Chris Christie's Pepsi problem, cont'd

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 ...

Quinnipiac: New Jerseyans Increasingly Split on Chris Christie
Quinnipiac finds New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie experiencing a bit of an end-of-the-year slide: New Jersey voters give Gov. Christie a split 46 – 44 percent job Approval Rating and also divide 47 – 48 percent on whether they approve of his governing style, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Gov. Christie’s latest job Approval Rating compares to 51 – 38 percent in a November 9 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University. Christie’s approv...

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: The Scourge of Trenton
The administration is confident they have the best man to shape that discussion, and the ubiquity in the right-of-center blogosphere of YouTube videos showing Christie speaking eloquently, and extemporaneously, about his vision suggests they have it right. “I don’t think you can underestimate the political capital the Governor has accumulated in his first six months in office,” says Webber. “The first six months were crucial for him to establish himself as somebody who&rs...;

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,...

Gov. Christie's approval slips in New Jersey
Quinnipiac University poll shows more people disapprove than approve of Christie governing style. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) enjoyed widespread popularity during his first year in office but a poll released Tuesday shows that is Approval Rating is beginning to slip. Voters in the Garden State split over Christie's performance, with 46 percent giving his a positive Approval Rating and 44 percent giving a negative rating. Forty-seven percent approve of his governing style opposed to 48...

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...

Christie and the Pepsi Challenge
Ezra Klein draws an interesting parallel between the problems with the Pepsi Challenge and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) media strategy. "In 1975, Pepsi unleashed 'the Pepsi Challenge,' a blind taste test where subjects threw back an ounce of each beverage and reported back on their favorite. Their favorite was Pepsi... Behind all this was a problem with the Pepsi Challenge. People liked Pepsi more in small increments. They liked Coca-Cola more when they had to drink a can of the stuff.....

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 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: Majority Of NJ Voters Don't Want Gov. Christie For President
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose unpolished, tough-talking style has brought him much national attention and made him a viral sensation, is often floated as a potential Presidential Candidate in 2012. A new Quinnipiac Poll out today suggests Christie would face a tough time even in his home state. According to the poll, a large majority of New Jersey voters don't think their Governor would make a good president. Sixty-three percent of respondents said Christie would not be a good commande...

Poll: Most approve of Obama in lame-duck
President Barack Obama is getting good marks for his role in Congress' Lame Duck session. In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday, 56 percent of Americans said they support how Obama has handled the Lame Duck session that’s expected to end this week. Forty-one percent said they disapprove. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle didn't do as well. Republicans have a 42 percent Approval Rating for their work ...

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] ...

One CNN Poll & Oversampling Does Not a Barack Obama Job Approval Rebound Make
Sorry Politico , but one poll does not an Obama rebound make. Try as you might to artificially report that President Barack Obama’s job Approval Rating is rebounding, but that is simply not the case. Will you Libs stop at nothing to carry the water for this President even when his base is as upset as ever against The One. I guess the Politico does not want to take at look at this poll , or this one or this one either .  Obama will have to do much more than being forced to sign the Bush ...

Obama's Overall Job Approval Steady at 46%
PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama's Approval Rating held steady in the mid-40s during the week ending Dec. 19, his 100th week in office and the week he signed the Bush tax-cut extension into law. Obama's average 46% Approval Rating for the week is similar to his 45% Approval Rating the previous week, and is within the 44% to 46% range seen since September. Liberal Democrats' approval of Obama remained subdued, averaging 80% in the past week, similar to the 79% in the previous w...

Are Obama's Job Approval Numbers Bouncing Back?
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll of national adults finds Barack Obama's Job Approval split -- 48 percent approve and 48 percent disapprove. This is up substantially from September, when the poll found 42 percent of adults approving and 54 percent disapproving The shift was enough to prompt a short item from Politico, with this opening: "President Barack Obama may be staging a comeback in the eyes of the American People ." So, i...

Are Obama's Job Approval Numbers Bouncing Back?
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll of national adults finds Barack Obama's Job Approval split -- 48 percent approve and 48 percent disapprove. This is up substantially from September, when the poll found 42 percent of adults approving and 54 percent disapproving The shift was enough to prompt a short item from Politico, with this opening: "President Barack Obama may be staging a comeback in the eyes of the American People ." So, i...

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 ...

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...

Bobby Knight And Chris Christie Have Something In Common
I have never been a fan of Bobby Knight. I have always been a fan of the team Bobby Knight played. But here is a blast from the past that I can agree with (and what he has in common with Chris Christie). Now all we need is for Christie to throw chairs on the NJ House floor after losing a legislative battle....

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...

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 ...

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...