100 days after Sandy, a crippled Jersey Shore stutters back to life (via NJ.com) Too cold even for the seagulls, the Jersey Shore in winter is a desolate place. Up and down the abandoned beaches a fringe of snow and ice, like the frayed hem of an old wedding dress, sketches the edge of the [...]
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Christie Getting High Marks for Bashing House Republicans
THE LATEST poll from Quinnipiac University shows Gov. Chris Christie getting marks with Republicans for scolding House Republicans, including Speaker Boehner, over the House’s obscene obstructionism over Sandy aid. Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief, New Jersey voters say 79 – 15 percent, including [...]
Gov. Chris Christie Stands Out Again, Stands Up to NRA
“Don’t be dragging people’s children into this. “It’s wrong and I think it demeans them and it makes them less of a valid trusted source of information on the real issues that confront this debate.” – Gov. Chris Christie THE PICTURE above is the first time Gov. Chris Christie showed himself as not your average [...]
Chris Christie Slams Boehner on Sandy Aid Vote: “Called the Speaker 4 Times Last Night, and He Didn’t Take My Calls” [Video]
FROM CNN, with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie taking to the airwaves, laying out Speaker Boehner for his lack of leadership in the House. Christie said he was given assurances that the House would consider the package after it dealt with the fiscal cliff deal that it passed Tuesday night. But late Tuesday, he said, [...]
Krauthammer Should Take Heart, Boehner Humiliated when House Scuttled Sandy Aid Bill *Update – Video*
“Look, there are a lot of conservatives in the Republican caucus in the House who hate the bill for good reason. This is a complete surrender on everything.” – Charles Krauthammer THE CONSERVATIVE king of wingnuttery shouldn’t be too upset. The Fiscal Cliff bill passed. However, the House scuttled the vote on a $60 billion [...]
Goodbye to All That
SANDY TAUGHT us a lot this year, that is if you didn’t already get the problem. Lesson one: climate change is real. But what will be done on climate change is not encouraging, if past is indeed prologue. President Obama has another chance in his second term. Few allies exist in the right-wing Tea Party [...]
Steven Spielberg: “Gov. Chris Christie was a Hero for Me”
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER talks to Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis. Here’s an excerpt: Spielberg: I got a chance to meet him. Mandela has always been a hero. And Bill Clinton is a hero for me today. THR: Your colleague David Geffen turned against him. Spielberg: Well, we all have different points of view about politics [...]
12.12.12 Concert for Sandy
WHAT A night it’s been so far. Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones… Alicia Keys… I lived in New York when I was doing Broadway. Vacationed on the Jersey shore many years. It’s a great place, with great people. Help them come back. Donate via 121212concert.org. Pre-order the concert via iTunes, it’s only [...]
Gov. Chris Christie Hits 72% Approval, Rewarded for Leading After Sandy, Education Deal
THIS IS the template for what it takes for voters to cross party lines to applaud a politician for doing his job. Gov. Christie showed leadership in the aftermath of nor’easter Sandy, as well as the ability to put doing his job for the people before party loyalty, for which he’s now being rewarded. New [...]
Chambliss Blasts Grover Norquist, but Larger Fight Centered on Elizabeth Warren
“I care more about this country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge.” – Senator Saxby Chambliss GROVER NORQUIST has no plan to pay down the debt, Chambliss charges. That’s because Norquist and the American right really do want to drown government in the bathtub. But if Republicans choose to listen to people championing this [...]
Chris Christie Takes to SNL, Marco Rubio’s in Iowa (and GQ)
IN CASE you don’t get what’s going on here, there’s a small 2012 post election window for all Republicans to take advantage of the I AM NOT MITT ROMNEY moment before 2016 pitches become unforgivably premature. In other similar news, Marco Rubio hits Iowa. Yes. Already. GQ has an interview with Senator Rubio for their [...]
AFP Report: New York’s Cuomo Seeks $30 Billion in Aid after Sandy
New York governor seeks $30 bn in aid after Sandy (via AFP) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the US federal government for $30 billion in aid to help his state recover from the devastation left by superstorm Sandy. The requested funds will help rebuild the economy, infrastructure, housing, public buildings and small businesses, Cuomo [...]
Top Story — It’s the Demographics, Stupid
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy AND BY stupid I mean former Governor Haley Barbour’s assertion that Sandy cost Mitt Romney the presidency. I made the case preemptively that Romney couldn’t blame losing on Sandy, knowing what was bound to come in what I believed (and wrote) would be [...]
Fox News Debacle, Network Humiliation in Prime Time *Video Update*
IT WAS a remarkable spectacle on Fox News Channel once Ohio was called for President Obama and he was reelected the 44th president of the United States. It began when Chris Wallace announced that the Romney campaign was disputing the numbers coming out of Ohio. Moments later Karl Rove starts spinning out the names of [...]
Rock Legend Turns Chris Christie into a Softie
THE JERSEY man with the the man crush finally got his wish. Sometimes in the midst of tragedy you get a cookie. From NorthJersey.com: “We hugged,” Christie said as a crowd of volunteers in Monmouth County cheered at the sound of Springsteen’s name Monday afternoon “Yeah, we hugged and he told me it’s official – [...]
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