Christie to cost NJ taxpayers millions

[Warlord]

AaronBlakeWP: Confirmed: #NJSEN special will be in October. Primary in August.

That means 2 elections this year for NJ... well done Gov. Christie, you've just cost the taxpayers MILLIONS !

[Warlord]

It looks like he's going to appoint a placeholder...

Christie is hopeless. He could pick and elevate someone who could have a chance statewide but he's hopeless at picking a winner so instead is going to let them have a competitive primary

[CPUd]

[Warlord]

@robertcostaNRO

I have a legal document from the NJ legislature's counsel, dated 6/3, about how Christie could have called for the election to be Nov 2014
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Woah... I knew he'd do the wrong thing. What a stupid idiot.

[ReasonableThinker]

AaronBlakeWP: Confirmed: #NJSEN special will be in October. Primary in August.

That means 2 elections this year for NJ... well done Gov. Christie, you've just cost the taxpayers MILLIONS !

So what was he suppose to do? Say there would be no new election and no new Senator?

[Warlord]

So what was he suppose to do? Say there would be no new election and no new Senator?

Appoint someone until Nov 2014

[Warlord]

Hahaha Christie just said he doesn't "care about the costs".

Yes we know from the Sandy pork bill you dont give a damn about the taxpayers Christie.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

I think instead of saying someone is "costing" taxpayers a certain amount of money, we should start saying they are "charging" them a certain amount of money.

A politician like Christie doesn't accidentally break a window, leading to a cost for the window owner. They make deliberate acts, and then recover that money by force. That sounds like "charging" someone money or "stealing" money from someone.

Maybe someone can come up with better language than me, but "costing" them isn't accurate enough.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

2008:



2016:

[compromise]

This clown is really showing his Dem leanings by giving them a free seat.

[Root]

That reminds me... Time to go vote against him in today's primary.

[Warlord]

Thanks for nothing Christie.... He could have just held it in Nov 2014 but no... the fat man has ruled and made the wrong decision for the GOP

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Republicans are fuming over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to hold an early special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg, with several Washington-based operatives suggesting he's putting his own interests ahead of the GOP's. The decision to hold a separate special election in October 2013—just two weeks before his own election—would give any interested Republican candidates little time to announce, organize a campaign, and raise the necessary money to take on a top-tier Democrat, likely Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

The governor's decision, along with growing GOP expectations that his appointee will be a placeholder, means that the GOP's chance at a pickup now looks like a long shot. But Christie protected his own interests by scheduling a separate 2013 election, ensuring that Booker wouldn't usher a surge of Democratic voters that could hurt Christie's November prospects.

That did little to mollify Republicans with a stake in retaking the Senate next year. While none wanted to be quoted publicly, all dripped with disdain for Christie's decision, calling it self-serving. And several pointed to the fact that holding an extra election one month earlier could cost the state about $25 million--a price tag that could dent his image as a fiscal hawk.

"I think this ends his 2016 chances. It's year after year with this guy," complained one senior Republican official.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/polit...ision-20130604

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Christie is a self-serving, pathetic fat LIAR who has no interest in helping the GOP. Hopefully this will stop the fraud and Arlen Specter/Lincoln Chafee wannabe from gaining any sort of establishment support in the future. He is finished as they say.

[Root]

CC is a simple statist.

[cindy25]

its not the seat that is important

he just selected Corey Booker as the DEm 2016 Pres or VP

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Christie is a self-serving, pathetic fat LIAR who has no interest in helping the GOP.

And what libertarian was waiting in the wings for the NJ GOP?