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Veterans protest Chris Christie’s proposed changes to civil service system
TRENTON — With only four days left to file a formal protest, military veterans became the latest group to publicly speak out against the Christie administration’s proposed changes to the New Jersey civil service system. About a dozen veterans joined the more than 100 protestors who packed the Assembly… …
Chris Christie reveals he had weight loss surgery
New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie (R) revealed Monday that he underwent gastric band surgery in February of this year in order to lose weight. According to the New York Post, the outspoken Christie was thinking less of a bid for higher office than he was his ability to be around…
Chris Christie’s praise of Obama unlikely to hurt his 2016 prospects
New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s favorite question these days is whether he regrets working closely with the president on Hurricane Sandy relief. “No,” he gets to say, before explaining that the work of governing is more important than politics. Then a campaign aide cuts the clip and drags it to…
Chris Christie: Obama ‘kept every promise’ after Hurricane Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday shrugged off criticism from Republicans who said that he was a traitor for praising President Barack Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy just days before the 2012 election. Speaking to MSNBC on the six-month anniversary of the super storm, Christie doubled down by…
Gov. Chris Christie calls African-American man ‘boy’ during town hall meeting
BlueJersey.com reported Friday that during a town hall meeting at a church this week in Paterson, NJ, Governor Chris Christie let a racial slur slip when he called an African-American man a “boy,” a term closely related to the more severe “N” word. Christie has, in the past, touted a…
Chris Christie slams ‘hyper-partisanship’ while defending Medicaid expansion
Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Monday defended his plan to expand Medicaid coverage in the state, a move that defied conservatives opposed to Obamacare. “This government in Trenton is about trying to change this hyper-partisan activity that we have all over the country and asking some very…
Gov. Chris Christie: Slow progress on New Jersey medical marijuana isn’t ‘crisis’
Gov. Christie: "No crisis" because only one medical pot shop open (via NJ.com) JERSEY CITY — Gov. Chris Christie said the slow progress of the medical marijuana program in New Jersey, where hundreds of people are waiting to obtain the drug from the state’s lone supplier, is not a “crisis.”…
Maher on conservatives spurning Chris Christie: ‘Do they have a death wish?’
During a discussion on his show Friday, HBO host Bill Maher and his guests raked the organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the coals for not inviting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to appear. “Do they have a death wish?” Maher asked GOP strategist Steve Schmidt.…
Politics of Christie’s weight likely to dog him in potential 2016 presidential campaign
Politics of Christie's weight likely to dog him in potential 2016 presidential campaign TRENTON — In the week Hurricane Sandy hit, Gov. Chris Christie maintained a breakneck schedule of 11 news conferences, visits to 10 towns and at least seven national interviews — all on just hours of sleep.…
Ex-White House doctor: Chris Christie yelled at me over the phone over health concerns
The former White House physician who said she was concerned over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s (R) health should he become president suggested on Thursday that Christie called and lashed out at her after publicly calling her “a hack.” “It was essentially the tone of the press conference only louder,”…
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