Booker has a massive lead in the race to replace the late Frank Lautenberg, which helps explain why Republicans are so made at Chris Christie.
Gov. Christ Christie's pick will step in to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank Lautenberg. Don't spend too much time memorizing how to spell that tricky last name: He'll only be in the seat for the next 130 days or so. We've got a ticker to help you count.
Christie's decision to announce a special election made sure that he wasn't on the ballot at the same time as Cory Booker. "Oh my God, that is such a self-serving, corrupt, abuse of power," Stewart said. "I miss New Jersey so much."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has set the special election to replace Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died on Monday, for October. The primary will be in August. So we now have a little window into how Christie's making his calculations — and getting the love of New Jersey voters is pretty clearly his priority over the love of conservative presidential primary voters.
On the third-to-last day that Senator Frank Lautenberg ever voted in the Senate, he joined with 53 of his colleagues to support a compromise on new gun regulations. His vote wasn't enough. Now, Lautenberg's death makes the prospect of revisiting that issue — and a number of other Democratic priorities, including the filibuster and immigration reform — substantially trickier.
President Obama and Chris Christie are once again reviving their bromance that incited so much ire in Republican hearts last year, as Obama returned to the Jersey Shore on Tuesday to tour the areas hit by Sandy. Obama has landed at McGuire Air Force Base already — and Christie has greeted the president. Like so.
America knows all about Christie's love of fleece zip-ups — they abounded on his love-fest with President Obama while touring the damage of Hurricane Sandy last year. But when Christie bestowed one upon Prince Harry this morning before their photo-op tour of the Sandy recovery, he was actually giving one to a kindred spirit. Harry, too, is a fan of the fleece.
On last night's Daily Show, Stewart wondered about all the reports that said that Christie underwent lap-band surgery just to run for president. "Can't a guy get healthy, without the prognosticators?" Stewart wondered. But Stewart requires some other skills in a 2016 candidate.
He's already lost 40 pounds after no-longer-secret lap-band stomach surgery, and it's perfectly timed for a presidential run. There will be the inevitable grand tale of the Incredible Shrinking Chris Christie — the humanizing interviews, the many side-by-side photos — and it will play into one of his recently acquired political strengths: women have started to like him.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a huge announcement to the The New York Post—but not the one everyone has been expecting.
Today in celebrity news: Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is causing trouble, Jon Hamm doesn't want you talking about his privates, and Chris Christie brags about Prince Harry.
Mitt Romney is hosting a mixer in Park City, Utah this summer to unite "political, business and other thought leaders," according to the Chicago Tribune, but you probably aren't invited unless you're a future Republican contender for President or a deep-pocketed donor.
Until Donald Trump's invitation was announced on Tuesday afternoon, this year's Conservative Political Action Conference was mostly in the news for the uninvited guests — their sins were unforgivable. But what do the forgivable CPAC invitees say about the conservative agenda right now? That's where things get weird.
Along with eyebrow-raising support from Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Chris Christie today got a contribution from another perhaps-unexpected source: Mitt Romney.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not going to the Conservative Political Action Conference, but he is going to implement the expansion of Medicaid called for under Obamacare.
As the rest of the country gawked at dresses on the red carpet, President Obama welcomed the governors from all 50 states to the White House on Sunday evening.
If only Chris Christie were a woman, his weight, and his ability to make jokes about his weight, would make him a folk hero. But the New Jersey governor is s dude, so his fat is a liability.
Just when we thought it was going to be Chris-Christie-yells-at-a-doctor day, Brennan's otherwise very serious confirmation hearing on Thursday afternoon was interrupted — after the Code Pink protestors — by several Christie jokes. Yes, really.
The likable New Jersey governor swung by Letterman last night (with doughnut in hand) and poked fun at himself, Letterman, and his favorite fat jokes that the late night host has unleashed. Not that this was in doubt, but Chris Christie is a fantastic sport.
Facebook announced Thursday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will host his first political fundraiser at his home for... New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Is the world's most famous young exec actually a conservative wolf in a Silicon Valley hoodie? Time for an investigation.
Christie's media blitz this morning — including the cover of Time — could signal a shift in tone (and policy) for the New Jersey governor and his ever-growing national profile.
After losing the presidential election and several very winnable races, the Republicans enter the 113th Congress with several power struggles. Let's review some of the more interesting ones.
The New Jersey governor went off on the House leadership in a nuclear press conference Wednesday afternoon, but perhaps more damning than Christie's harsh words for all of Congress was who he blamed for the bill: House Speaker John Boehner.
The Internet's been buzzing lately with speculation that Newark Mayor Cory Booker will challenge Chris Christie in next year's governor's race or make a bid for a Senate seat opening in 2014.
A new fantasy poll — albeit a very legitimate one — says Christie could beat Bruce Springsteen, the state's beloved bard and the governor's own personal hero.
The race to become the presumed frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination feels awfully hot given that the 2012 election is all of three weeks old. But still, here are the guys ready to make a few tweaks and usher in a new Republican era, like, right now.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faced a broad and furious backlash from conservatives for saying so many nice things about President Obama in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and not only did it hurt his feelings—it was just as vengeful as everyone expected.
Matt Katz on Booker vs. Christie, Robert Kagan on Susan Rice, Daniel Akst on paper, Daniel Altman on inequality, and Peter Beinart on Israel.
Sorry, Jeremy Renner, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stole the spotlight from you on last night's Saturday Night Live. That's no knock on you. We just can't resist the fleece jokes.
When you think of the widespread Republican condemnation of Mitt Romney for saying President Obama beat him only because he gave "gifts" to young people and minorities, it helps to think of the former presidential candidate as two men: a man who was a potential Republican president and a failed Republican nominee.
Not even 24 hours since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama, the Republicans advisers have begun floating theories for why he failed to defeat a less popular incumbent in a weak economy.
In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, there's some worry in New Jersey that people won't be able to cast their ballots on electronic voting machines. In the interest of preparedness, Gov. Chris Christie has authorized some funny alternative methods for people to exercise their right to vote.
The Romney campaign officially has Paul Ryan buyer's remorse. Citing "campaign insiders," Politico's Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei report Mitt's first choice for Vice President was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
It's the most unrequited relationship in politics, but last night it showed signs of thaw.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Of course President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie care about taking care of people without power or whose homes were washed away by Hurricane Sandy. But what's in their best interest politically lines up quite nicely, too.
President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a helicopter tour of the areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday afternoon.
The first debate airs this Wednesday, and last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart looked at how the two camps are prepping.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulls triple duty -- appearing on Face the Nation, This Week, and Meet the Press -- to tell the whole world how he thinks Wednesday night's debate is going to change the face of the election forever.
The New Jersey governor may have appeared at the GOP convention last night, but a poll from his state shows Obama with a strong lead. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
The first night of the Republican National Convention featured two key speeches that aimed at raising the curtain for Mitt Romney. So, how did they do?
Now that Day One is officially not happening and the Republican Convention schedule has been compressed and re-configured, you might need to adjust your own schedule to catch your favorite politicians.
A report in the New York Post suggests that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who will deliver Tuesday's keynote at the Republican National Convention, is not confident of the nominee's chances.
All the guys who were competing to be Mitt Romney's running mate have gotten a consolation prize, except one: Poor old Tim Pawlenty.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been given the most prominent speaking role at the Republican National Convention for anyone not named Ryan or Romney.
Republican voters like the idea of Condi for VP, Mitt should release tax returns, the economy is important to people, and deadlocked in Virginia. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has discovered the secret of how to get journalists to read press releases: Just be hilariously self-deprecating, and claim, for example, that David Letterman called you fat 327,832 times.
The video of Chris Christie yelling at a guy on a boardwalk at the Jersey Shore showed the New Jersey governor in a less than flattering light, but as one incisive commenter points out, it's the light that usually reveals a person's true self.
On Monday, when The New York Times wrote about hot politicians snapping at everyone some folks called shenanigans, however, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie really is having a tough time of it in this heat, as we can see in a TMZ video of him getting in a guy's face on the Jersey Shore.
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