Today on TAP: Shouting over one another, the Republican presidential candidates were unintelligible last night, and worse when actually audible.
Chris Christie
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Even Without Trump, It’s Still Trump’s Party
Today on TAP: In the first GOP debate, the treatment the crowd gave Trump’s critics made that vociferously clear.
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Altercation: On the Media’s Resurrection of Chris Christie
Who, he tells us, doesn’t watch Fox News so can’t comment on it. If you believe that …
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New Jersey Supreme Court Blocks Chris Christie’s Efforts to Bypass Teacher Union Contracts, Alter School Funding
The legal ruling marks a new setback to the Republican governor’s education agenda.
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There’s Still No Money In Sight for New Rail Tunnels Under the Hudson River. Blame Chris Christie.
In 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cancelled a tremendously important rail tunnel project under the Hudson River that had been in the works for nearly 20 years; billions of dollars had already been saved up for it. The only tunnels that currently exist there were built more than 100 years ago, are incapable of […]
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What Happened to Chris Christie?
View image | gettyimages.com Remember when Republicans were over the moon for Chris Christie? There was a period when YouTube videos of him shouting down some uppity teacher or other constituent were gleefully forwarded from conservative to conservative; here was a guy who knew how to put liberals in their place! He was a tough-talking […]
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Chris Christie Counts on Public Amnesia
With his newfound support for expanding New Jersey’s rail capacity, the governor hopes no one remembers that he killed an earlier federally subsidized project that would have done exactly that.
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Biggest Midterm Winner Wasn’t on the Ballot: Chris Christie
Nothing better sets up a presidential run than raising dollars and getting out the votes for other politicians.
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Chris Christie Suddenly Suffers the Unbearable Specificity of Running for President
On the ground in a GOP presidential primary, “moving to the right” actually means just getting specific when you’d rather be vague.
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Is Chris Christie Being Treated Unfairly?
Every little thing anybody associated with him is being scrutinized. But that’s the price of playing in the big leagues.
