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joshcryer

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11. The media hyped them to hell and back.

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:40 AM

Nov 2013

A lot of us did take them very seriously. And we will take Cristie seriously.

But we won't throw our nomination under the bus if they shake hands with someone we don't like or something.

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Look, Christie won this election the day he embraced Obama [View all] scheming daemons Nov 2013 OP

That's basically it in a nutshell. nt BumRushDaShow Nov 2013 #1

And the day Obama embraced Christie. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2

definite quid pro quo scheming daemons Nov 2013 #4

According to the news, 30% of NJ Dems voted for Christie. Do you think that was because Christie sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #12

+1, I bet we can find posts about that. joshcryer Nov 2013 #15

Yeah it's always better to publicly tell the governor of a disaster-ravaged state to go fuck himself Azathoth Nov 2013 #14

you think it will be a repeat of Charlie Crist in Florida ? remember how the Crist hugging OBama JI7 Nov 2013 #3

pretty much. Buono trailed by less than 20 points before Sandy. After? by 38. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #5

And Buono gets to blame her own party. joshcryer Nov 2013 #9

Yep. Christie's actions in the aftermath of Sandy helped him. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #6

They played a blip from Buono's concession speech on local radio BumRushDaShow Nov 2013 #13

Yep. And he did it to deflect from his piss poor handling of Sandy. joshcryer Nov 2013 #7

That's what everybody said about the Tea Party. No one took them seriously until they liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #8

tea party can win local elections... cant win nationally scheming daemons Nov 2013 #10

The media hyped them to hell and back. joshcryer Nov 2013 #11

the media took them more seriously than they should, they have power within the republican party JI7 Nov 2013 #16