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		<title>Chris Christie Wins Stuffed Bear For President Obama</title>
		<link>http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/28/chris-christie-wins-stuffed-bear-for-president-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeke J Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it count as an endorsement? On a tour through the rebuilt New Jersey shoreline, Gov. Chris Christie saved President Barack Obama from arcade-game humiliation, winning the commander in chief a stuffed &#8220;Chicago&#8221; bear in a football tossing game after Obama went 0-for-5 on the Point Pleasant boardwalk. In town to inspect Hurricane Sandy recovery, Obama and the Republican governor appeared to be the best of friends Tuesday, smiling and backslapping their way across the Garden State. At the boardwalk, the pair visited a half-finished sand sculpture and the &#8220;TouchDown Fever&#8221; game. As Christie threw the football through the tire on his first and only attempt, Obama gave him a high five ending in clasped hands. He added of Christie, &#8220;That&#8217;s because he&#8217;s running for office.&#8221; He left out, &#8220;as a Republican.&#8221; Christie, who is a sure-thing to win a second term in the governors mansion this November, is indeed a Republican, though it may have been hard to tell. His opponent, Democratic State Sen. Barbara Buono, was nowhere to be seen Tuesday as Obama jogged down the steps of Air Force One to shake Christie&#8217;s hand and give him a buddy-buddy slap on the shoulder. The pair has been friendly since the devastating hurricane hit barely a week before the 2012 election, when Obama pledged swift and massive support and the Romney-surrogate reciprocated with a hug and praise of Obama&#8217;s presidential leadership. &#8220;The Hug&#8221; cost Christie, a leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, support within his own party and with the conservative grassroots saying he should have been less enthusiastic about Obama after the storm. Christie has said he was only doing right by his state. Despite being the odds-on favorite in November, Christie isn&#8217;t taking any chances. He stars along with his family in a $25 million state-funded campaign to highlight the revitalized Jersey Shore before the summer tourist season. Buono told reporters last week that she was &#8220;not disappointed&#8221; with Obama for meeting with Christie. Her campaign said she was scheduled to meet with Obama before his remarks at the Asbury<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=96560&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Chris Christie’s Weight Loss Surgery Demystified</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie Rochman</dc:creator>
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		<title>Born to Run: The Life and Times of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Crowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took the podium for his Jan. 8 State of the State address, Trenton’s Democratic legislature received him less as the pugnacious leader of the opposition than as its own conquering hero. Christie was welcomed with a standing ovation, and his speech was staccatoed by thunderous applause. So what if many of those Democrats privately refer to Christie in terms not fit to print? As Christie might say, Don’t be stupid: At this moment, there’s virtually no challenging the man. Christie’s textbook performance after Hurricane Sandy devastated his state in October pushed his approval ratings above 70% and sent his opponents scurrying for cover. Local TV commentators wonder if his upcoming 2013 re-­election fight might be more coronation than campaign. In short, Christie may now be America’s most popular politician. And at a moment when Republicans in Washington look ham-fisted, inflexible and incapable of governing, Christie is poised to show a demoralized post–Mitt Romney GOP how to regain its majority status. The past three months have transformed a man who was already on virtually everyone’s short list for 2016 into something else entirely. In mid-October, Christie was bogged down in tedious wrangling with the state assembly and reading about the various Democrats eager to steal his job. Then came Sandy. Arriving with ghoulish timing just before Halloween, it was the worst storm to hit New Jersey in a century. Almost 350,000 homes were destroyed, 116,000 people were evacuated or displaced, and nearly 7 million people lost power. Huge swaths of the Jersey Shore, where tourism is an indispensable part of the economy, were devastated. The television airwaves were filled with sobbing, homeless families. (VIDEO: Chris Christie: Master of Disaster) The moment was ready-made for Christie’s full-bore political style. “Don’t be stupid,” Christie instructed lollygaggers as the storm approached. “Get out.” His response to the storm acquired a nonpartisan sheen when he set aside his support for Romney to tour storm-ravaged areas with President Obama, whose response he praised as “outstanding.” Recently, Christie tore into House Republicans<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=84626&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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