News Roundup for 10/4/11

"Not gonna happen"

-Headline of the Day-
"Gov. Chris Christie will not run for president."

After media-fueled speculation that Chris Christie may run for president started a rumor that Chris Christie would run for president, Christie himself shot that rumor down today.

"Now is not the time..." the Governor of New Jersey said in a press conference. "New Jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me." The news comes as Christie-mania hits a fever-pitch, with at least one poll showing that Republican voters didn't care whether he jumped in or not. I'm sure the disappointment will be just as impalpable as the excitement was.

Wait for pundits to say this is the latest sign that Christie is still weighing his options. At least, until they get around to speculating as to whether Mike Huckabee might run. (NJ.com)


-Wall Street protests, explained-


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It's the modern equivalent of "let them eat cake." (Truthdig)


-Bonus HotD-
"Court turns away lawsuit over Obama eligibility."

Long story short, Alan Keyes is some kind of record-holding sore loser. (AP)

Stories to Watch: 10/1/11

Super-short one today. I was using Firefox's Beta 7 and that switched to Beta 8 recently. Beta 8 is awful, on my machine at least. Just terrible. So I'm switching back to FF 7 and out of beta for the time being. That's today's 'puter project. Now here's the news...


President Obama uses his weekly address to push congress to "get its act together and pass this jobs bill so I can sign it into law." Clearly, he's planning on the Truman strategy of running against a do-nothing congress.


In response, the GOP blames regulations for unemployment. Like the failed tax breaks, the argument here seems to be that if you do this one thing for businesses, they'll go out and hire a bunch of people they don't actually need. Supply and demand continues to be a completely foreign concept to the Republican Party, who seem to believe that the economy is struggling because rich people are sad.


Ezra Klein takes on the recent pundit-fad of saying that Chris Christie is too fat to be president. Good for him. I'll take things a bit further by saying that the fad lets Christie wear the conservatives' favorite crown -- that of the victim. As a result, we're all arguing about shit that doesn't matter and ignoring the fact that Chris Christie is just awful. This actually works to the governor's advantage. The more time the press squabbles over bullshit, the less real coverage Christie's policies get. Pundits stop it. Just stop.


Finally, President Obama pulls down more that $55 million in the third quarter.

Related articles

• The REAL Problem For Chris Christie: Republicans Are Going To Hate Him (businessinsider.com)
• Will Chris Christie run? Can he save the GOP? (capitolhillblue.com)
• Chris Christie electability: Would his girth be a campaign issue? - Christian Science Monitor (news.google.com)