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GOP consultant for a day
The value of free advice is measured by what you pay for it, and Republicans don’t usually ask me for mine.
Nonetheless, the GOP’s presidential race is one of the most fascinating political brawls in years. It’s about to hit full stride, and I can’t resist kibitzing. I know the leading candidates will take my guidance for what it’s worth.
Read More >>Battle of the non-Donalds: Chris Christie tries to talk his way past Ted Cruz
Now we’re getting somewhere.
When our governor went after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz last week, the dispute starkly defined the battle lines in this year’s Republican presidential primary.
Read More >>Ad Campaigns Set to Ramp Up
With only four weeks until the Iowa caucuses, the ad wars are escalating. Recent reporting gives us an idea of which issues candidates think will resonate the most with their voters, and which candidates they see as their main rivals – or at least the ones they think need to be taken down a notch. Several candidates lagging in the polls are using this strategy, hoping to break through in either Iowa or New Hampshire.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s new ad ... Read More >>
Former NH Senate President Bragdon heads Christie endorsement list
Former state Senate President Peter Bragdon heads a list of 20 new Granite State endorsements for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
A Milford Republican, Bradgon has been viewed as a coveted “free agent” in the presidential endorsement sweepstakes since he stepped down as executive director of the public risk poll Health Trust, formerly the Local Government Center.
Read More >>Town halls offer Christie comfort zone, chance to stand out
Amid the clang of coffee mugs and forks cutting through omelets, a small hand rose in the corner of a crowded diner.
“Yes. You,” Chris Christie said, pointing to the woman with her arm in the air.
Read More >>Trump leads ’16 GOP rankings one month from Iowa
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the biggest upward mover in The Hill’s new rankings of the Republican presidential contenders, while Ben Carson has plunged.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has also strengthened his standing in the two months since our last rankings while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has seen none of the momentum he so badly needs.
Read More >>Why Chris Christie Is Showing Up in Iowa
It was lunchtime, a month before voting starts in the nation’s first presidential caucuses. Chris Christie was standing in front of a crowd of about 75 mostly senior citizens in Marshalltown, Iowa. They might fairly have wondered what the New Jersey governor was doing here.
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