Christie: Dump Common Core education standards
Educators worried Christie will back off support of Common Core, report says
TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie prepares to speak about “academic standards” on Thursday, some education leaders said they are worried he might continue to pull back his support of the Common Core standards, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Christie, a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for president, is scheduled… Read the rest of this entry »
What is Vin Gopal running for?
Back in February of 2013, Governor Chris Christie said that Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vin Gopal practices “the politics of yesterday.”
Gopal had issued a statement threatening Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long with “the restructuring of the Democratic Party in Sea Bright, to ensure that the true voice of Democrats is one that prevails” in response to the news that Long was endorsing Christie’s reelection as governor.
Long has since left the Democratic Party and is running unopposed, as an Independent, for another term as Sea Bright’s mayor. But that is another story.
Since Christie accused Gopal of practicing the politics of yesterday, it has become very clear that Christie was and is practicing politics with an eye towards a future office. Gopal seems to be doing the same.
Posted: May 15th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth Democrats, NJ Democrats, Vin Gopal | Tags: Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, Chris Christie, Dina Long, Hudson Democrats, Monmouth County Democrats, Monmouth Dems, Vin Gopal | 7 Comments »Howard Dean screams about Chris Christie in N.J.: ‘You’re not gonna win!’
ATLANTIC CITY — For the last decade, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been the butt of jokes about the “Dean Scream.” On Thursday night, Dean turned the joke on Gov. Chris Christie and his presidential hopes. “I’m going to say this to Chris Christie,” Dean told about 200 Democrats in a Harrah’s ballroom. “You can’t… Read the rest of this entry »
WATCH: Christie responds to Amtrak derailment, says we need to know ‘why it happened’
Posted: May 13th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie | Tags: Amtrack, Amtrak derailment, Chris Christie, Phiily train derailment, Philadelphia train accident | Comments Off on WATCH: Christie responds to Amtrak derailment, says we need to know ‘why it happened’Sandy victims plan Thursday protest at N.J. Statehouse
A group of New Jersey residents dissatisfied with Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts plan to protest in Trenton on Thursday morning in an attempt to prod the state to address a host of complaints. More than two and a half years after the storm, thousands of homeowners participating in the state’s largest housing rebuilding grant program have… Read the rest of this entry »
3 things to expect from Christie’s national economic plan today
Photo by Paul Scharff
MANCHESTER — Gov. Chris Christie will deliver his second policy speech here in the lead up to a likely 2016 presidential campaign. The governor is scheduled to layout his plan for economic growth in the country during a speech at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. The speech will come after Christie penned an op-ed… Read the rest of this entry »
Former Gov. Tom Kean: Christie must confront N.J. pension crisis, report says
Governor Chris Christie and former Governor Tom Kean Sr celebrate the first annual Livingston Day, April 11, 2013. Photo by Tim Larsen/Governor’s Office
TRENTON — Former Jersey Gov. Tom Kean had strong words of warning about Gov. Chris Christie’s recent lack of progress in solving the state’s pension crisis, but said the Republican governor shouldn’t be counted out of the 2016 race for the White House. Visiting St. Petersburg, Fla., to give the commencement address at Eckerd College on… Read the rest of this entry »
Despite Indictment, New Jersey Rates Menendez Higher than Christie
Gov Chris Christie and Sen Bob Menendez kibitz at the reopening of the Belmar boardwalk as Freeholder Tom Arnone reads the names on the boards, NJ.com photo
Despite the facts that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was indicted by federal prosecutors last month and Chris Christie says he’s in the clear after he wasn’t indicted in the Bridgegate scandal, Menendez has a higher job approval rating the Christie, according to Monmouth University Poll releases.
In a poll release issued this morning, Menendez’s job approval rating is 42% positive to 38% negative and 20% unsure among registered voters.
In a release last week based upon the same 500 person survey, Christie’s approval rating is 35% approve, 56% disapprove, and 9% unsure among voters.
Posted: May 11th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bob Menendez, Chris Christie, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Tom Arnone | Tags: Bob Menendez, Chris Christie, Monmouth University Poll, Patrick Murray, Tom Arnone | 1 Comment »Christie on Obama embrace: ‘I am governor of N.J. before I am a Republican’
DOVER, N.H. — After two days of back-to-back New Hampshire meetings at diners and with donors, Gov. Christie was at his final public event for the week. It was Friday at 5 p.m. and like many of the 150 people who’d crammed into Fury’s Publick House, his tie was loosened. So was his tongue. Having held… Read the rest of this entry »