Tuesday, February 5, 2013

NJ Gov Chris Christie could face a Tea Party Challenger

"Why would any Republican in his right mind
 want to support Chris Christie?"
~ Seth Grossman
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) could find himself with a Tea Party challenger in his bid for a second term this year. 
Former Atlantic County Freeholder Seth Grossman (R-Atlantic City) told PolitickerNJ.com that he is considering a challenge to the popular one-term governor in the June Republican primary. A Tea Party leader and radio show host from South Jersey who hasn't run for elected office in over two decades, Grossman indicated he might be willing to take on the governor, who has been playing up his alliance with President Barack Obama on Hurricane Sandy relief in recent months. 
[...] 
Grossman is allied with former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan (R), whom Christie defeated by roughly 40,000 votes in the 2009 Republican gubernatorial primary. Lonegan now heads the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers-backed group. Grossman currently hosts a conservative talk radio show in South Jersey and founded Liberty and Prosperity 1776, Inc., which he says is "teaching Americans how to think and act like Americans again."
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is why the tea party will never be mainstream. If it were up to them, they would put up Christine O Donnell over Chris Christie. They destroying the GOP with their purity over pragmatism non sense.

Anonymous said...

^^^ That is true about the TEA party.... however... Christie's bromance with Obama has made Christie unpopular with a number of Republicans. The TEA challenger in this case might well defeat Christie.

Either way, Christie may face a difficult re-election.

Anonymous said...

The talk is a Tea Party third ticket in the final election.

Anonymous said...

So basically the GOP wants to lose NJ? A tea party far right just won't fly in NY. Get a clue people. It's not a one sized fit all.

Anonymous said...

"So basically the GOP wants to lose NJ?"

Perhaps some of us want to give Christie the same chance he gave Romney.

Anonymous said...

NJ is a blue state so the GOP was never going to win New Jersey. I would not vote for Christie because Christie like the Bush's are big government progressives. The main platform of the Tea Party is fiscal conservatism and limited government. If we nominate a GOP progressive to run against a Democratic progressive like HIllary we will lose...because there essentially is no difference. People are going to be so sick and tired of the progressive cause that a true conservative like a Rand Paul could win the presidency.

Anonymous said...

Christie lose a primary challenge? Keep smoking crack. What planet are you on? He is the most popular politician in the country and sports a seventy percent approval rating in NJ. Over a dozen democratic mayors have endorsed him. He wins his re election by ten or more points. And he will be the 2016 GOP nominee. Be ready for it...