Christie refuses to campaign for cuccinelli biography

  • Lieutenant-governor race.
  • Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe's victory in yesterday's election does not mean that strong conservatives like his opponent Ken.
  • Two gubernatorial contests — in New Jersey and Virginia — plus mayoral races in New York and Los Angeles head up the 2013 election calendar.

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    'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' for Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

    THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O`DONNELL
    November 5, 2013
    Guest: Hunter Walker, John Halman


    LAWRENCE O`DONNELL, MSNBC HOST: It is election night in America, or
    much of America, anyway.

    In New Jersey, Chris Christie re-elected to a second term as governor.
    We are awaiting a victory speech from Governor Christie, likely within this
    hour.

    In Virginia, NBC News project that Democratic Terry McAuliffe has
    pulled off a narrow victory in the governor`s race. He defeated Republican
    Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. With 96 percent of the vote in, McAuliffe
    has 47 percent, Ken Cuccinelli has 46 percent, and libertarian candidate
    Robert Sarvis has 7 percent.

    NBC News also projects that Democrat Ralph Northam is winner of the
    lieutenant-governor race.

    NBC News political director, Chuck Todd, is at McAuliffe election
    headquarters in Tyson`s Corner, Virginia.

    Chuck, how did this race fin

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    Frank Rich on the National Circus: Cuccinelli’s Near-Win Says More Than Christie’s Landslide

    Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

    Every week, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich talks with contributor Eric Benson about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week: Christie’s 2016 prospects, Rand Paul’s Jonah Lehrer problem, McAuliffe’s underwhelming victory, and De Blasio’s firstchallenges.

    New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won a landslide reelection yesterday, significantly outperforming the national Republican Party among black, Hispanic, and female voters. Christie has been viewed as too moderate to win a Republican presidential primary, but he’s popular, pragmatic, and has lots of momentum. Is he the 2016 GOPfront-runner?

    There is no front-runner for 2016. But the excessive valuation given by the GOP Establishment to Christie’s New Jersey landslide (against an underfinanced and pallid Democratic sacrificial lamb who was no Cory Booker) is a fascinating

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    Christie's bubble bursting? Polls show governor's popularity dipping mitt i scandals

    TRENTON — On Election Night, a smiling Gov. Chris Christie walked on stage to the song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," and thanked New Jersey "for making me the luckiest guy in the world."

    Eleven weeks later, two scandals have him on the ropes.

    Several recent polls show the governor’s popularity sinking, and on Tuesday, one high-profile Republican said Christie should resign as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

    "He does not serve the goals of the organization bygd staying as chairman," said Ken Cuccinelli, who lost last year’s race for governor of Virginia, on CNN’s "Crossfire." "And that doesn’t mean any of the charges — political or otherwise — are substantive or not. It doesn’t matter. Perception fryst vatten reality."

    Christie took over in November as chairman of the RGA, an organization that helps raise money for Republican candida