tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post7795923733664212886..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: ChristieJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-51525963444320155282011-09-28T06:53:11.598-05:002011-09-28T06:53:11.598-05:00Why the anxiety when they can get 98% out of Congr...Why the anxiety when they can get 98% out of Congress and not have to assume any responsibility for wrecking the country ... I mean governing.lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-80697825563828935002011-09-27T19:35:00.742-05:002011-09-27T19:35:00.742-05:00Palin has a better shot at the nomination than Chr...Palin has a better shot at the nomination than Christie, and she has no shot. <br /><br />Take Rudy's 2008 performance, kick it back a few dozen notches, and that's Christie. <br /><br />I wish he'd get in, just to take the couple weeks it'd take to squelch the guy as a distraction. But he does appear to have a pragmatic streak about him, and he undoubtedly realized how self destructive it'd be for him to abandon his new post to run for higher office, and be forever tagged as a grasper, a mercenary and a loser.<br /><br />The big media markets sing the siren song. Always best to tie yourself to the masthead, or wear ear plugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71631149632695962342011-09-27T13:26:51.734-05:002011-09-27T13:26:51.734-05:00There is no doubt at all that somewhere down the l...There is no doubt at all that somewhere down the line the press will be stating that was the "speech of his/her life", it just a matter of determining who will be giving that "speech". This stuff is so predictable it is worse than boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-54954755089860711782011-09-27T12:33:49.714-05:002011-09-27T12:33:49.714-05:00The mood in Republican land is more like anxiety t...The mood in Republican land is more like anxiety than dissatisfaction, and the anxiety is a direct product of their (rightly) heightened expectations.kthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807643816565849458noreply@blogger.com