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Cory Booker Says He’ll Decide Within 2 Weeks Whether to Run Against Chris Christie

Dec. 9, 2012 1:44pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Democratic Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker said Sunday he’ll decide within two weeks whether to challenge Republican Gov. Chris Christie next year.

Booker told CBS’ “Face the Nation” he is “absolutely considering” running for governor, and is also looking at a Senate run “a lot as well.”

He said the question is “where do I believe I can make the best difference for the city I love, the state I love and the nation that I’ve pledge my life to.”

Booker, who emerged this year as something of a Democratic Party rock star, said it’s imperative for him to decide soon.

“I’ve got to give my party and be a part of my party’s push forward, whether it’s with me as a candidate or with supporting other candidates for that office,” he said.

Booker recently accepted a Twitter challenge to live off food stamps for a week.

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TheePolitinator
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:39am
Good I hope Christie looses he’s a RINO, and won’t be able to afford the luxuries any longer. Wouldn’t surprise me if he swaps to Demonrat next.

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usmc1868
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:56am
Just as I had been right about the wrongful upholding of the “Affordable Health Care Act”, Romney unfortunately not standing a snowballs chance with the Presidency run and now with this race I will predict Chris Christie is Finished as Gov, I am pleased because it was his own doing. The only thing that cannot be processed out of Christie is the squeal!!!!! BTW there will be many, many more loses for Republicans before this is all over and only then when the Democrats destructive behavior be exposed will the people look back to Conservatives.

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- Silent-No-More
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 9:14am
  Actually, Chris Christie has a high approval rating in NJ because he has done the one thing that matters most to the people of the state. He used the incredibly strong powers of his office granted by the state constitution to reign in the out-of-control spending and taxation that was hurting the people of the state. If fraud does not carry the election, Chris Christie will likely win based on his record.
  I am getting sick and tired of all of the fat jokes from conservatives. What hypocrisy that those who claim to be about merit are judging Chris Christie on his appearance. Also, Christie is not a RHINO, he is a NJ Republican. That means he has to represent the people of his state, not people from the Midwest or the Bible Belt. As a social conservative from NJ, I approve of Christie because he is not trying to legislate morality.
  Instead of whining about Christie in their losing hissy fit, the Romney Campaign should have learned from him. Christie won by focusing on the problems in NJ and offering solutions to the problems that were within the powers of the governorship to accomplish.
  
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- usmc1868
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:13pm
  As a “Social Conservative” you should have decried Christies pleas to the “King with no Cloths” . Your state behaves in the thuggish way just like the city of Chicago. Do you really think the aide given from this administration does not come without a price? Any state that deals with it is compromised immediately. You should be demanding your Gov to tell the people of NJ that “We will do it on our own so as to show America how to stand up again!!!!!!” Pull your boot straps up, organize, walk across the lawn to your neighbor and start rebuilding her shed, take that $7.00 you would spend on the Large Mocca Mocca, Latte Latte, Extra Extra, Cream, Nuts and a Cherrie everyday put it in a jar and pass it around.
  
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dockman45
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:33am
I saw this guy over the weekend claiming he was living on food stamps to point out the plight of the poor. On and on he went about the sweet patato he burned and that he had no coffee. Thirty dollars a week is not enough for food he claimed. “what a steaming pile”
So here is his message “You don’t need a job if I can get you more wealthfare”
If you are hungry Mr. Booker do like they say in the EBT rap video, go to the store and get a big bag of chips and a big gulp and pay for it with food stamps. Make sure that big gulp is under 16 ounces and the chips have no salt on them or Bloomberg will send in a swat team.
I have an idea, how about getting those NJ citizens out of the FEMA camps and back into their homes for Xmas……..

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Maxim Crux
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 12:41am
One piece of crap for another piece of crap equals more crap.

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:33am
  From bad to worse.
  
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Yankeethinker
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:41pm
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security…”

That tears it… after suffering thru the BS of NJ… I’ve had enough… I’m taking my skills, income AND my TAX REVENUE to another state… These freeloaders can have what’s left and they can eat each other. Buh bye, NJ… Good riddance!

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- HappyConservative
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:01pm
  Yankee, come to TX. We don’t put up with that BS for one minute. Damn RNC made Christie their keynote speaker and then he turned right around and slammed Romney while sucking up to barry at the same time. He had a HUGE part in barry’s re-election because of that. If it’s between a demoncrap or a demoncrap that pretends to be a Republican – matters not to me. Both suck. Just sayin’. (I bet Ann Coulter is eating her shorts! LOL)
  
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Ducky657
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 8:20pm
A battle of a heavyweight Rino and a consummate progressive–who cares?

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- FormerChristieInsider
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:23pm
  What everybody in America needs to understand: NJ is as corrupt as it gets, period. NJ is REALLY run by old school party bosses.
  
  Democrat party bosses control the state. They control jobs, the entire state legislature, fundraising, street money, etc, etc, etc. Chris Christie should be investigating the party bosses, but he choose not to.
  
  NJ politics is all an inside game, Christie and Booker both answer to the same party bosses, and they are both a media creation. Glenn could fill a years worth of programming on the corruption, the connections, the system, etc. It would blow your mind to learn the truth of the corruption in NJ.
  
  As for Christie, he has some real emotional issues to deal with. In addition to the fact he regularly lies and contradicts himself, he is very much dislike by those who are in his own party. His staff is arrogant, Christie himself cares only about himself, and if not for his sharp tongue, he would be just another failed, self serving Governor of NJ.
  
  The only reason Chris has support is simple: he knows how to play to the cameras. Nothing in NJ has really changed. Corruption is still rampant, taxes among the highest in the country, government and debt have grown, etc.
  
  It’s hard to believe, but the disagreement Chris has with the senate president is largely for show. The speaker of the assembly is a puppet. And Cory Booker, who is NEVER seen w. a woman, is part of the same game.
  
  You can bet Christie/Booker both consult regularly w
  
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perry1980
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 7:31pm
You will get the blaak vote and the union vote
But Christie will chew you up and spit you out otherwise.

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- HappyConservative
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:04pm
  Well that’s pretty much all it takes. That’s what gave barry a 2nd term is it not? Union and minority votes along with those sucking on the government teat? No?
  
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TheVolleyballGod
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 7:24pm
Cory Booker isn’t that the food stamp idiot?

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ares338
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 6:28pm
I think Col. Sanders is running. I know Christie really likes Col. Sanders.

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romberger
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 6:11pm
Give him a Obama phone and he shut up

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Hoax And Chains
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:30pm
Answer? Who cares?

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paco51
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:48pm
Just another Santa in a obama suit. They’ll be saying where’s my
booker money or where’s my Booker phone. That’s how he’ll win.Keep the faith people.

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MY WASR10 SAYS IM FREE
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:04pm
Booker will win. New Jersey would vote for Hitler’s bowel movement as long as it was a GDMF’n Democrat.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:24pm
  Then how did Christie win as Governor?
  
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Small World
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:02pm
Progressive or RINO who cares ????

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Redmanblackdog
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:39pm
Keatonc33, wipe that brown stuff off your nose, must smell pretty bad.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:51pm
  Either way New Jersey’s going to have a progressive governor.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:26pm
  ….. you get used to it
  
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Redmanblackdog
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:36pm
Christie the RINO! He just signed the gay marriage into law. He must not be a christian, and he sure the hell isn’t a republican. That in my book makes him disgusting.

He should go hang out with the Bush’s, I am sure him and Jeb could do a lot for the Rino republic.

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- saranda
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:12pm
  Christie is the best kind of conservative, a fiscal one. You keep talking all the social stuff and you push voters further from your cause. When will conservatives learn?
  
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- svan71
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:36pm
  New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill Vetoed By Chris Christie
  
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- Silent-No-More
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 9:31am
  For such a short post, you revealed a lot about yourself. One, Christie VETOED the gay marriage law. This law was actually forced by the court system of NJ, not at all supported or pushed by the governor. Get your facts before insulting someone. Also, while I believe that homosexual behavior is a sin, that does not eliminate the reality that the Log Cabin Republicans exist. Since adultery does not disqualify a person from the Republican Party, it is hypocritical to exclude any person based on who they have sex with. The real question is whether the person believes the government should force their behavior on other people.
  Compare Christie with Christine Todd Whitman, a former Republican governor of NJ, and you might actually learn what a great step up Christie is for NJ.
  
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cackyy
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:19pm
I think either one is a win for New Jersey. Look what Booker’s done for Newark.

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barbeque
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:17pm
Another elected official just like the president who will continue to use racism when anyone has a different opinion. Welcome to America!

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:29pm
  Do me a favor! can you name one time where Obama has used racism to attack someone with a different opinion? just one!
  
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- ClaudeRains
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:38pm
  Keaton your stupidity is showing.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:40pm
  33: The Black Caucus, virulent Obama supporters, see racism in everything conservatives do. How about all of the nasty racists allegations about the Tea Party people ? I remember the Jason Levin, a Democrat from Oregon, tactics of ” make racist posters and take them to Tea Party rallies” as an excellent example of the dirty, racist tactics of the Left.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:45pm
  CLAUDE: That was classic Lefty hypocrisy: they have character assassinated every serious conservative candidate for years, and yet yell ” racism” whenever anyone does not like the radical Bill Ayers Chicago crowd of ” anti-capitalist” Democrat policies and over-spending which can only destroy our economic system and leave us so far in debt to COMMUNIST China. DUH.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:01pm
  Claud… can you?
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:03pm
  Barber… Yes there are some supporters of Obama who play the race cars too quickly.. just as there are opponents of Obama who are racist! That wasn’t what I was asking. I just want one example of Obama himself playing the race card…. like this poster said.
  
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nostromo
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:11pm
Booker wins easily. Christie is yesterday’s news and the media will always support the black guy over the white guy.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:29pm
  didn’t work too well for west.
  
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- ClaudeRains
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:37pm
  Keaton that’s because West is a conservative you idiot.
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:16pm
  he can’t run against him, he can walk against him.
  
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barber2
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:31pm
“my party’s push forward .” FORWARD: code word for the new , ” changed ” FAR LEFT Obama Chicago , radical kinda Democrat ! JFK and Truman must be twirling ! When will the Democrats get honest and change their ” forward” party’s name to what it SHOULD be ?

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Locked
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:24pm
Don’t know anything about Booker’s politics (though the Democratic affiliation tells me enough), but I respect the guy as a person. Earlier this year he ran into a burning building to save a stranger. Not saying that heroes deserve their political office or would be good at the job, but Booker at the very least is a hero.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:07pm
  Second this statement.
  
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Tom Ballard
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:03pm
To hell with Christie, Traitor

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:06pm
  Why is he a traitor? because he acknowledged Obama helped his state during sandy? is honestly no longer important for republican politicians? ; )
  
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- Small World
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:29pm
  @33 Helped he gave a speech !!!
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 1:59pm
It doesn’t matter who runs against Christie, because Christie will be defeated. He turned traitor to the Republican party. I would not trust Christie any farther than I could throw his lard ****.

I saw through his fake Republican act long ago, but it took hurricane Sandy and the Obama **** kissing, for some others to see through him. He’s a Demoncrat in Republican clothing.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Just to get this straight you wont “trust” Christie because he was honest and thanked Obama for helping him State during the worst Natural disaster new jersey has seen in his lifetime. That speaks volumes about you.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:33pm
  33: Fiscal conservatives are just fed up with the over-spending of the “progressives” of both parties. Then there was that end of the election/ tight race issue which left many Republicans upset that Christie seemed to go out of his way to ” make nice” with the suddenly bi-partisan Obama, who has gone out of his way to usurp congressional powers and to demonize / isolate congress for 4 years, when such an important race was at stake. You , 33, should listen to the fiscal conservatives. They know how completely insane this over-spending and how dangerous this deficit is to your future.
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Barber, if you believed there was any “end of the race tightening,” you may not be a good source to lecture anyone on who to listen to.
  
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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 1:57pm
Bookers is a yes man and a joke but Christie is some what of a joke also.
It would be entertaining.

Just the word RUN scares the he11 out of Christie.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:31pm
  Though I disagree with the majority of your post… This “Just the word RUN scares the he11 out of Christie.” cracked me up!
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 1:48pm
If he does it’ll be two progressives battling it out,some choice eh?

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- barber2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:32pm
  Yes. But they can both play the Race Card !
  
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- booger71
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:55pm
  They could face off in the Octagon.
  
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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:10pm
  I think what they really meant was they will both be running with a (D) in front of their name in 2016 for president.
  
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