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The Right Blames Rachel Maddow For Chris Christies Record Low Approval Rating
By: Jason Easley
Monday, February, 24th, 2014, 4:27 pm
According to the latest Monmouth University Poll, Chris Christies approval rating has hit a new low, and some on the right are blaming Rachel Maddow for his decline.
The poll found that the trouble is only growing for Gov. Christie. His overall approval rating has dropped nine points since January and stands at 50%-44%. Christie has lost 12 points of support among Republicans (89%-77%), eight points with Independents (62%-54%), and seven points with Democrats (38%-31%). Overall, Christies approval rating has dropped 20 points in the last year (70% to 50%).
Some on the right have decided to blame MSNBCs Rachel Maddow for Christies decline.
On HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher, this past Friday, Charles C.W. Cooke of the National Review accused Maddow of taking Christie down in order to carry out her political agenda.
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Not surprisingly, Republicans have been howling about liberal bias and how the media is trying to force Christie out of the race. After Christies epic press conference didnt make the scandal go away, Karl Rove said on Fox News Sunday, The amount of attention paid to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi, at the same time, the coverage of the IRS, pale in significance. (PunditFact rated Roves statement as false.)
In the Republican mind, Rachel Maddow is to blame for Chris Christies sagging poll numbers. They want so badly to make Christies downfall someone elses fault. They cant handle the fact that their best hope for 2016 self destructed all on his own.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/24/blames-rachel-maddow-chris-christies-record-approval-rating.html
Gothmog
(145,794 posts)-Stephen Colbert
longship
(40,416 posts)But as Rachel has repeatedly said, it was local print media who broke this story.
R&K
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Squinch
(51,075 posts)malaise
(269,254 posts)To think that all of Fox couldn't stop Obama - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Go Rachel - take that crook down.
Charlie Cooke is a useless wuss!! Nate Silver ate all their dinners.
TexasTowelie
(112,620 posts)The only person to blame for Christie's fall from grace is Christie himself.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Rethugs never accept responsibility for shit they do.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)From the right is BS. Good observation!
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)that would make a person like Rachel proud, I would bet! She's probably crowing about being blamed.
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Someone needs to get the GOP a mirror.
sheshe2
(84,005 posts)after all they are bloodsucking Vampires!
or it would shatter in repulsion.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)Chris Christie, he totally reminds me of the guys who I grew up with who weaseled out of every thing by loudly proclaiming innocence. It was never their fault and the present situation is clearly only of interest because busy bodies like Maddow won't STFU.
well I say shame on Rachel Maddow for picking on such clearly innocent, well meaning, good to his mother, saint like boy Chris Christie. Bill Maher is right she should lay off this story. It this keeps up things will only end badly.
thesquanderer
(11,998 posts)Springslips
(533 posts)That since Christie's approval ranting dropped 12-points among Republicans there is a shitload of republicans that watch Rachel Meddow, and are strongly influenced by her.
At least we on the left don't watch Fox News and/or let it influence our views at the very same time we blame them for doing so.
It's good to be a part if a party that is actually SANE!
sheshe2
(84,005 posts)The blame is all on Christie's shoulders! He built this, he owns it!
Thanks bsister.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Momouth is a right-leaning poll.
babylonsister
(171,106 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)good for him!
BarbaRosa
(2,685 posts)GP6971
(31,247 posts)Rachel & Steve. I honestly believe he never saw this freight train coming......too many "journalists" were in his pocket
Laxman
(2,419 posts)he looks around and points the finger for his own failings at everyone else. The party of personal responsibility-if something goes wrong, somebody else is personally responsible.
The backlash is starting to really take its toll. Is so much more than Bridgegate.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)The GOPee is a friggin joke.
spanone
(135,919 posts)Cirque du So-What
(26,025 posts)I had already made up my mind about your bloviating sack of protoplasm long before I heard the first word from Rachel Maddow about him. It was nice that you consider Ms. Maddow so powerful & influential, but this tale of corruption and abuse of power had taken on a life of its own long before she helped spread the word.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Quietly. They have not liked him since Sandy though Christie would probably gotten more Democratic votes than any other candidate.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)be a fat joke) and the BFEE took him out. Jeb will look good next to Christie Creams.
Karl Rove's job is to conspire and manipulate elections. So keep an eye on Karl.
riversedge
(70,414 posts)from the folks who demean out of work folks and telling them to take personal responsibility.
drm604
(16,230 posts)that probably means that they have no defense.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Fearless
(18,421 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Kablooie
(18,645 posts)Rachel has been doing a true journalist's job of communicating verifiable information as it becomes available.
This has increased the awareness of Christie's difficulties.
If the press didn't do it's job to inform the public, Christie would probably have higher approval ratings because no one would know what was going on.
Essentially they are complaining that a free press is the problem.
And that it is when politicians break the law. A free press is certainly the problem, for the law breakers.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)chris Christie for all the fucking arrogance of your stupid staff that finally exposed your corrupt ass.