Marco Rubio Super PAC goes after Chris Christie in two new ads

Rubio, who is lagging behind Cruz in the polls, has been more forceful in criticizing Cruz while they’ve crisscrossed Iowa. “It’s good to be attacked”.

After a holiday-induced lull, the 2016 presidential campaign has come roaring back to life.

“We’ve contrasted Gov. Kasich’s successful record with that of Christie and other candidates in the past and will continue to share the governor’s record with New Hampshire voters moving forward”, said Connie Wehrkamp, a spokeswoman for the group.

In pursuing that goal, Christie has recently relied heavily on his time as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, not as its governor, portraying himself as the only one of the dozen candidates with the experience fighting terrorism and thwarting attacks. It was a tongue-in-cheek spot made by the campaign in which Rubio asks for an update on Cruz, Bush and Carson – all last names of his opponents – then clarifies he means National Football League stars Victor Cruz, Reggie Bush and Carson Palmer.

Marco Rubio was the first to unload, rolling out two ads tying Christie to President Barack Obama over and over and over again.

Marco Rubio’s super PAC is blasting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s record in his home state in a pair of new ads airing in New Hampshire. In 2009, for example, Rubio said he supported “reasonable restrictions” on guns, including background checks, while he was running for Senate.

“I just don’t think this country can afford to elect a president that will not stand up and undo the damage Barack Obama has done to this country”. And Bush’s Super PAC has a “Three Governors” ad contrasting his Florida record with those of Christie and Kasich. Marco Rubio the past week, brushed aside the presidential rival in a new television advertisement launched Wednesday in New Hampshire and maintained his focus on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Christie responded, “I’m on the job every day, Chris”.

That was so among Iowans who gathered before sunrise to hear Rubio at a town-hall-style meeting in Cedar Rapids.

People in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire are notoriously late deciders and the fact they have a dozen contenders to choose from is making their decision all the more hard. Less than 10 minutes after that sentence was tweeted out, aides from two different rival campaigns, unsolicited, e-mailed the same thing: “You’ll see that in a campaign ad soon”.

Chris Christie isn’t backing away when it comes to the hunting of black bears. “New Jersey is more stump speeches”.

“The result of all of this is that people are afraid”. Now Time says he is playing in Iowa as well: “In recent weeks, the Christie has shifted strategy as he eyes an opening in Iowa, not to win, but to place ahead of Bush”.

It is also crucial for Christie to emerge as the top establishment candidate so that he is positioned as the go-to guy should Trump falter, drop dramatically in the polls or even drop out of the race altogether, Dworkin explained.

“I think in the month of January, Gov. Christie should move to New Hampshire 100 percent of the time”, said Matt Hale, a political science professor at Seton Hall University.

For the most part, Christie’s efforts appear effective here.

“I don’t blame voters for being angry”, Christie said.