New Jersey Wants to Spare the Rest of the Country From Chris Christies Emotional Abuse

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.....

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...

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,...

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....

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 ...

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...

N.J. gov frees man convicted on gun charge
TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A man sent to Prison in New Jersey for transporting three Handguns while he was moving was freed Tuesday when the Governor commuted his sentence. Brian Aitken, 27, served four months of a seven-year sentence, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Gov. Chris Christie, a former U.S. attorney, did not go into details on his reason for releasing Aitken, saying only that he believed "justice required a commutation." Aitken bought the weapons legally in Colorado before mo...

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,

Steroid Abuse At New Jersey State Police?
TRENTON, NJ (WCBS 880) -  There could be civil or Criminal Charges as the New Jersey State Police are being investigated for steroid use. A newly formed Task Force is looking into steroid abuse among hundreds of Law Enforcement officers statewide. “Certainly [we] are very thankful for their willingness to cooperate,” says New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow, who gave kudos to police union heads as the investigation ramps up. “Not only are they looking at the violato...

25 indicted in drug ring that stretched from Mexico to South Jersey
Twenty-five people were indicted Tuesday on charges stemming from their alleged roles in a crystal Methamphetamine, marijuana, and weapons Pipeline to several South Jersey counties, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office announced. The Pipeline ran from the Mexican state of Jalisco to the border town of McAllen, Texas, into Ohio and then to Camden and Atlantic Counties, the Prosecutor's Office said. The network shipped marijuana in packages through private couriers or the U.S. Postal Service to r...

We Need a Better News Media, Part 1,987,364
The Washington Post: In the minority, Pelosi will be freed from the ceremonial duties of being speaker and crafting a governing agenda. Instead, lawmakers say, she is likely to more narrowly focus on defending Democratic legislative accomplishments and serving as a liberal check on President Obama‘s compromises with Republican leaders. (My emphasis; H/T: Fear and [...] In the minority, Pelosi will be freed from the ceremonial duties of being speaker and crafting a governing agenda. Instea...

Sweeney Talks Impeachment, New Laws For New Year
N.J. Sen. Stephen Sweeney (credit: NJLegDistrict3.com) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney says he’ll push for new laws to force towns to share services and to change some Gun Laws in the new year. In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday on Radio Station New Jersey 101.5, Sweeney also reiterated Impeachment proceedings are being talked about concerning Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto. The justice is refusing to participate in court decisions as long as a ...

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...

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...

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: 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 gov. signs law capping pay through arbitration
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Tuesday that caps increases to police and Firefighter pay awarded through Arbitration, a measure he called the most important of the proposals in his so-called toolkit to help towns control costs. With Democratic Senate President Stephen Sweeney looking on, Christie hailed the passage of the bill as a testament to Bipartisan cooperation. "We've proven over the last year that Republicans and Democrats can get things done together," he said. "...

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...

Matthew Continetti: 'The Christie Cometh' on Ricochet.com
This is Chris Christie's moment. The New Jersey Governor is touring the country in support of Republican Candidates. He's taken on the Public Sector Unions. He's made some hard calls. He speaks in a blunt, confrontational style. Yet he remains popular. Most striking, he's a Republican from the Northeast who has national appeal. Last week Christie won a Tea Party presidential Straw Poll--in Virginia. In September, he came in second in another Straw Poll--held in Chicago. Christie denies any inter...

Christie Commutes Sentence of Legal Gun Owner...
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 ...

Atlantic City Casino Bills Up For Votes
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two of the most important changes to the way Atlantic City has done business for the past 30-plus years are up for votes in the New Jersey Senate Monday. Bills to create a casino district with much greater state Oversight and to loosen the amount of Regulation that govern the city’s 11 casinos will be considered. They’re part of Gov. Chris Christie’s push to assert greater control over the nation’s second-largest gambling market. It has been ree...

Christie: No Fast Track For Smaller Casino Bill
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said he won’t sign a bill that would allow smaller casinos to be built in Atlantic City before the rest of an ambitious package to rejuvenate the nation’s second-largest gambling market is also approved. The so-called “boutique casinos” bill has passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature. Hard Rock International has said it would start drawing up blueprints for a new boardwalk casino immediately after the law is signed ...

Democrat Officeholders Switch to GOP in N.J., Kansas
You remember last week, when we talked about Democrat officeholders switching to the GOP in Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Indiana, right? The trend continues… Kansas Senator Chris Steineger — who was elected as a Kansas City, Kan., Democrat — announced this morning that he has joined the Republican Party. “My views on taxing, borrowing, and spending and on the size and role of government in our society, have changed over the years and today more closely al...

Newark Mayor Touts Bi-Partisanship On Talk Show
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker banged the bi-partison drum Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” saying partisan Rhetoric was good for Ratings but not for progress. On the show, Booker, a Democrat, defended his work with New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Booker has endorsed Christie’s legislative package to help municipalities hold down property taxes and the two worked together to land a $100 million donation to Newark’s pu...