Chris Christie Columns on Townhall
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Students Chant for Genderless Society
Posted: 7/22/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTAny good community organizer knows an effective protest requires two things: a bully to excoriate and a catchy slogan that resonates in the public mind. -
Chris Christie - Loathing New Jersey Education Association's Tax Lien Troubles
Posted: 7/6/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTAn investigation into New Jersey's largest teachers union finds that the Internal Revenue Service has an outstanding lien against the New Jersey Education Association for $56,730.31 in back taxes. -
Govt Shutdown in Minn., Life on Earth Survives
Posted: 7/3/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTIn what we should all hope happens at the national level, Minnesota shuts down after failing to pass a balanced budget by the June 30 deadline. -
New Jersey Miracle: What About the Rest of Us?
Posted: 6/28/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTLike Wisconsin and other states that are being forced to deal with large budget deficits caused mostly by sweetheart deals struck between politicians and labor unions, New Jersey couldn't afford to go on like this.- Topics:
- Congress
- Government Spending
- Democrats
- CBO
- Debt
- New York
- Unions
- New Jersey
- Ronald Reagan
- Labor Unions
- Wisconsin
- Jimmy Carter
- Medicare
- Budget
- Public Sector Unions
- Federal Reserve
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Retirement
- Obama
- Recession
- Federal Government
- Northwestern University
- WHO
- Government
- Politicians
- Entitlement Reform
- Cut
- University
- GDP
- Economic Growth
- Congressional Budget Office
- Health Insurance
- Health
- Democrat
- Finance
- Taxes
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Defunding Planned Parenthood One State at a Time
Posted: 6/24/2011 9:48:00 AM ESTAs the fight for life over death continues, the battlefield has shifted to the states, where legislatures realigned politically as a result of the November 2010 mid-term elections are doing yeoman's work in the defense of innocents. -
Get Rid of Government-But First Make Me President!
Posted: 6/15/2011 4:55:00 PM ESTI consider all Republican debates time-fillers until New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jumps in, but Monday night's debate did crystallize for me why I dislike libertarians. (Except one, who is a friend of mine and not crazy.) -
Is Obama a Shoo-in for Reelection?
Posted: 6/6/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTI’ve been active in national politics since Ronald Reagan’s great victory in 1980, and I can honestly say that I’ve never seen the TV pundits display the level of insanity and stupidity that we see today. Regrettably, this sentiment applies to the press on both sides of the political aisle.- Topics:
- Jobs
- Budget and Government
- Campaigns and Elections
- Politics
- Deficit
- Liberals
- Unemployment
- 2012 Election
- Ron Paul
- Wall Street
- Marco Rubio
- Economy News
- START
- Foreign Policy
- Jimmy Carter
- Mitt Romney
- Budget
- Family
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Obama
- Illinois
- Food
- Fox
- Spending Cuts
- WHO
- George Soros
- Youth Vote
- Housing Market
- Chicago
- Money
- Governors
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Quest 2012: Obama And His Challengers
Posted: 4/30/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTThe most recent polls show President Obama leading all of his potential GOP opponents and, in fact easily defeating most of them in hypothetical 2012 elections. The common reaction, even among seasoned commentators and politicos at this point is to shrug ones shoulders and say: “Who Cares?”- Topics:
- Sarah Palin
- Campaigns and Elections
- Democrats
- 2012 Election
- New Jersey
- Bill Clinton
- Newt Gingrich
- Mexico
- Wisconsin
- Townhall
- House
- President Obama
- Mitt Romney
- GOP
- Scott Walker
- Haley Barbour
- Mitch Daniels
- Mike Huckabee
- Gary Johnson
- Chris Christie
- Libertarian
- Republicans
- Obama
- Indiana
- WHO
- Arkansas
- Government
- Big Government
- Minnesota
- Leadership
- Winning
- Economic Growth
- professor
- Polls
- New Mexico
- billionaire
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The GOP Primary Can Wait
Posted: 4/25/2011 11:25:00 AM ESTThere’s a lot of talk around the country – especially among conservatives – about who will be the savior of the Republican Party as the presidential candidate in 2012. All of that talk is premature.- Topics:
- Budget and Government
- Campaigns and Elections
- Politics
- Liberals
- 2012 Election
- State Government
- White House
- Hillary Clinton
- START
- Foreign Policy
- House
- Budget
- GOP
- Scott Walker
- Entitlement Programs
- Private Sector
- Haley Barbour
- Mitch Daniels
- Mike Huckabee
- Collective Bargaining
- Conservatives
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- WHO
- Government
- Politicians
- Nikki Haley
- Senate
- Conservative
- The Left
- Opposition
- Governors
- Washington
- limited government
- Endorsement
- Smoking
- Debates
- Establishment
- Taxes
- GOP primary
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GOP Shouldn't Panic If Whites Become a Minority
Posted: 4/4/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTAre whites on the verge of becoming a minority of the American population? That's what some analysts of the 2010 Census results claim. -
Boehner Must Champion Congressional Pay Cuts
Posted: 3/20/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTSince the 112th Congress first convened on January 3rd of this year, the U.S. House of Representatives has been aggressively pursuing an agenda of cutting government spending.- Topics:
- Congress
- Ron Paul
- Arizona
- Planned Parenthood
- Subsidies
- START
- Gabrielle Giffords
- House
- Scott Walker
- Private Sector
- House of Representatives
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Obama
- Federal Government
- Spending Cuts
- WHO
- Lies
- Government
- Senate
- Speaker Boehner
- Cut
- Leadership
- Bipartisan
- Boehner
- John Kasich
- Business
- Governors
- Washington
- Shooting
- Health
- Democrat
- Obamacare
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Barbour Out on the Hustings
Posted: 3/17/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTRepublican presidential hopefuls are moving about in Iowa and New Hampshire.- Topics:
- Sarah Palin
- Immigration
- Democrats
- Politics
- Oil
- Debt
- New Jersey
- Ronald Reagan
- Newt Gingrich
- Economy News
- Energy
- Tim Pawlenty
- Haley Barbour
- Iowa
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Obama
- Race
- WHO
- Government
- Drilling
- Minnesota
- Money
- Entitlement Reform
- Business
- Economic Growth
- Barack Obama
- Health
- Hearing
- Debates
- Taxes
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GOP Should Heed Lesson of 1991: No Guts, No Glory
Posted: 3/15/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTIn early March 1991, all the smart people in politics knew one thing about the upcoming 1992 campaign: President George H.W. Bush was unbeatable -
Bigger Ambitions Lurk in the White House Vegetable Garden
Posted: 3/8/2011 3:28:53 PM ESTThe media is swooning: Republican Governors Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie recently defended First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! campaign.- Topics:
- Safety
- Obesity
- New York
- New Jersey
- White House
- Michelle Obama
- Entertainment
- Bureaucrats
- House
- FDA
- Women
- Mike Huckabee
- Government Mandates
- The New York Times
- Chris Christie
- Obama
- Food
- WHO
- Government
- Politicians
- Technology
- Chicago
- Default
- Health and Human Services
- Governors
- Washington
- new york times
- Health Insurance
- Bully Pulpit
- Health
- Obamacare
- Affordable Care Act
- children
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Who's to Blame For Union Woes?
Posted: 3/7/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTThe labor union movement is in deep trouble. Only 6 percent of private-sector employees are union members. -
Government Shutdown? So What?
Posted: 3/4/2011 5:25:23 PM ESTIf a satisfactory deal cannot be reached, one that keeps the GOP spending-cut pledge and includes a spending-limit rule with real teeth, then why not shut down the government?- Topics:
- Tea Party
- Social Security
- Democrats
- Deficit
- Unions
- New Jersey
- Paul Ryan
- Wall Street
- Elections
- Military
- Economy News
- Post Office
- Government Shutdown
- House
- Budget
- Budget Deal
- GOP
- House Republicans
- Scott Walker
- Mitch Daniels
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Obama
- Senate Democrats
- Bankruptcy
- Spending Cuts
- Government
- Rick Scott
- News
- Federal Spending
- Senate
- Money
- Wall Street Journal
- John Kasich
- Business
- Washington
- taxpayers
- Washington Monument
- bet
- dollar
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The House GOP Forfeits The Strategic Advantage of Time
Posted: 3/3/2011 10:00:47 AM ESTFour months ago the nation's voters gave John Boehner and the House GOP he leads a massive mandate to change the fiscal direction of the United States. -
The Teachers' Unions are on the Ropes
Posted: 2/28/2011 12:01:40 PM ESTThey were marching in Madison. And they’ll be on a street in a state capitol near you in the coming weeks and months. The teachers’ unions are on the ropes, and they know it. -
Red and Blue Govs Address Black and White Spending Issues
Posted: 2/24/2011 6:28:59 PM ESTThomas Jefferson said that a revolution now and then is a good thing, and that is what's happening in states around the country that are dramatically cutting their budgets.- Topics:
- Congress
- Government Spending
- Health Care
- Democrats
- Debt
- New York
- New Jersey
- Elections
- Wisconsin
- Budget
- GOP
- Scott Walker
- Private Sector
- Chris Christie
- Republicans
- Retirement
- Senate Democrats
- Indiana
- Democracy
- WHO
- Income
- Government
- News
- Andrew Cuomo
- Senate
- Cut
- Economic Growth
- Governors
- Health Insurance
- Grassroots
- Protests
- taxpayers
- Health
- Tax Burden
- Democrat
- Tax and Spend
- Taxes
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What Madison Revealed: Teachers as Rent Seekers
Posted: 2/22/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTThe particular defunct economist who most dominates the minds of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party is Keynes himself. But events in Wisconsin and a few other states are bringing other economists -- some still very much alive -- to the fore.
