
Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie won a “non-binding” straw poll conducted by the Camden County Republican Committee (CCRC) at last night’s county committee meeting, according to a release issued by the CCRC.
The four Republican gubernatorial candidates appeared on the ballot and the results were overwhelmingly favorable to Christie, who received 77% to former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan’s 23%.
Assemblyman Rick Merkt (R-Mendham) and Franklin Township Mayor Brian D. Levine did not receive any votes.
“Last night’s results show that Chris Christie has a strong base of support in South Jersey,” said Rick DeMichele, chairman of the Camden County GOP. “We wanted to have as much input as possible from our county committee heading into the endorsement process, and we found that Chris Christie has genuine grassroots support in the heart of South Jersey.
“Camden County is going to be critical in this year’s election, and we’re excited about the opportunity to help elect a new Republican governor this year,” DeMichele added.
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- PolitickerNJ.com, 02/08/10Press releases are submitted by PolitickerNJ users, not by staff. They do not represent the viewpoint of PolitickerNJ.com.
S O S
I cannot believe the stupidity of the GOP County Committee members. They keep trying to find a candidate that the media (the enemy) thinks can win. It is deja vu all over again. NJ is the highest taxed people in the Nation and the is because we keep filling the seats with people the media thinks can win rather than who will actually heal New Jersey.
Hey, Camden GOP, stop trying to model New Jersey after Camden.
“A thing moderately good is not as good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.” Thomas Paine
Team Up
If Obama & Hillary can get it together for the sake of the Dem party - lets see Christie & Lonegan join forces as Gov. & Lt. Gov. and get a R victory.
Marie Antoinettes of the NJ GOP
While Mr & Mrs NJ is losing their job or trying to survive, we have the clueless establishment arts and croissants crowd with their heads in the sand. Chanting let the wingnuts eat cake wont solve our serious problems.
Ed Ramirez This shows that
Ed Ramirez
This shows that Cristie has the following of the rank and file as well as the leadership in the State GOP.
Early indication Christie has the broadest appeal
Christie will--and should--win the Republican nomination because of his proven leadership and experience. He made tough decisions and got results.
Mayor of Bogota?--don't be overly idealistic. South Jersey will be unimpressed with an unknown candidate from a town they've never heard of (pop. ~8000).
We STILL don't
know where Chris Christie stands on any issues! How can they conduct this "straw poll?"
What tough decisions?
You mean deciding whether or not to indict Sharpe James and Wayne Bryant was a "tough decision"???
His campaign is all smoke, mirrors and hype. Anyone who thinks a pro-COAH, pro-tax, pro-Abbott, pro-gun control, pro-abortion liberal is going to win a Republican primary against Steve Lonegan better put on an extra layer of clothes, because it's mighty cold outside.
Hey Mountaintop
I thought Christie hadn't decided what positions he would take. You must know everything about what Christie thinks before anybody else.
Since you already know what Christie stands for, maybe you can enlightgen Looneygan and the rest of the Looneygans who are having hissy fits because Christie won't tell them what he stands for.
Republicans in Camden?
is this a typo in the story?
Christie's positions
These are his positions in his previous four campaigns for public office, including his 1997 Freeholder reelection campaign, where he finished sixth out of six and lost 2-1.
Would you like the documentation?
Hey Clarkvip
With those results, the raw numbers had to have 100 or 200 voters at the meeting. 23 is a prime number.
Even a hundred for Camden County looks suspicious and Wally didn't even write this one.
Team up . Forrester part deux
Vin Cognito your wish is admirable, but do you ever see 2 guys with egos the size of the Garden State sitting at a table to form a winning team ?
Just look at the posts here. My predictions are the Christie will win
based on the fact that NJ Republicans shy from issues driven debate.
By next Nov will will all be out of work anyway and it will make no difference.
Wait until Christie
finds out that an establishment endorsement is like receiving a World's Best Dad mug on Father's Day. And that is it!
No Lonegan Puff Piece Today?
I'm terribly disappointed. Maybe Shaftan can do a Lonegan twitter for politickernj so that we can know when he is brushing his teeth and other stuff..........Since Lonegan is such an upfront outfront kind of guy, here are some questions to ask him for your next Lonegan red alert.........Do you wear a wig? How many times have you hired undocumented workers? Who drove the vehicle you were in when trolling for the illegals (assuming that is how you found them)? Did the driver have a public employee day job? Did you ever smoke marijuana? Did you ever do cocaine? Have you ever cheated on your wife? What did you leave in brown bags during high school? How many residences in Bogota are fronted by the fancy sidewalk stones the town purchased with taxpayer money while you were mayor? Who owns those residences? How many residences do not have the expensive sidewalk stones? Do you think a grand jury is investigating you? Did you ever call a Republican councilman a "fundamentalist faggot piece of sh__" during a Republican Club meeting? What did your lawyer and hand picked municipal chair say when they were asked that question in a deposition? Are you a homophobe? Are you a religious biggot?
Mountaintop
I'd like the documentation on these three:
if it's available. If you digitize the documents and post links here it might help some people (like myself) clarify their opinions on Christie.
Sure Mark
COAH and Abbott are right in Max's own article about Levine, and you can look at his Freeholder record for his views on taxes.
Now if Max misquoted Christie's positions on these issues, no one's correcting him.
And there's a lot better stuff on Chris and taxes, including Chris's admission that he would support raising state income and sales taxes, but I'll save that for later...
Giddy Girls and Cat Calling
Is the Christie campaign reducing itself to photo ops with Giddy Girls and Cat Calling by the usual bloggers on this and other forums.?
If Lonegan can stick to the issues and only the issues that matter to the NJ taxpayers he will win back those serious voters 3/4 and 4/4. Word of advice answer each bomb throwing cat call by the paid operatives of the establishment with Facts , Logic and Solutions
Querty aka Silos-Brennan
Your hate for Lonegan has been know for years. Its bad enough that you changed party and quit. Distorting the facts on this forum is typical for a liberal turncoat
CCGOP Membership
The real news here is that someone thinks a GOP straw poll in Camden County has merit and is news!
Does any one know how many people actually attended this meeting?
How about a hair piece?
If no Lonegan puff piece, why not write about a hair piece?........A few more questions for Lonegan: While you were mayor, did you ever have municipal DPW employees do work on a residence you owned?..............Lonegan is great at answering questions that are not served up to him by his fawning lackeys, see? The fat guy on the far left on the “dais” is George Shalhoub, former Bogota Republican Council Chairman, Lonegan sycophant, and frequent poster under various screennames on this website. The guy two to the left of Lonegan was the town administrator, who subsequently served a stint as Lonegan’s 2006 gubernatorial chair (Lonegan has never been above mixing political Bogota financed employees with people he can use for his own campaigns). The guy just to the left of Lonegan was the town lawyer who doubles as Lonegan’s “constitutional lawyer” (most recently a few months ago Loengan’s latest Quixotic suit against the NJ was dismissed in Bergen County court…………. Day 52 (or something like that) since Lonegan announced, and he still has said if he wears a wig.....And about that out-of-state multi-billionaire funded Americans for Prosperity thing and his current campaign staff, would you say he is a Koch sucker?
Rick DeMichele
Another Dumb A _ _ supposedly Camden County Republican Lawyer who is both useless and boring.
There is no Republican Party in Camden County just Liars, Thieves and Democrats... Oh and of course there is Garbage, that's the Stink from the Democrat run Camden County since before King George gave William Penn Salem County.
Christie
While I am at it the picture above confirms that what remains of a once Republican Conservative party of yesteryear is nothing more than OVERWEIGHT laughing BIMBOS that could care less about real issues.
And Mountaintop thought Christie
wouldn't run. Guess he was wrong.
Querty Brennan
you Sir are one sick puppy. God Bless Teaneck
Christie-Rumana Team
Perfect for ensuring Democrat rule for decades to come!
Mad Max
You wrote:
"While I am at it the picture above confirms that what remains of a once Republican Conservative party of yesteryear is nothing more than OVERWEIGHT laughing BIMBOS that could care less about real issues."
Since when has NJGOP ever been conservative, unless you think Whitman/Kean are posterpeople for conservatism? How many NJ delegate votes did Goldwater get at the RNC in 1964? What about Reagan in 1976? How many primary votes did Huckabee or Ron Paul get last year? Dick Zimmer got almost as many votes as Jersey Joe and Maverick Murray put together. Is Zimmer your idea of a conservative? Since when did the NJGOP ever successfully elect a conservative to statewide office? Jeff Bell? Ray Bateman? Jim Courter? Get over it. The Democratic Party in South Carolina is more conservative than the NJGOP.
big surprise
The RINO Republicans in Camden - voting for Christie. Big surprise. We already knew that he had the support of the elites in the party, but the rank and file is falling in behind Lonegan.
CliffordCase
1984 Presidential Election Results
State Elec Vote Mondale Reagan
New Jersey 16 39.20% 60.09%
And who the hell cares about 1976 there was just rioting and tripping going on in New Jersey anyway that’s probably how you were born.
Clifford P. Case - Isn't it funny how those that have so much to say in controlling all our lives NEVER seem to have to defend it or put their life on the line.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams
Mad Max, gmab
Is Reagan winning New Jersey in 1984 supposed to impress me? He also won New York, Massachusetts and every other state except Minnesota.
And this was after he raised taxes in 1982 and doubled the payroll tax in 1984.
Get over it. The NJGOP never has been, is not, and will likely become conservative as much as Steve Looneygan becomes a spokesman for Medical Hair Research.
CliffordCase
Impress you - No you're from New Jersey......
Party Unity Please
question what are the chances for Party unity ? If it is a foregone conclusion that Christie will win, why can't he, Lonegan, Merkt, etc get together and work out a unity team so we can win. How many times have we gone down this road with one side sitting on their hands ?
Chris Christie for Governor
This just shows that Chris Christie is the only candidate that can win in November.All the negative Lonegan parrot nonsense against Chris Christie will backfire and help unite the GOP for Chris Christie.
Christie = NJ GOP's Obama
That's right. At this point he is merely a celebrity. I'm amazed at Republicans who lament how irrational people are when it comes to Obama, yet they are willing to anoint Chris Christie when we really have no idea what he stands for.
I think we Republicans should be better than that. We should listen to the candidate and nominate the best person for the job, not the guy we think has the 'best chance' of winning.
Garden State Patriot
Hummmmmmmmmmm!!!!
“That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection”.
To bad you’re asking Ex-Democrats and Mental Midgets to think logically or intelligently something these New Jersey Morons are incapable of doing.
Hussein Obamieeee is a joke and EMPTY SUIT we can only wait for the worst to happen and survive.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams
Could members of the Party
pick Tom Wilson out of a line up of women and swear that is him?
The NJGOP runs in its own universe. No wonder potential candidates regard it as the kiss of death. The ultimate pay-to-play operation in the state outside of govt.
Bateman and Courter conservatives??
On what? Esp. Bateman, father of the Income Tax.
Earth to GOP Mercer
There is no Republican Party in New Jersey, or ever in Mercer.
Get Over It............
Earth to MAD MAX
I would have to disagree with you.Unless you have been living in a cave you would realize HAMILTON TOWNSHIP is a GOP STRONG HOLD- MAYOR,GOP,Council GOP,And our leader is Senator BARONI and Congressman is Chris SMITH.Maybe you should take a higher dose of your medicine and stop watching star track reruns.Chris Christie is going to be the next Governor of New Jersey.
GOP Mercer
BS - I know all about them and that is NO STRONGHOLD which is on it's way out from what I have seen and heard over the last four years as I have witnessed it since '93 and even if you don't Moron.
I know Baroni, all he has done is carry water for the rest of the Republican losers in Trenton so don't try and feed me any crap that you know nothing about.
Where have you gone Phil Angarone?
Lonegan failed Leadership Test #1
Lonegan has given us a reason to question his judgment.
I mean, I think every Republican could agree that either Chris Christie or Steve Lonegan would be a better leader for our state than Corzine. But Lonegan's folks seem to focus more on Mr. Christie than on Mr. Lonegan's leadership attributes. And everything I've heard has been nasty, personal, and juvenile. (Of course, most of that comes from Shaftan, so it is to be expected).
I think we all just walk away thinking: well, if Lonegan's judgment was so bad that he hired Shaftan and his crowd of angry bomb-throwers, then why vote for him? Based on past performance, the Shaftan crowd DOES NOT win elections, especially not state-wide.
So hasn't Lonegan already failed his first leadership test: he's failed to pick bright, positive people to surround himself with.
Sorry Lonegan, but you've lost my vote until you rein in your "consultants" and make the message about NJ, and not Chris Christie.
Christie's Camden landslide,,,
"My thanks to all of you and let's go on to Hudson County and let's win there..."
Vote Column "A" - All the way!
BergenRuiz...
This hatred of "Shaftan" is pretty laughable given the following:
* Lonegan has raised nearly $1M dollars
* Lonegan is talking fiscal issues and persuading grass roots Republicans, conservatives and right-to-lifer's
* Lonegan is against the increase of the Sales & Income Tax
* Lonegan opposes COAH
* Lonegan opposes the NJEA writing all the education legislation in the state of New Jersey
* Lonegan opposes eminent domain seizure of private property and protects our right to bear arms
Other than sending an e-mail to the press who has coddled him and picking up his kids in a suit at lunchtime when he's unemployed, what does Christie stand for?
The guy is the most overrated candidate I've ever witnessed in Republican politics!
Can he raise any money? Will he be another RINO like Giuliani?
So far, Shaftan has been 100% correct in his assessment of the former US Attorney.
If you can't handle Shaftan, do you think the Democrats will be any easier to defeat?
No free lunches.....
Vote Column "A" - All the way!
Bergen Ruiz
your friend in district 39 is challenging incumbents up there . what's with that ?
Dems and Dont's
Shaftan right about Christie so far???? Why because Christie or his people refuse to respond or acknowledge his distortions and outright lies? It's classic "we can't win on our own merits politics". Lonegan and Shaftan know that they can't win on their own merits---so they must try and bring Christie down. With all the problems this state has---they are delusional if they think NJ will fall for this politics of personal destruction and distortion. The days of divide and conquer are over boys. And BTW---for those that say that Lonegan is not doing this---every time Shaftan lies about Christie and Lonegan allows it to continue--it might as well be Lonegan saying it. Run a campaign you can be proud of--
Christie's distortions ?
After countless public appearances we have not heard Christie's core values. We have not heard anything encouraging on the major topic of the day the economy.
We have heard a number of speeches with a very pompous tone
about platitudes and leadership nothing else. A speech that only mentions the word Republican once in passing is not very reassuring
to those of us who want a winner in November.
If Christie wins the primary be default . His lack of passion and his inability to articulate a solid Republican message on creating, Jobs, cutting spending and taxes will make him just another candidate like Forrester .
Christie: Can he speak for himself?
When is this guy going to take a position on anything?
This is hardly about Lonegan. It's about a "paper tiger" named Chris Christie!
Vote Column "A"- All the way!
questions for Middle of the road
* Please give one example of any of Shaftans distortions or outright lies against Christie ? * Name one middle of the road policy by your side that has been a benefit to NJ taxpayers over the last 15 years? Again we have been stuck in the middle of the turnpike for decades now and we have got run over. Thats what happens when you don't take a stand on the issues. This election will not be won with half hearted feel good nonsense of pandering to the establishment's old boy network. Remember your last queen of NJ Whitman and the legacy she left the Republican party in NJ.
Its time for something BOLD and NEW
Networker
Get your facts straight - You should have said the King of NJ Donnie D's legacy you idiot.
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