Iowans who sought to draft Chrisite 4 years ago are with him for 2016 dispute poll numbers
Source: U.S. News
By CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Republican presidential Chris Christie got a big boost in Iowa Tuesday when six major Republican donors and activists wooed by other GOP candidates declared they were sticking with the New Jersey governor despite his lag in the polls.
The announcement from the big-money, longtime supporters was a blow to other presidential candidates including Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who have been hustling to win backers in the state after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's departure from the race.
"We heard from a variety of (candidates)," said agricultural businessman Bruce Rastetter, who was careful not to criticize any of the other contenders. "It was who you can envision being president and ... able to stop the dysfunctionality in Washington."
Christie won support from six of the seven Iowa Republicans who flew to New Jersey four years ago to urge him to run in the 2012 race the seventh does not plan to endorse. Christie said he had no regrets about not taking the group up on their suggestion to run then but acknowledged that this time around there "was a lot of shopping to do. He said he simply kept talking to these backers to keep their support.
Christie joked that he offered "flowers, candy, wine you know, all the traditional wooing things."
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Rudy Here, Chris is the best deal going,he'll come through every time !
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MisterP
(23,730 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Then again, how many years left as gov? And what major programs can they rip off in NJ with his help?
rurallib
(62,427 posts)in a state that has the likes of Chuck Grassley, Steve King, Bob Vander Plaats, Joni Ernst and governor for life Terry Branstad, Rastatter is the chair of the Board of Regents is right at home and has a personal mission of fucking up the university system.
Why would they back Christie? Because stupid is what they do and they never admit a mistake.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Frankly, I had pretty much erased Christ Chrissie from my mind, given his chances to be nominated. If his campaign had shares of stock, I still be shorting it on the market.