People in politics who should know better — or who may know better but pretend they don’t — act as if events like “Bridgegate” really affect votes. … There are several perfectly good explanations as to why these bad stories aren’t very influential in the end. For one thing, voters […] Read more »
Christie’s Image Turns More Negative
Chris Christie’s public image today is starkly different than it was a year ago. Last January, following Christie’s visible role in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, favorable opinions outnumbered unfavorable ones by more than two-to-one. Today, in the wake of a scandal involving highway lane closures that led to massive traffic […] Read more »
Christie cruising through bridge scandal (so far)
Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the bridge-closure scandal engulfing Chris Christie has not changed their opinion about the New Jersey governor, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. In addition, 44 percent of respondents believe he’s telling the truth about his knowledge of the events surrounding the controversy. And […] Read more »
Bridgegate underscores Christie GOP weakness
The recent New Jersey “Bridgegate” revelations – that lane closure on the George Washington Bridage were ordered by aides of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as political retribution – may not have made much impact on Christie’s GOP support when it comes to getting the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. … […] Read more »
Christie: Crossing the line
… Forcefulness and bullying are different sides of the same quality. What people like about Christie is also what they don’t like. A Republican communication strategist told the [Washington] Post, “If Governor Christie were anyone else, he’d have to change the way he does things. But because this is the […] Read more »
Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Nearly a third don’t believe New Jersey’s Christie on bridge scandal
More than 30 percent of Americans believe New Jersey Governor Chris Christie knew that his staff intentionally created traffic jams by partially blocking access to the George Washington Bridge, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. CONT. Reuters Read more »