of the most polarizing Governors in recent New Jersey history, with more voters holding both a very favorable vi...

New Jersey's Chris Christie for president? Home-state voters say no.
Poll shows 65 percent of New Jersey voters would not back Gov. Chris Christie for president. Still, his job-approval rating is 'not bad' for a GOP Governor of a blue state....

Chris Christie Signs First Responder Salary Cap
Many Newspapers in New Jersey have outlined the problems that pensions for First Responders like police and Firefighters receive based on Salary, and now Governor Chris Christie is capping that. Basically, a substantial amount of many municipalities' budgets in the state go to police and Firefighter salaries and their pensions, according to BusinessWeek. But now when mediators step in with the unions, the maximum Increase will be capped at two percent. Revenue issues in the state are a large problem,

Poll shows NJ voters continue strong medical marijuana support
New Jersey residents continued to resoundingly support legal access to Medical Marijuana according to data released by The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute yesterday. The extensive poll largely concerned opinions held about Governor Chris Christie, the Legislature and other politicians. But some issues were also put to 1, 276 registered NJ voters, including medical marijuana. Regardless of age, Ethnicity, gender or political affiliation the people of New Jersey support the rights of serio...

New Jersey Senate Supports Bill Funding Planned Parenthood
The New Jersey state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would restore the state Taxpayer funding of the family planning efforts run by the Planned Parenthood Abortion business. Last month, the state Assembly approved a pair of bills to restore the funding pro-life Gov. Chris Christie revoked for financial reasons. However, the passage of the bills came seven votes shy of what is needed to override another expected gubernatorial Veto. Yesterday, senators voted for S2393/A3273, which transfers ...

Chris Christie commutes sentence of man jailed for owning guns [Darleen Click]
You may recall the case of Brian Aitken, a man sentenced to seven years in Prison for transporting his legally owned guns in his car’s trunk while moving from Colorado to New Jersey. The NJ prosecutor and (now former) judge refused to allow the jury to hear those facts. Gov Christie has commuted Aitken’s sentence. TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie has commuted the sentence of a man who was sentenced to seven years in Prison after being found with guns he’d purchased l...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Commutes Sentence of Man Sent to Jail for Owning Guns Legally
Brian Aitken, 27, seen here in an undated photograph, was sentenced to seven years in Prison for guns his attorney and father claim were owned legally. Some experts told FoxNews.com the entrepreneur was a Victim of the country's "patchwork" of Gun Laws. A man given seven years in Prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre ...

Real good news: NJ man jailed 7 years for owning legal guns gets sentence commuted by Chris Christie
This truly is good news! An update on a post from 3 weeks ago: NJ Judge jails man 7 years for owning legal guns, lets man free for having sex with animals. From New Jersey Online via memeorandum: Gov. Chris Christie commutes sentence of man convicted of having guns in N.J. illegally Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be out of Prison in time for Christmas. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's s...

Leadership: Governor Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
by the Left Coast Rebel We didn't cover the story here but certainly were aware of it, the case of New Jersey resident Brian Aitken (pictured right) convicted to seven years in Prison for the possession of two Handguns that he legally purchased in Colorado. Allahpundit provides some background: ...he’s a cause celebre among Libertarians and Second Amendment fans — for good reason. In a nutshell: He bought three guns, entirely legally, when he was living in Colorado and brought them...

Today's Chris Christie Lesson in Government
Abuse of the justice system must be corrected: New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence of Brian Aitken’s Monday, reducing his sentence from seven years in Prison to time already served. According to Christie’s order, he will be released as soon as it’s “administratively possible.” As The Daily Caller previously reported, Aitken, 27, was arrested in New Jersey in 2009 after police found unloaded guns in the trunk of his car that had been purc...

Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
This is great news: Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of Prison. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence, from seven years to time served, according to an order the Governor signed today. Aitken had appealed to Christie for commutation after being sentenced in August. According to the commutation order, Aitken will be released as "soon administratively possible." I'm waiting to he...

Chris Christie on State Economies Tough Reality
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Chris Christie: The Day of Reckoning Has Arrived
CBS: Then there's New Jersey. It has the highest taxes in the country, a $10 billion Deficit and a depressed economy when first-year Governor Chris Christie took office. But after looking at the books, he decided to walk away from a long-planned and much-needed project with New York and the Federal Government to build a rail tunnel into Manhattan. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize o...

Poll: New Jersey split on its blunt governor
(CNN) - As Gov. Chris Christie finishes up his first year in office, a new poll indicates New Jersey voters are split on their at-times blunt, in-your-face-style Governor, who has become extremely popular among Republicans nationwide. According to a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday, 46 percent of Garden State voters approve of the job Christie's doing as Governor, with 44 percent saying they disapprove. Christie's Approval Rating is down 5 points from November, with his Disapproval ...

Some improvement for Perdue
There's strong Bipartisan support for Bev Perdue's proposed reorganization of State Government and partially as a result of that her approval numbers are now at their best level since April of 2009, shortly after she took office. 50% of voters support Perdue's plans for reducing the size of State Government with only 23% opposed. There's little difference across party lines in support for her proposal- 52% of Republicans, 50% of Democrats, and 45% of Independents say they support what she wants...

Gov. Chris Christie Sabotaging New Jersey's Medical Marijuana Law
From the Star-Ledger. Lisa Segal wakes up every morning locked in a Fetal Position, her muscles in spasm from Multiple Sclerosis. She’s 59 years old, and has tried everything. The only medicine that relaxes those muscles and settles her nausea is marijuana. So when her supply runs out, she drives an hour from her Gloucester County home to Philadelphia, and walks the streets to buy pot, leaning on her cane. It scares her to death, but it’s better than spending her remaining years curled up i...

Moody's downgrades 24 New Jersey municipalities due to Chris Christie's austerity program
“It’s a great Referendum on my fiscal policies,” Christie, 48, said of the downgrades on Dec. 16. “It says that we’re getting our fiscal house in order. When other states get their houses in order, they will see the downgrades too.” In New Jersey, Christie has “cut back a lot to balance the Budget, and one of the biggest items in those cutbacks is aid to municipalities,” Alan Schankel, director of fixed-income research at Janney Montgomery Scott L...

NJ Voters: Governor More Scrooge Than Santa
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - They could call him Gov. Scrooge. A new poll from Quinnipiac University finds New Jersey voters think Gov. Chris Christie is more like Scrooge than Santa by a 54 to 28 margin. Republicans saw him as Santa-like, 47 to 36. Democrats and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly found the Republican Governor to resemble Charles Dickens’ bah-humbugging character. Not everyone seems to mind that the Governor is a bit Scrooge-like. In another Quinnipiac Poll released Tuesday,...

New Jersey Wants to Spare the Rest of the Country From Chris Christies Emotional Abuse
Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican Party and possible Candidate for higher office in a few years, would not make a good president, according to 63 percent of New Jersey voters, including 36 percent of Republicans. Christie was compared to Pepsi by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein yesterday — good in sips, but too much is overwhelming. [Quinnipiac] ...

The do-something Congress
With an Approval Rating in the teens, Congress right now is about as popular as Julian Assange at the State Department's Christmas Party -- or Sarah Palin at The Nation's editorial meeting, or President Obama at a Federalist Society convention. And, politically, the Democratic-controlled Congress took a beating from voters in November, as Republicans won back control of the House and picked up seats in the Senate. But lost in the poll numbers and the voters' message in November is this one unmis...

Bump On The Chris Christie Bandwagon
The Chris Christie bandwagon may have hit a speed bump - at least a small one - based on results from two new polls released today. The polls, from Quinnipiac and Rutgers-Eagleton, show Christie's Approval Rating in New Jersey slipping a bit, with significant majorities skeptical that he'd make a good president or vice-president. The polling shows that Christie is one of the most polarizing Governors in recent New Jersey history, with more voters holding both a very favorable view of him and an ...

Obama leads all GOP contenders in Florida
Public Policy Polling shows that -- despite his poor Approval Ratings (45%/49%) in the state -- Barack Obama would beat all Republican challengers in a 2012 contest. a. Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% b. Barack Obama 49% Mike Huckabee 44% c. Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 42% d. Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 38% e. Barack Obama 48% Marco Rubio 40% Fav Ratings: a. Mitt Romney 43%/38% for +5%. b. Marco Rubio 43%/42% for +1%. c. Mike Huckab...

Arnold Wants a Cabinet Position in His Christmas Stocking
Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been terminates as Governor of California, he is testing other career opportunities. During an interview with the LA Times, The Terminator said yes and discussed his qualifications for various jobs that may become available. Schwarzenegger, whose Approval Ratings in his state have plummeted in recent years, said that he is especially interested in a post that involves either energy or the environment, since one of his prime achievements as governor was the im...

New York and New Jersey Lose Congressional Seats
WASHINGTON — New York will lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House, while New Jersey will lose 1 of its 13 seats, because of population shifts reported by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says redistricting will be very partisan “because someone’s going to lose a seat.” Upstate New York districts held by Brian Higgins and Louise M. Slaughter, both Democrats, had big population losses, but seats that will be under Republican control also had de...