Summary:
Two New Jersey newspapers on Saturday called Governor Chris Christie a failure for his state, rejecting the Republican presidential candidate’s sales pitch to Americans that he has an accomplished record and sound judgment. The editorial boards for sister papers the Asbury Park Press and the Courier News denounced the governor, joining the Star-Ledger in loudly criticizing Christie and citing residents who consider their governor “a failure across the board”. The papers also ridiculed Christie for his about-face on President Obama, whose help he welcomed – with an embrace that became infamous on the 2012 election trail – after the devastation of Sandy.
What's my view?
Key data/statistical information:
- The Press argued that Christie has proven himself a negligent leader, “content to leave New Jersey on autopilot while he campaigns for president” during more than 200 days out of state in 2015.
- The Courier News agreed, and called Christie “a disaster on the environment” for taking a settlement from $225m ExxonMobil over a pollution case.
- Christie’s approval ratings in New Jersey have plummeted, with only 33% approving of his performance, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll, and 61% want him to abandon his presidential ambitions, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
- A Monmouth University poll found in July that 57% of New Jerseyans want Christie to resign.
- Nationally, Christie has struggled, ranking sixth in the Republican primary, at 3.7%, according to a HuffPost average of 33 pollsters.
- He has performed better in New Hampshire, with 10.8%, and where an influential newspaper endorsed him
What's my view?
According to many, he should be in prison for numerous felony offenses.
Also, the fact I found news about New Jersey on the Guardian is an example that the world revolves around America.
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