Christie ‘Not Interested’ in Attacking Bill Clinton’s Personal Life

And I think that’s why they’re concerned and that’s what they’re doing and, you know, if that’s what Jeb and John and Marco want to do, that’s fine.

Two of the new hires come from Christie’s governor’s office and should bolster the campaign’s communications and research efforts.

The Republican frontrunner also said Christie was ‘like a little boy, ‘ mocking the way the New Jersey governor embraced President Barack Obama in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

“It just shows how inexperienced he is and how unprepared he is to be our candidate against someone like Hillary Clinton”, he said.

“He has mostly ignored Jeb Bush because Bush is self-destructing on his own”.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s first television campaign ad features dark images of the San Bernardino shooters, body bags, and images of masked men and sets a tone of unapologetic strength. Invoking President Obama, he said, “The only thing worse than running for president and losing is running for president and winning when you’re not ready”.

“Everyone would agree that Trump’s not a good thing for the party”, he said. Tell us in the comments or by joining the conversation on our Facebook page.

The ads and the accompanying rhetoric from the two candidates show how the race for the party’s nomination for president is expected to take shape the next month in New Hampshire, where the nation’s first primary is scheduled for February 9.

Now’s not the time for Christie to directly engage Trump, said Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, produced by the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Although he’s been struggling with fundraising and polling, Christie’s rivals are attacking him in the Granite State – a sign, the candidate says, that his campaign may be catching on.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to lead the GOP presidential race, according to new numbers from our first NBC News|SurveyMonkey online weekly tracking poll. And New Jersey’s credit downgrades? Kristen Yellen, a recent college graduate who worked on a California congressional campaign in the 2014 midterms, is coming onto the Christie team as New Hampshire volunteer director.

The speech appears aimed at trying to sell Christie as a less risky alternative to Trump. It then ticks through the state’s high taxes and low job growth and turns to a scandal where top aides to Christie shut down a bridge as retribution for a mayor who didn’t support his re-election.

For his part, Christie told a town-hall meeting in Peterborough that, “America is counting on you”, and, in case voters attending missed the point, noted later that, “You have enormous responsibility”. She said it’s hard to envision Republicans winning either New Jersey or NY this year.

Christie now has turned his fury on Rubio and others, though it’s gone both ways.

And Kasich himself has started to criticize Christie, if obliquely.

Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate to beat in second-to-vote New Hampshire – so say the super PACs helping the New Jersey governor’s rivals.

With just over a month to go, Christie is now enjoying a resurgence and a second look among many Republicans in the wake of a widely sought endorsement by the New Hampshire Union Leader, the state’s largest newspaper. A super PAC supporting his bid released a pair of ads hitting Christie on issues raised by Trump and Kasich, as well as Christie’s support for expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Okay. From the right? “It means I’m in the game”.