Governor Christie’s surprise move to endorse Donald Trump, thereby rebuking his closest rival Senator Marco Rubio, did nothing to address his sagging job performance numbers. According to the most recent statewide survey of registered voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, the Trump endorsement hurt rather than helped Governor Christie. CONT. […] Read more »
Health Quality An Issue For Poor, 2 Years Into Obamacare
A series of polls in key states by NPR and its partners finds that more than half of adults in the U.S. believe the Affordable Care Act has either helped the people of their state or has had no effect. Those sentiments are common despite all the political wrangling that […] Read more »
Gov. Chris Christie’s New Jersey ratings drop to all-time lows
As Gov. Chris Christie campaigns to win over voters in New Hampshire and Iowa, voters back home are more dissatisfied with him than ever, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Just 30 percent of New Jersey registered voters have a favorable opinion of Christie, an eight-point drop since April and […] Read more »
New Jersey Could Be a Tough State for Chris Christie to Win
The breakup has been a long time coming. For two years, he has spent more and more time away, openly flirting with others in what looked a lot like a trial separation. At home, he got an increasingly chilly reception. Gov. Chris Christie’s entry into the presidential race moves his […] Read more »
Chris Christie’s Other Problems
There was a lot of talk last week about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential hopes suffering a mortal blow after two of his associates, including a former deputy chief of staff, were indicted on charges related to the “Bridgegate” matter, with a third pleading guilty. The only part I […] Read more »
Christie brushes off low polling numbers
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, said in an interview Friday he wasn’t concerned about falling polling numbers in his home state. “Listen, these things go up and they go down. Right after I was re-elected, it was up in the high 60s,” he said during […] Read more »