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05-28-2015, 11:12 AM
Want to Run For President But Lack Momentum? Attack Rand Paul!
Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal know that no publicity is bad publicity.
BY REBECCA NELSON AND EMMA ROLLER
May 27, 2015
On Wednesday, not one but two Republican likely presidential prospects attacked Sen. Rand Paul for his stances on terrorism and National Security Agency surveillance.
First, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put Paul and Sen. Mike Lee on blast for opposing the Patriot Act, and accused them of "siding with" Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor.
"He's a criminal and he's hiding in Russia, and he's lecturing to us about the evils of authoritarian government while he lives under the protective umbrella of Vladimir Putin?" Christie said in a Fox News interview. "That's who Mike Lee and Rand Paul are siding with? With Edward Snowden? Hey, come on."
Later in the day, the office of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sent out a press release saying Paul is "unsuited" to be commander in chief, after Paul attacked Republican hawks on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday morning. "ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party, who gave arms indiscriminately, and most of those arms were snatched up by ISIS," Paul said.
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Christie and Jindal are united in three ways: They are Republican governors; they fall on the hawkish side of foreign policy; and they (most likely) would like to see themselves in the White House at some point in the future. However, polls show that Jindal—and to a lesser extent, Christie—are struggling to gain that all-important momentum with Republican primary voters. A recent Fox News poll found that 6 percent of respondents would like Christie to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016, while just 1 percent of respondents would want Jindal to win the nomination.
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read more:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/want-to-run-for-president-but-lack-much-momentum-attack-rand-paul-20150527
Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal know that no publicity is bad publicity.
BY REBECCA NELSON AND EMMA ROLLER
May 27, 2015
On Wednesday, not one but two Republican likely presidential prospects attacked Sen. Rand Paul for his stances on terrorism and National Security Agency surveillance.
First, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put Paul and Sen. Mike Lee on blast for opposing the Patriot Act, and accused them of "siding with" Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor.
"He's a criminal and he's hiding in Russia, and he's lecturing to us about the evils of authoritarian government while he lives under the protective umbrella of Vladimir Putin?" Christie said in a Fox News interview. "That's who Mike Lee and Rand Paul are siding with? With Edward Snowden? Hey, come on."
Later in the day, the office of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sent out a press release saying Paul is "unsuited" to be commander in chief, after Paul attacked Republican hawks on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday morning. "ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party, who gave arms indiscriminately, and most of those arms were snatched up by ISIS," Paul said.
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Christie and Jindal are united in three ways: They are Republican governors; they fall on the hawkish side of foreign policy; and they (most likely) would like to see themselves in the White House at some point in the future. However, polls show that Jindal—and to a lesser extent, Christie—are struggling to gain that all-important momentum with Republican primary voters. A recent Fox News poll found that 6 percent of respondents would like Christie to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016, while just 1 percent of respondents would want Jindal to win the nomination.
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read more:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/want-to-run-for-president-but-lack-much-momentum-attack-rand-paul-20150527