New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie slammed the national Republican Party Monday night, telling a group of CEOs that the GOP’s electoral woes stem from “bad decision-making and a loss of courage.”
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council, Christie said that “everyone down here in D.C. has failed” to lead the nation. What’s wrong with Washington, Christie said, “primarily is the people.”
“What we have in Washington now are absolutists,” said the governor, in a speech rife with the kind of zingers that helped him win reelection this month by a wide margin in Democratic-leaning New Jersey. The recent government shutdown, Christie said, “was a train wreck everybody saw coming for months.”
Christie avoided naming names, including lightning-rod conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who, like Christie, who may harbor presidential ambitions in 2016. But he attacked the Republican Party’s reliance on grassroots voters in recent elections instead of creating a “big-tent” campaign capable of appealing to growing numbers of independent and Hispanic voters.
As for his own presidential aspirations, Christie played coy, saying he would announce his plans for 2016 “when I have to.”
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“..he attacked the Republican Partys reliance on grassroots voters in recent elections instead of creating a big-tent…..”
Governor Krispy Kreme will need a “bigger-tent” if he decides to run for president. One for his huge size and one for the members of the other parties he embraces.