Christie: Leave the Demagoguery, Keep the Fiscal Conservatism

No-nonsense New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has become a hero to conservatives and Republicans throughout the country.  Christie has taken no prisoners while taming an out of control state budget in the face of fierce opposition from teacher’s unions and tax-and-spend liberals in a deeply blue state.

In an interview with Politico, Christie said the national GOP must “rebrand” itself as the party of fiscal sanity and hard choices:

“They should be talking about treating people like adults and telling them the truth: we’re in huge trouble,” he said. “And it’s going to mean cutting back on a lot of things that folks either have become used to or in a perfect world would like to have.”

He added, “Republicans have to rebrand themselves credibly with the candidates they run, and what they espouse, as the person who will keep an eye on the cash register, who will rein in the spending and the debt.”

However, Christie’s views on immigration are not likely to be as popular among some in the Tea Party movement:

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Impacts of Health Care Bill on Washington State

By Roger Stark, MD
Health Care Policy Analyst
January 2010

U.S. House and Senate Democrats have passed two sweeping 2,000 page bills that would fundamentally and dramatically change our health care. There are significant differences between the two bills, but the more moderate Senate bill has the best chance of passing through the conference committee and being signed by the President. Both bills passed on a strict party-line vote, with essentially no support from minority Republicans.

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Did the Tea Party Movement Start in Liberal Seattle?

How did the nationwide Tea Parties seemingly come from nowhere? Could a small but vocal group of small government advocates in Seattle have sparked hundreds of thousands of people across the nation to take their grievances public on Tax Day?

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