By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Governor Chris Christie may have just had his best week of 2014, Save Jerseyans, or at least since January 9th.
We found out on Thursday that the Republican Governors Association (RGA) had posted a whopping $23.5 million in donations for the first quarter of 2014 (January 1st through March 31st), an achievement which is almost 3x better than its previous record high of $9.1 million.
Since Christie took over last November, the RGA raked in $33 million.
The slow bleed which has characterized his post-Bridgegate polling position, both in New Jersey and nationally, appears to have stopped. A new Quinnipaic poll found him nipping at Hillary Clinton’s heels in Virginia and outperforming all other hypothetical GOP contenders (though another survey showed voters opinions remained cooled). A fresh Monmouth University poll pegged his approval rating at just above 50% or roughly where it was the prior month.
Light at the end of the tunnel? Or just the eye of the storm? It may be the former provided that whatever the U.S. Attorney ultimately concludes doesn’t differ materially from the Governor’s internal investigation…
Good for Christie. I haven’t lost any confidence in him and am looking forward to the 2016 campaign.
I don’t want him anywhere near the White House but as governors go, he’s likely the best our ultramarine-blue, corruption-ridden state can hope for.