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Hey Obama: Where's Your Backbone?
 Hey Obama: 
 Where's Your 
 Backbone? 
frank rich
Dec 5, 2010 5:45 AM CST

Hey Obama: Where's Your Backbone?

'Weightless' president must stop trying to please GOP

(Newser) - It’s like he has Stockholm Syndrome: instead of standing up for his beliefs, Obama keeps trying to please his Republican captors, seeing their “good side” while they take advantage of him, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . “A chief executive who repeatedly presents himself as...

Bloomberg Plans a Subway to New Jersey

To replace the tunnel Chris Christie called off

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg is hatching a plan to build a subway tunnel under the Hudson River linking Manhattan to Secaucus, NJ. The plan is designed to replace the long-planned tunnel from New Jersey that Chris Christie killed when he came into office, and according to a secret memorandum obtained by the...

'Epic Failure' of Democrats: Paralyzed Governments
'Epic Failure' of Democrats:
Paralyzed Governments
David Brooks
Oct 12, 2010 1:32 PM CDT

'Epic Failure' of Democrats: Paralyzed Governments

David Brooks: Bloated bureaucracies hamstrung by union demands

(Newser) - Chris Christie's decision to scrap (for now) the Jersey-Manhattan tunnel raises a larger problem for David Brooks. Governments need big projects like these to prosper, but they can't afford them anymore—because the governments themselves are too big and bloated. Cities and states are hamstrung by the salaries and pensions...

Christie Kills Tunnel Plan: NJ's Worst Decision Ever?
Christie Kills Tunnel Plan: NJ's Worst Decision Ever?
Paul Krugman
Oct 7, 2010 7:27 PM CDT

Christie Kills Tunnel Plan: NJ's Worst Decision Ever?

Paul Krugman thinks New Jersey has blown it again

(Newser) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today killed a two-decade-old plan for a commuter train tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. He predicted that the project, which the Star-Ledger says would have been the biggest public works project in US history, would have ballooned way beyond the projected $8.7 billion...

These Wonky Politicians Are the GOP's Future

David Brooks welcomes the new 'austerity caucus'

(Newser) - David Brooks happily declares the emergence of his kind of Republican on the national stage—members of what he dubs the "austerity caucus." They're more wonky than flashy, with more of a focus on balancing budgets and pragmatic daily concerns than grand visions of the future. He puts...

Chris Christie Confronts Heckler

New Jersey governor doesn't take any guff at rally

(Newser) - Barney Frank has his way of handling hecklers, and Chris Christie has his. In a video making the rounds, the New Jersey governor gets in the face of a heckler at a Meg Whitman rally in California. "Hey, listen. You know what. You want to yell, yell at me,...

Mark Zuckerberg Giving $100M to Newark Schools

Facebook founder setting up foundation to improve education

(Newser) - Newark's cash-strapped public school system is getting some help from a wealthy friend. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is planning a $100 million donation to improve the system, officials tell the New York Times . Zuckerberg, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker will announce the donation on the...

NJ Fails Math, Loses Millions in School Funding

Christie office commits costly error on 'Race to the Top' application

(Newser) - New Jersey lost out on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education funding because of a simple mistake in its application, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. A staffer in Gov. Chris Christie's office filled out a field for budget data that called for a comparison of the 2008 and 2009...

Schools Not Using Stimulus to Hire Teachers

They're saving it for an imminent rainy day

(Newser) - The federal government gave schools around the country $10 billion to bolster their budgets this spring, in the hope that it would allow them to avoid layoffs or hire new teachers. But many of the nation’s biggest districts aren’t doing that, the New York Times reports. Instead, they’...

NJ Bans the Word 'Retarded'
 NJ Bans the Word 'Retarded' 
Aug 17, 2010 10:28 AM CDT

NJ Bans the Word 'Retarded'

At least in official state documents

(Newser) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law today forbidding state laws or rules to use the term “mentally retarded” to refer to those with intellectual disabilities. “This is making sure each citizen in our state is treated with the respect they deserve,” Christie said. “It’...

Drunk Snooki Arrested While Filming Jersey Shore

Maybe you've heard, Season 2 of MTV hit just started

(Newser) - Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, was arrested this afternoon and charged with disorderly conduct, TMZ reports . The Jersey Shore star ran afoul of the law in Seaside Heights, NJ, where the MTV show was filming. She had been seen at the beach earlier in the day drinking Coke out of a...

Democrats' Real Problem: Chris Christie
Democrats' Real Problem:
Chris Christie
peggy noonan
Jul 30, 2010 11:27 AM CDT

Democrats' Real Problem: Chris Christie

New Jersey governor is 'going to break in a big way'

(Newser) - The Democrats have a genuine problem on their hands, and it's not the Tea Party. It's Chris Christie, the blunt-talking New Jersey governor who "just closed an $11 billion budget gap without raising taxes," writes Peggy Noonan. He's one of the only GOP leaders willing to eschew the...

Jersey Gov: Snooki Is All NY's Fault
 Jersey Gov: 
 Snooki Is 
 All NY's 
 Fault 

'BAD FOR JERSEY'
Jul 26, 2010 7:10 AM CDT

Jersey Gov: Snooki Is All NY's Fault

Christie: Show is 'negative for state'

(Newser) - Jersey Shore is bad for New Jersey, especially because most of its cast are from out-of-state, Gov. Chris Christie told ABC’s This Week. "What it does is it takes a bunch of New Yorkers," Christie complained, "drops them at the Jersey Shore and tries to make...

Chris Christie for VP in 2012

 Chris 
 Christie 
 for VP 
 in 2012 
OPINION
Jun 22, 2010 6:28 PM CDT

Chris Christie for VP in 2012

He's making a name for himself among conservatives

(Newser) - Chris Christie is waging such an aggressive war against "entrenched liberalism" as governor of New Jersey that he's making a name for himself in national conservative circles, writes David Weigel. So much so that Weigel has him down as the "clear frontrunner" to be the GOP's vice-presidential candidate...

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