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11-19-2013, 08:52 AM
Sen. Rand Paul: Gov. Chris Christie probably a conservative ‘if you have a very loose definition’
By David Sherfinski
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, took another subtle swipe at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s conservative credentials this week, while Mr. Christie dismissed such critiques and said he doesn’t have any fence-mending to do after his landslide re-election earlier this month.
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Asked if Mr. Christie was a conservative, Mr. Paul said it depends.
“If you have a very loose definition, probably,” he said. “If you look at a lot of issues, like whether or not we should accept Obamacare, bring it to our state, expand Medicaid — those would be, I think, at best moderate positions. But everybody has to make that [judgment]. But I think we have room for moderates in our party.”
Mr. Christie, speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council conference Monday, dismissed the talk among some that since he won re-election in a blue state, he’s not sufficiently “conservative.”
“This is completely crazy to me,” he said. “So in other words, among these elements, the better you do, the more voters you attract, the more diverse voters you attract, the more suspect you are. Well, there’s a winning formula, let me tell you. There’s a winning formula. So no, I don’t feel like I have any fence-mending to do. … I’m gonna be me. And if I ever decide to run for anything again, if being me isn’t good enough, then fine, I’ll go home.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/19/sen-rand-paul-gov-chris-christie-probably-conserva/
By David Sherfinski
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, took another subtle swipe at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s conservative credentials this week, while Mr. Christie dismissed such critiques and said he doesn’t have any fence-mending to do after his landslide re-election earlier this month.
...
Asked if Mr. Christie was a conservative, Mr. Paul said it depends.
“If you have a very loose definition, probably,” he said. “If you look at a lot of issues, like whether or not we should accept Obamacare, bring it to our state, expand Medicaid — those would be, I think, at best moderate positions. But everybody has to make that [judgment]. But I think we have room for moderates in our party.”
Mr. Christie, speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council conference Monday, dismissed the talk among some that since he won re-election in a blue state, he’s not sufficiently “conservative.”
“This is completely crazy to me,” he said. “So in other words, among these elements, the better you do, the more voters you attract, the more diverse voters you attract, the more suspect you are. Well, there’s a winning formula, let me tell you. There’s a winning formula. So no, I don’t feel like I have any fence-mending to do. … I’m gonna be me. And if I ever decide to run for anything again, if being me isn’t good enough, then fine, I’ll go home.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/19/sen-rand-paul-gov-chris-christie-probably-conserva/