Comments on: Christie Drops Out http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/01/10/christie-drops-out/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 16 May 2026 07:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/01/10/christie-drops-out/#comment-205802 MtnCaddy Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:59:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24537#comment-205802 Christie dropping out won’t have any material effect on Trump’s coronation. I spend too much time in the comments section of right-wing and social media and the loyalty that Trump commands is so over the top that Haley doesn’t have a prayer. Speaking of prayer Haley isn’t even a white male Mormon. She’s a non-white female Hindi and that would depress turnout in the general election even if she won the nomination. Which she won’t. Christie dropping out won’t have any material effect on Trump’s coronation. I spend too much time in the comments section of right-wing and social media and the loyalty that Trump commands is so over the top that Haley doesn’t have a prayer.

Speaking of prayer Haley isn’t even a white male Mormon. She’s a non-white female Hindi and that would depress turnout in the general election even if she won the nomination. Which she won’t.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/01/10/christie-drops-out/#comment-205801 Kick Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:28:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24537#comment-205801 Chris Weigant 2 <i>... I wrote this before I had read the hot mic comments... </i> I could tell and the reason I posted them for you. <i>... that "smoked" was particularly biting... </i> I know, right!? Christie basically "smoked" them both, but I would wager there's nothing anyone could say that would either hurt or help either of them with voters in Iowa where there are (stupid) caucuses and voters are genuinely afraid to show their "friends" they're backing anyone besides Dear Cult Leader... one of the many reasons to (finally) do away with caucuses (forever). As for New Hampshire, Trump is now promoting "rebirtherism" and claiming that Nikki Haley isn't qualified to run for the presidency because her parents weren't citizens when she was born... so from that, we can glean that Trump's internal polling is showing Haley gaining on him, and he should seriously consider reading the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution... with particular attention to Section 1 and Section 3. Chris Weigant
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... I wrote this before I had read the hot mic comments...

I could tell and the reason I posted them for you.

... that "smoked" was particularly biting...

I know, right!? Christie basically "smoked" them both, but I would wager there's nothing anyone could say that would either hurt or help either of them with voters in Iowa where there are (stupid) caucuses and voters are genuinely afraid to show their "friends" they're backing anyone besides Dear Cult Leader... one of the many reasons to (finally) do away with caucuses (forever).

As for New Hampshire, Trump is now promoting "rebirtherism" and claiming that Nikki Haley isn't qualified to run for the presidency because her parents weren't citizens when she was born... so from that, we can glean that Trump's internal polling is showing Haley gaining on him, and he should seriously consider reading the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution... with particular attention to Section 1 and Section 3.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/01/10/christie-drops-out/#comment-205798 Chris Weigant Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:04:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24537#comment-205798 Kick - You are right -- I wrote this before I had read the hot mic comments... that "smoked" was particularly biting... -CW Kick -

You are right -- I wrote this before I had read the hot mic comments... that "smoked" was particularly biting...

-CW

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/01/10/christie-drops-out/#comment-205797 Kick Thu, 11 Jan 2024 02:00:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24537#comment-205797 <i>But whether it comes in a formal statement or not, Christie has now essentially endorsed Haley. </i> It would seem that way from one angle, but from another... maybe not so much. Whether it comes in a formal statement or not (it was "caught" on a hot mic), Christie did (however inadvertently) definitely let his actual feelings about Haley become public knowledge: <blockquote> CHRISTIE: Yeah, that's what you get. UNKNOWN: Yeah. CHRISTIE: I mean, look, she's spent 68 million so far, just on TV... spent 68 million so far, 59 million by DeSantis, and we spent 12. I mean, who's punching above their weight, and who's getting a return on their investment? You know, and she's going to get smoked, and you and I both know it. She's not up to this. UNKNOWN: And she's still 20 points behind Trump in New Hampshire, right? CHRISTIE: Yeah, oh, yeah. UNKNOWN: And he's still gotta carry Iowa, right? CHRISTIE: Yes, oh, he's -- you know, I talked to -- DeSantis called me, petrified that I would... right UNKNOWN: He's probably getting out after Iowa. </blockquote> * So make of that what you will, voters of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina... where if Nikki Haley can't win her home state primary, it's basically lights out right there. But whether it comes in a formal statement or not, Christie has now essentially endorsed Haley.

It would seem that way from one angle, but from another... maybe not so much. Whether it comes in a formal statement or not (it was "caught" on a hot mic), Christie did (however inadvertently) definitely let his actual feelings about Haley become public knowledge:

CHRISTIE: Yeah, that's what you get.

UNKNOWN: Yeah.

CHRISTIE: I mean, look, she's spent 68 million so far, just on TV... spent 68 million so far, 59 million by DeSantis, and we spent 12. I mean, who's punching above their weight, and who's getting a return on their investment? You know, and she's going to get smoked, and you and I both know it. She's not up to this.

UNKNOWN: And she's still 20 points behind Trump in New Hampshire, right?

CHRISTIE: Yeah, oh, yeah.

UNKNOWN: And he's still gotta carry Iowa, right?

CHRISTIE: Yes, oh, he's -- you know, I talked to -- DeSantis called me, petrified that I would... right

UNKNOWN: He's probably getting out after Iowa.

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So make of that what you will, voters of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina... where if Nikki Haley can't win her home state primary, it's basically lights out right there.

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