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| America's Caesar - Why Christie Won't Run |
| 2011-08-20 |
| Christie, who resembles Falstaff in girth and Jack Dempsey in pugnacity, is a visceral politician who thrives on conflict. He relishes being America's Caesar -- its most powerful governor. He wields a line-item veto, he can revise spending numbers but only down (he blocked $1.3 billion in spending this year) and he can exercise a "conditional veto," rewriting legislation and sending it back to the Legislature for approval. The governor and the lieutenant governor, who run in tandem, are the only state officials elected statewide. The governor appoints the attorney general, treasurer, comptroller, all judges and all county prosecutors. The Chicago Machine should be proud! The Democratic leader of the state Senate has been an ally. Head of the local ironworkers union, he understands how much private-sector union members resent paying the taxes that fund the perquisites of public-sector unions. And they've become more generous over the last ten years, when governments were flush, and taxes kept going up. Christie was one of the first rocks on which Barack Obama's overrated political potency crashed. In 2009, Obama campaigned for Gov. Jon Corzine and against Christie in July, October and the Sunday before Christie won handily. No one outside of Washington has made more political waves in the past 20 months than Christie, and no one inside Washington has been as successful. Also four kids, aged 8-17. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 Let's see how he fares in his second term before we elevate him to national office. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2011-08-20 16:01 |
| #2 And a good thing too. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-08-20 13:18 |
| #1 America's Caesar - Why Christie Won't Run A bit too pugnacious for me quite frankly. |
| Posted by: 2011-08-20 11:30 |