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Jan 15 2016
News
Gloves off for top tier in GOP race after debate
While the full field of Republican presidential candidates resumed campaigning Friday, it was Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio who emerged from last night's Fox Business debate the apparent main challengers to front-runner Donald Trump -- though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's feisty exchanges may have left some thinking what was once a 17-candidate scramble, now is a four-man showdown.
Fox News (Online News)Jan 15 2016
News
A Republican Debate Divided: the Leaders and the Rest
There wasn’t one Republican presidential debate going on Thursday night in South Carolina, but rather two. And in that sense, the debate neatly and succinctly summarized this year’s unusual race.
The first debate was between the two unlikely front-runners, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. After months of dancing around each other—and in some cases essentially supporting each other—in
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 28 2012
Opinion
RNC's Priebus hits back at MSNBC's Matthews - 'He wants to be the biggest jerk in the room'
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was not impressed with MSNBC's Chris Matthew's shot at the GOP who said on his Monday evening program, when discussing Mitt Romney's sarcastic reference to President Obama's birth certificate recently: “That cheap shot about ‘I don’t have a problem with my birth certificate’ was awful. You are playing that little ethnic card there. You can
Washington TimesSep 04 2020
Analysis
The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters
If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can’t significantly hurt Trump’s support, can anything?
Does anything matter anymore in American politics? In the week since Donald Trump’s Convention ended with a personality-cult party on the White House lawn, the President has completely refocussed his campaign on threats to law and order from “Rioters, Anarchists,
The New YorkerJan 19 2014
News
Christie Tries to Shake Bridge Scandal While on Florida Fundraising Trip
Controversies dogging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie followed him to Florida on Saturday, as he made his first out-of-state fundraising trip since his aides were linked to a plan that caused a four-day traffic snarl near the George Washington Bridge.
The New Jersey governor headlined a series of fundraisers for fellow Republican Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, drawing large crowds of GOP
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 16 2014
News
Christie administration lawyers up; subpoenas going out
Chris Christie's administration got outside legal help on Thursday as a special state legislative committee decided to issue 20 subpoenas to launch its formal investigation of a scandal over alleged political retribution by top aides to the New Jersey governor. The subpoenas for 17 individuals and three organizations seek documents for now, said Democratic Assemblyman John Wisnieswki, who
CNN (Online News)Jul 09 2012
News
Christie Delays Decisions on Health-Care Law
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he is still deciding whether his state will implement two provisions of the national health-care law championed by President Barack Obama.
Christie said plans to make up his mind on authorizing state-run exchanges where people can buy health insurance and an expansion of Medicaid by the beginning of 2013. But his wait-and-see approach already
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 06 2015
News
Christie Faces Scrutiny Over Gifts From Cowboys Owner
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accepted a plane ride to Dallas and a seat at a Cowboys playoff football game in a luxury suite from team owner Jerry Jones, who has a business relationship with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, officials said.
Mr. Christie’s aides said the gifts were acceptable under state policy, which allows the governor to take gifts from “relatives or
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 03 2021
Headline Roundup
Youngkin Wins in Virginia, Tight Race in New Jersey
Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor's race early Wednesday morning, beating former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
Youngkin had 50.7% of the vote to McAuliffe's 48.6% Wednesday morning with over 95% of votes counted. Youngkin's victory represents a turnaround from when President Joe Biden carried Virginia by 10 points in the 2020 election. The victor spoke early
Washington Post Reuters Washington ExaminerFeb 13 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Endorses Michael Whatley for RNC Chair, Lara Trump as Co-Chair
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley to serve as RNC chair.
The Details: Trump also endorsed his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, for co-chair, and said his senior campaign adviser, Chris LaCivita, would serve as de facto chief operating officer.
For Context: Last week, reports surfaced that current RNC chair Ronna
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