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Like many New Jerseyans, Karen Parliament isn’t shy about offering her opinion — particularly when it comes to Gov. Chris Christie.

“I love him,” Parliament said Tuesday as she waited to see Christie speak in person for the third time in his five-year tenure. ”I just hope he starts to announce it. The early bird gets the worm here.”

That “it” would be Christie’s long-anticipated, yet still incipient 2016 presidential campaign.

Five ‘Lanes’ in GOP Nomination Contest?

Phillip Bump has an intriguing analysis of the 2016 GOP nomination battle over at the Washington Post, arguing there are basically five ‘lanes’ in the contest that the different candidates are competing in. Huckabee and Santorum, for example, are seen as the two candidates expected to challenge each other for dominance in the ‘Evangelical’ lane (although others will certainly try to grab some of that vote as well).

The 2016 GOP presidential race, broken down into 5 ‘lanes’

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned the Republican Party’s top donors Saturday against backing a candidate who flip-flops on important issues.

Addressing a harbor-side reception Saturday at an exclusive retreat for donors to the Republican National Committee, the Garden State governor appeared to criticize Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, without mentioning him by name, for adjusting his positions to curry favor with early state voters.

“We need to make sure that we make our party bigger and broader than it’s been before,” Christie told a sunset gathering of about 250 donors who have given more than $15,000—and as much as $330,000—to the GOP. “And that’s not about pandering, it’s not about flip-flopping on issues.” Walker stood a few dozen feet away mingling with the well-heeled crowd. “People want folks who they believe believe in what they say and don’t change depending on what state they’re in,” Christie continued.

Christie’s Challenge

Sean Parnell

At the moment there are probably at least a dozen serious potential Republican candidates for President in 2016, although that number is likely to be whittled down over the next several months as candidates evaluate and re-evaluate their chances. One candidate facing some tough evaluations at the moment, according to Politico writer Alex Isenstadt, is Chris Christie:

Chris Christie on the brink

Chris Christie’s political team has a problem: Even the campaign’s supporters need to be reassured that he’s still in ... Read More >>

Gov. Chris Christie came to Iowa to campaign for the state’s popular five-term Republican governor, but he focused his attention Saturday night on the national stage, unleashing an attack on President Obama while speaking at a fundraiser in this first-in-the-nation presidential caucus state.