Christie returning to NJ to reassess campaign

Drew Cline, the former editorial page editor for the Manchester Union-Leader, says Rubio survived New Jersey Governor Chris Christie making fun of him for bizarrely repeating himself about President Obama.

There, Christie tried to appeal to voters as a serious candidate, one with the experience and grit to handle the job of commander-in-chief.

Christie, whose commanding 2013 re-election in a blue state propelled him to the top of the list of Republicans exploring White House bids, may be perilously close to abandoning his presidential run. “Particularly when you’ve got an hour and a half or two hours to really delve into things”.

The questions typically revolved around how he’d fight terrorism, job creation, college affordability, and whether he’d repeal Obamacare and what its replacement would look like. Marco Rubio at a Saturday GOP candidate debate. In fact, Christie enjoyed a polling bump following terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino when he shifted his focus to his tenure as a federal prosecutor.

“I hope she votes for me”.

Christie is not officially out of the race, but he is running out of money.

Christie said today he does not have a message for people still supporting Rubio after what many thought was a poor debate performance. She promised to do so. No longer, she said of her decision to back Christie, adding, “This is a job interview”.

Christie, once regarded as the front-runner to lead the party into the future, has spent most of the last eight months since he declared his candidacy stalled in the back of the field.

Lewer, however, acknowledged that others have warned her that a vote for Christie, who is also trailing Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and John Kasich, could lessen the impact of a Trump protest vote. Christie placed fifth with 6 percent.

Before announcing his plans to return home, Christie was scheduled to take a flight to SC.

Christie is at 5.8% in New Hampshire according to a Real Clear Politics poll average, but he assured voters at his campaign headquarters Tuesday morning that he “can’t imagine a scenario tonight under which I wouldn’t be on the plane to SC tomorrow morning”. His most notable blow came shortly after his impressive re-election when it was revealed aides had lanes to the George Washington Bridge closed as an act of political retaliation. He finished 10th in the Iowa caucuses. “That’s not Christie’s brand”, Haynes said.