PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to issue a statement Wednesday afternoon suspending his presidential campaign, The Washington Times has learned.
The announcement follows a disappointing sixth-place finish in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, where Mr. Christie was hoping a strong showing would give him more breathing room in a race where the tough-talking governor competed with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to emerge as the most viable alternative to businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas….
Mr. Christie’s most memorable moment of the campaign came over the weekend in the eighth GOP debate in which he landed hard blows against Mr. Rubio for being too scripted and too inexperienced to be president, warning that President Obama should serve as a cautionary tale about what happens when the nation elects a first-term senator.
Former HP-executive Carly Fiorina ended her bid Wednesday for the Republican nomination for president.
Fiorina, who was the only female GOP candidate in the running for a 2016 White House run, called it quits after failing to crack the top five in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night.
“While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them,” Fiorina said in a written statement.
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I think these two splitters were told to split by the GOPe, which I believe is in a freefall panic right now. GOPe needs to start condensing sooner because Jeb and Marco are in deep, deep trouble.
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I think it was MONEY. Once the backers withdraw funds (and you could say it’s GOPe), you’re done.
On the other hand, Gowdy just criticized Christie for handing votes to the Democrats, so ???
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Yes, so the backers/GOPe will want to concentrate their firepower to take down Trump and Cruz sooner rather than later, because the GOPe thought Trump was just a joke . . . .
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“What Chris Christie did was an in-kind contribution to the Democrat party,” Mr. Gowdy, who has endorsed Mr. Rubio, said on Fox News. “There was no chance that Chris Christie was ever going to be our nominee, and he’s certainly not going to do well in South Carolina if he bothers to come.”
“Marco Rubio can win in November,” Mr. Gowdy said. “In fact … he’s more likely to win than any of our other candidates. So what Chris Christie did is just hurt Marco Rubio. But he didn’t help himself, and in the process he helped whoever the Democrat nominee is.”
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And this, in 2012, wasn’t “an in-kind contribution to the Democrat party” Mr. Gowdy???
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Sex on the Beach.
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Ewwwwwwww!!!
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LOL!
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Wee knows, Gowdy is a shill.
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Well, heck Wee none of them see anything wrong with doing what you gotta do to bring in the money.
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I admit I always liked when Gowdy grilled someone, but I don’t think I ever really trusted him, mainly because when I’d show the videos to my husband or my kids they’d always say he was either a blowhard or a good actor or all talk no action. I just kept wondering what I was missing that they were seeing.
I think I’m going to start trusting their judgment over my own, none of them have ever liked Cruz either and have always called him a blowhard, fake, phony and a snake. We got into some heated discussions over Cruz.
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Please pass their opinions on to us from now on. I was taken in, too. 🙂
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I wonder. I love my friends I have had over the years. Some were blacks some were whites. I have never got the BLM Riots and stuff. I have some blacks friends in the Bahamas that save my life. Around here not so much. What’s a mattahthem?
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Screenshot.
He looks 3D-printed out of pure porkfat.
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Cool for him, though. Becuase 3D Printing is money right now.
I could carve Christie out of butter, but 3D porkfat would be better.
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