New Jersey’s Chris Christie to run for US president

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday that he’s joining the 2016 race for president.

“I’m human”, the newest 2016 presidential hopeful, Chris Christie, said to an enthusiastic high school gymnasium Tuesday, June 30.

After today’s announcement Christie will go on to campaign in New Hampshire the rest of the week, making stops at a series of town hall meetings and diner’s, as well as an appearance at the Wolfeboro 4th of July Parade on Saturday.

Despite the similarities, there are the requisite minor differences in tone that make telling apart GOP candidates like a game of “Spot the Difference.” Christie, like many others in the field, has positioned himself as a Washington outsider.

Christie brings a record of Republican electoral success in a Democratic state to the contest, underpinning his claim that he could lead effectively across party lines as president.

ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) – Six years ago, New Jersey’s Chris Christie was a longshot candidate for governor, taking on a wealthy incumbent in an overwhelmingly Democratic state.

Christie blasted both Democrats and Republicans in Washington for refusing to work together.

As he has in previous New Hampshire visits, Christie singled out the Kentucky senator – his rival for Granite State primary votes – for opposing the government’s surveillance program.

Hours earlier, Christie spoke by phone with donors, friends and out-of-state supporters.

Christie called for both a longer school day and year and claimed the unions that protested his announcement in New Jersey yesterday offered their members free lunch vouchers to show up.

Christie was once the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, the party begged him to run in 2012, he decided against it and became an early favorite for 2016.

Though the 52-year-old’s resume is impressive, he has also faced backlash from ex- aides who created traffic jams at a bridge to get back against a Democratic mayor who chose not to endorse Christie’s re-election!

“This country has no choice but to work together again, not against each other”, he said. He told a gathering of supporters at his alma mater, Livingston High School, “There is one thing you will know for sure: I say what I mean and I mean what I say”, reported The New York Times.

The 52-year-old father of four has a larger-than-life personality that endeared him to voters, especially when he fiercely stood up for residents affected by Hurricane Sandy that caused unprecedented damage in New Jersey in 2012.

Christie announced his presidential bid at the high school he graduated from in the town of Livingston, New Jersey. New Jersey’s economy is lagging and there have been nine credit downgrades on Christie’s watch.