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malaise

(268,998 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:31 PM Apr 2015

Poll says most believe Christie knew about "Bridgegate," and 34-percent said he should be removed

from office if he approved the move.

http://patch.com/new-jersey/mendham-chester/majority-nj-says-christie-should-leave-office-if-he-okd-bridgegate-traffic-jam
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As Possible Indictments Loom, Most Say Christie Should Leave Office If Committed Crime
Poll says most believe Christie knew about "Bridgegate," and 34-percent said he should be removed from office if he approved the move.
By Jason Koestenblatt (Patch Staff) April 20, 2015

A five-day poll that surveyed more than 1,400 New Jersey residents showed nearly two-thirds of Garden Staters believe Gov. Chris Christie should be removed from office if it is proven he ordered the notorious Fort Lee traffic jam in September 2013.

While the poll, created by Politico.com, showed Christie’s job approval rating continued to slide from 56 percent to 38 percent, most polltakers felt the governor should be removed from office and, further, prosecuted if he gave the go-ahead in the “Bridgegate” scandal.

Results showed 53 percent of residents believe Christie knew about the traffic situation on the George Washington Bridge, and 63 percent said he should be removed from office if he approved the move.

Of that 63 percent, 29 percent said he should be removed and prosecuted on criminal charges if Christie was behind the traffic jam.

New Jersey scandals aside, residents don’t believe their governor is the right choice for D.C., either.

The poll went beyond Bridgegate, and asked residents how they thought Christie would fare if he made a bid for the White House - a decision he previously said would be made early in 2015, but has not yet done so publicly.

Sixty-five percent of the 1,428 residents said Christie wouldn’t be a good president, with 64 percent going as far as to say he shouldn’t even attempt running, the report said.
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Poll says most believe Christie knew about "Bridgegate," and 34-percent said he should be removed (Original Post) malaise Apr 2015 OP

I do think the snails pace prosecution of Christie is coming, I even have hopes for Walker. gordianot Apr 2015 #1

I hope so too - for both of them malaise Apr 2015 #2

Christie has not been a good governor gd770226 Apr 2015 #3

gordianot

(15,238 posts)

1. I do think the snails pace prosecution of Christie is coming, I even have hopes for Walker.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:37 PM

Apr 2015

Of course I had misplaced optimism that the murder of Michael Brown would be resolved.

malaise

(268,998 posts)

2. I hope so too - for both of them

Reply to gordianot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:52 PM

Apr 2015

Truth is they are both out of control, corrupt ReTHUG scumbags.

gd770226

(35 posts)

3. Christie has not been a good governor

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 05:24 PM

Apr 2015

Christie has been dropping in the polls in NJ for some time now. Bottom line is that he has not been a good governor. Forget about the various scandals and just look at what he has actually accomplished. Nothing.

As a NJ resident that was affected by Superstorm Sandy I do feel that he did a very good job in the lead up to the storm and in the days after. I think even in rebuilding he has been effective in many areas. Yeah there have been problems and not everybody is happy, but when hundreds of thousands of homes are damages you can't make everybody happy.

But that is the only thing good that can be said about him. He put a so called "cap" on property taxes and that hasn't done anything to help the high property taxes in the state. As of Feb. the average property tax for a home in NJ is > 8000 a year. Makes it very unaffordable.

The NJ pension system has been a mess for many years now, since Whitman. I do give Christie credit for taking this issue on. Previous governors Corzine and McGreevey largely ignored this issue and/or made it worse. So I think a lot of people in NJ were hopeful that this issue was finally being addressed. So in 2011 when he was able to get a comprise bill passed to address the pensions it was a big win for him. However just 3 years later that plan did not work and I think this, moreso than the scandals is what is dropping his poll numbers.

The way I see it the state is so screwed up and possibly even beyond fixing. It's just too damn expensive to live here and getting worse all the time. Fixing the pensions is something that needs to be done but it isn't going to be pretty to the taxpayers of the state.

Finally, I think that Christie will end up not running. His poll numbers in NJ keep dropping and there isn't anything on the horizon that is going to possibly lift them. If his poll numbers keep sinking in home state I don't see how he possibly runs.

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