The sweeping re-election of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proves moderates are an integral part of the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says.
"There's room in the Republican Party for moderates, like Chris Christie. They seem to be the only ones that are winning in the Northeast," Paul told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.
"The other thing that might happen in the Northeast, if we had a little more libertarian-leaning Republicans, they would have a chance in the Northeast," Paul said Wednesday.
"But there's room for moderates, like Chris Christie, and he's got a place in the party."
But conservatives are still the driving force of the GOP, Paul says.
"Conservatives are a much bigger force than the moderates, but it doesn't mean that we want to exclude moderates from our party," he said.
Still, with a nod to Christie, Paul said moderate Republicans will have a tougher time getting the Republican nomination for president.Read the rest HERE and listen to the interview below:
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I would support Christie over Paul, (both), Cruzie, Lee, Palin and a whole host of others. You see, Christie has something these don't: the ability to work with others who don't always agree with him. It's a concept that Reagan used to teach and practice. I call it the 80/20 rule.
Ellie
I don't agree with Paul. People are getting pretty desperate to avoid 8 years of Hillary.
Plus, while conservatives outnumber moderates on the right, moderates outnumber conservatives overall (see Virginia exit polls), and we are ultimately talking about general elections.
Cimbri, Take a good look at the following 2012 exit poll data. The only way for a Republicna to win nationally is to run up the score with Republicans by getting more of them to the polls. Nobody will get more than 93% of Republicans. Any Democrat will get 89-93% of there own party. There may be a point or two to be gained among Indies, but with Hillary on the ballot, it's not likely. Romney did fairly will with that group, and still lost by 5 million votes.
Christie is not capable of getting the base off their couch on election day. Period.
Democratic: (38%)
Obama: 92%
Romney: 7%
Other: 1%
Republican: <(32%)
Obama: 6%
Romney: 93%
Other: 1%
Independent (29%)
Obama: 45%
Romney: 50%
Other: 5%
I agree with Rand Paul. Christie will have a tough time getting the nomination.
That's why we have an Elephant as a symbol of the GOP....WE NEVER FORGET>
I know EVERY TIME I THINK OF CHRISTIE...
Sandy..THE HUG... cameras clicking away during his tour of the area with the President didn't send up a 'wait-a-minute' moment on Christie's part? IF NOT, I have to wonder AGAIN about his judgment.
Then there were the press conferences. one...after....another. He'd give updates, the press would always sneak in a question about President Obama. AGAIN, a street smart individual would have caught on after the first 2 or 3 times....Oh yeh, he gave me his direst line...if I need anything, I can call him direct...blah,,,blah...blah. You're getting the picture...
I believe it WAS DELIBERATE. Why wait 8 years to run? When YOU THINK you can run yourself in 4?
IMHO, Christie is a self-centered..pompous..POS!
Christie campaigned a lot for Romney during the season. There seemed to be some point where he didn't think Romney was going to win. Maybe his aides had a falling out with Romney's people. I don't know what happened. I still say that ultimately, the people who didn't get off the couch and vote are to blame. Every American is responsible for his Country, not just one or two politicians. Christie did a lot of campaigning for Romney in various states, so he did his share.
Getting the squatters off the couch and voting for their candidates sounds like the only solution for some, but these candidates actually have to win the primary first before it even matters, right? Good luck with that one, not likely to happen. Does that mean we'll have another wave of squatters handing the election to the opposition? Probably, unless they grow up and abandon this useless strategy.
I agree with one of the comments above about disliking self-centred people.
I agree with Bosman, Christie is making it VERY difficult, if not impossible for people like me to want to support him.
But I think these little jabs Paul, Cruz, and Christie constantly take at each other are threatening to our success in 2016, whoever the nominee is. And I'm sick to death of it. This is exactly why Romney had such a difficult road. And it's self-destructive.
Notice the guys who don't do this. Paul Ryan for instance. This is a statesman. Christie is all for himself. Cruz and Paul appear also to be very self-interested. Ryan wants to actually solve problems.
I do agree with Ellie, that we have to work across the aisle. Cruz and Paul really don't understand this fundamental truth.
-Martha
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