Sunday, GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie got an endorsement from the Manchester Union-Leader. The newspaper, which is the largest in New Hampshire, is seen as a coveted endorsement.
The Hill reports:
In a Sunday editorial, Publisher Joe McQuaid praised Christie is a “solid, pro-life conservative who has managed to govern in liberal New Jersey, face down the big public unions, and win a second term.”
“Gov. Christie can work across the aisle, but he won’t get rolled by the bureaucrats,” McQuaid wrote.
The paper’s endorsement, which has historically boosted Republican candidates in the polls, not-so-subtly jabbed Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R- Ky.) for their lack of experience.
“We don’t need another fast-talking, well-meaning freshman U.S. senator trying to run the government. We are still seeing the disastrous effects of the last such choice.”
The Union-Leader also attacked GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Ben Carson. The paper said, without naming specific names, “it’s important when you’re telling it like it is to know what you’re talking about.”
Just how valuable is the endorsement? In 2008, it endorsed John McCain who got a bump in the polls, won New Hampshire, and eventually became the nominee. That endorsement is seen as one of the moments when McCain’s campaign began to turn around.
In the 2012 cycle, it endorsed Newt Gingrich and he got a bump in the polls. However, Gingrich finished fifth in the New Hampshire primary that year.
Current polling averages according to the Real Clear Politics have Christie in 8th place nationally with 2.7%. Meanwhile in New Hampshire, Christie is in 7th place at 5.3%. Christie did not even make the last main debate.
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