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Randall
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posted November 12, 2013 05:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A day after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was elected by a landslide to a second term, he told NBC News that the resulting frenzy of speculation about a 2016 bid for the White House was "flattering," but added, "I got re-elected to do a job last night, and that's the job I'm going to do." He's undoubtedly been adding to the fever: Christie was a ubiquitous presence on TV this Sunday, appearing on four major political talk shows, and maintained he's not looking ahead to 2016. Christie may want to take a look at some opinion polls AOL.com conducted over the last week, because the results suggest that he is very popular among the site's users right now.

It should be noted that the polls, which appeared in the right column on AOL.com late last week and into early this week, are unscientific. We asked AOL users who they would vote for in various hypothetical Republican primaries pitting Christie against other possible 2016 candidates. We knew full-well that users who are registered Democrats would vote and that users would be able to vote more than once using multiple devices. The aim of the polls was to take AOL users' temperatures and explore Christie's viability as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. AOL users and visitors to AOL.com represent a broad swath of the potential electorate and these poll results offer interesting, if imperfect, insight into how some of the following voting scenarios might play out in 2016.

So, how did the numbers break down? Basically, Chris Christie was a landslide winner against all of his hypothetical GOP opponents.

Christie vs. Jeb Bush

Of all the potential Republican opponents we matched Christie against, the former Florida governor and noted moderate Republican mounted the best competition for Christie in a head-to-head poll of AOL users who participated. Christie won easily, though, nabbing 61 percent of the vote to Bush's 39 percent.

Christie vs. Ted Cruz

The freshman U.S. senator from Texas has made a name for himself with tea party conservatives, particularly after staging a 21-hour take-down of Obamacare on the Senate floor just days before the health care insurance exchange opened. But in a head-to-head showdown with Christie, Cruz fared worse than any of his Republican colleagues we pitted against the New Jersey governor. Cruz only mustered 31 percent of the vote among participating AOL users compared with Christie's 69 percent.


Christie vs. Rand Paul

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is another conservative Republican, and he also won favor among conservative Republicans after he staged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor back in March in an attempt to block President Obama's nomination of John Brennan for CIA director. But in a head-to-head poll of AOL users who participated, Christie crushed Paul 66 percent to 34 percent.


Christie vs. Marco Rubio

The junior U.S. senator from Florida has been called 'the crown prince' of the tea party and his rise in the GOP has been meteoric since he took office in 2011. Sandwiched between Clint Eastwood and Mitt Romney, he memorably delivered a rousing speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention. But in a poll of AOL users who participated, he was only able to manage 35 percent of the vote against Christie, who nabbed 65 percent in a one-on-one match-up.


Christie vs. Hillary Clinton

And that brings us the main event, the showdown many political observers believe will become reality in 2016: a presidential election between Chris Christie and former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Such a match-up would be a true clash of political titans, and according to a poll of 68,521 participating AOL users, it's a match-up Christie would win. Handily. In the poll, 55 percent of AOL users who participated voted for Christie and 45 percent voted for Clinton.


Of course, 2016 is a long way off, and both Christie and Clinton could choose not to run. Moreover, the AOL poll numbers aren't the only recent Christie poll figures. An NBC poll released on Tuesday reveals Christie may have a difficult road to the White House ahead of him. While Christie would dominate among Republican voters in the Northeast, the poll suggests would that voters in other parts of the country would prefer a different GOP candidate.

For now, though, Christie's immediate actions following his gubernatorial win last week appear to mimic those of the last three U.S. presidents, Ron Fournier points out in National Journal. Bookmark this page, and if Christie decides to run, navigate back here in 2016 and see how AOL users did or didn't predict what would unfold in the next election. And tell us what you think in the comments below.
http://www.aol.com/article/2013/11/12/aol-users-voted-for-chris-christie-over-hillary-clinton-in-hypot/20766493/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D405126

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posted November 12, 2013 07:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Christie vs. Ted Cruz

The freshman U.S. senator from Texas has made a name for himself with tea party conservatives, particularly after staging a 21-hour take-down of Obamacare on the Senate floor just days before the health care insurance exchange opened. But in a head-to-head showdown with Christie, Cruz fared worse than any of his Republican colleagues we pitted against the New Jersey governor. Cruz only mustered 31 percent of the vote among participating AOL users compared with Christie's 69 percent.


I don`t believe Cruz is a serious contender much less have the backing for a shot at it.

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posted November 12, 2013 08:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is highly speculative anyway. Who would have guessed George W. Bush would have beat John McCain for the nomination? It happened, though.

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posted November 12, 2013 08:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, it's not a scientific poll, but it's very interesting nonetheless.

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posted November 13, 2013 02:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What do you guys think of the TIME magazine cover? At first blush, it does seem offensive, but then the animal associated with the GOP is the elephant. Was the cleverness enough to mitigate the mean-spirited-ness?

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posted November 13, 2013 03:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
At first look, I didn`t realize it was Christie.

A triple entendre for sure.
Mean, I don`t think so. A public figure has to take hits such as this. It certainly is undignified and tackless for Time mag. tho

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posted November 13, 2013 09:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Time has no class. But as a public figure, it goes with the turf.

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posted November 18, 2013 12:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think the GOP has several strong candidates.

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posted January 24, 2014 10:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Randall:
I think the GOP has several strong candidates.

With Christie in a now weakened position. Altho, imho, he stands a better chance than any one tea bagger

Christie revisited

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Most Americans following "Bridgegate" do not believe New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was unaware his aides caused a traffic jam for political payback, a new USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll shows.

Nearly three-quarters of those interviewed said they are aware of the scandal involving the Republican governor's aides, who appear to have ordered lane closures on the George Washington Bridge to cause gridlock in a town where the Democratic mayor had declined to endorse Christie's re-election. Of those who are aware of the issue, 58% said they did not believe Christie's denials that he knew of the plan. Just under one-third, 32%, said they believed the governor was unaware of his aides' actions.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/20/chris-christie-pew-poll/4658643/

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posted January 24, 2014 12:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for shura     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh how quickly the tides turn ..

They laid into him w/o mercy. Can't help but wonder who or what he pisssed off.

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posted January 25, 2014 10:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well shura, it looks like the lazy Independents are the only ones paying attention.

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posted February 04, 2014 09:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks like he may not survive the scandal.

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posted February 05, 2014 08:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"At first blush, it does seem offensive, but then the animal associated with the GOP is the elephant"...acoustic

At first blush, it's entirely appropriate that the animal associated with the demoscat party is the jackass!

How insulting to jackasses to be associated with the demoscat party!

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posted February 05, 2014 08:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Randall:
Looks like he may not survive the scandal.

It is a tough row to hoe when one carries the lable bully. Christie is a bully and It just adds to any deeds done or
not done.

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posted February 05, 2014 01:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Catalina     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jackass is a derogatory name for donkeys, who are cute, far stronger than their size would suggest, willing helpmates of humans, though sometimes stubborn they don't deserve the nasty nick. They WILL kick pesky humans who insist on forcing them to do more than they are willing to...in other words they don't tolerate abuse.

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