Christie: It's not about Obama

[Jennicut]

Christie: It's not about Obama

I caught up a buoyant Chris Christie outside his Morris County headquarters in a Parsippany office park just now, and asked him what today's election -- and the victory he's predicting for himself -- should say to President Obama.

He said he looks forward to "working with President Obama" and that Obama "is going to have a governor of New Jersey who's going to stand up for New Jersey."

"What this is all about is me and Jon Corzine. You want to read something into this, that's for you to write," he said.

His prediction: "We're winning this thing." http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1109/Christie_Its_not_about_Obama.html?showall#

Hey, even the idiot Repub gets it even if the media does not. NJ's approval rating for Obama is something like 55% or so anyway.

[Cha]

1. Interesting..with PO having a 55% polling

in New Jersey..I guess it's not about PO even though the corporate "media" wants it to be.

[Jennicut]

2. Actually, I found an article that shows it even higher.

OVERALL JOB RATING AMONG N.J. Residents
Obama Corzine
Approve 62% 33%
Disapprove 25% 49%
Don't Know 13% 18%
(New York Times Poll)

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/21/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5406094.shtml

[Cha]

3. Thanks, Jenni..if Christie

does win what do you think he'll be like for NJ?

[Jennicut]

4. Christie tried to come off as moderate but I doubt he is as moderate as my Repub governor, Jodi Rell

Time will tell if he wins but NJ is a more of a moderate to liberal state and you cannot go to far to the right in the Northeast.

[Beetwasher]

5. I'm Terrified Of That Scumbag Winning

The state has enough problems w/ corruption.

[mvd]

6. Also too many ties to Bush stooges

What do the polls look like in the NJ race?

[Jennicut]

7. It has been tied or in a statistical heat. It all comes down to turnout and how much

the 3rd party candidate gets.

[mvd]

8. Thanks. I heard that one poll had Corzine taking the lead

Is that an outlier?

[Beetwasher]

Several Polls Have Corzine Ahead, Several Christie, All Within MOE

Turnout and 3rd party will determine the race. I remain hopeful.

[Jennicut]

9. From Real Clear politics:

Polling Data
Poll Date Sample Christie (R) Corzine (D) Daggett (I) Spread
RCP Average 10/27 - 11/1 -- 42.6 41.6 10.4 Christie +1.0
Monmouth/Gannett 10/31 - 11/1 41 43 8 Corzine +2
SurveyUSA 10/30 - 11/1 45 42 10 Christie +3
Quinnipiac 10/27 - 11/1 42 40 12 Christie +2
Rasmussen Reports 10/29 - 10/29 46 43 8 Christie +3
Stockton/Zogby 10/27 - 10/29 39 40 14 Corzine +1
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2009/governor/nj/new_jersey_governor_corzine_vs_christie-1051.html
It is very, very close. These are the most up to date polls.

[WI_DEM]

10. Sounds like he anticipates victory. I can see it because it's tough for an incumbant to win if they

have a approval rating in the 20's. Most people who are undecided at this point end up going against the incumbant by 2-1.