New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Christie

[Omaha Steve]

Source: WDSU

(CNN) —Chris Christie's struggling presidential campaign got a much-needed boost Saturday night when the influential New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed the New Jersey governor.

"Gov. Christie is right for these dangerous times," the paper's publisher Joseph McQuaid wrote in an editorial. "He has prosecuted terrorists and dealt admirably with major disasters. But the one reason he may be best-suited to lead during these times is because he tells it like it is and isn't shy about it."

"Other candidates have gained public and media attention by speaking bluntly. But it's important when you are telling it like it is to actually know what you are talking about," the editorial added, a reference to the governor's trademark brashness that helped launch him to national fame.

The endorsement comes at a crucial moment for the Christie campaign. The New Jersey governor, who previously pursued terror cases as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, is getting renewed attention in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, which have moved national security issues into the 2016 spotlight.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.wdsu.com/politics/new-hampshire-union-leader-endorses-christie/36701092

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The Union Leader is a Republican newspaper. This has NOTHING to do with organized labor!

[SoapBox]

1. What a joke...

[RandySF]

2. I think they endorsed pat Buchanan in the past.

[oberliner]

6. Twice

And once he actually won the primary there.

Last time around they endorsed Newt.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. It's been a long time since the Union Leader endorsded a winner

Perhaps they endorsed Bush the Preppy in 1988.

They may have endorsed Bush the Frat Boy, too, but he never won a presidential election.

[oberliner]

7. In 1988 they endorsed Pierre Du Pont

And they endorsed Steve Forbes in 2000.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. They endorsed McCain in 2008.

The last time in nearly 30 years they've endorsed a Republican primary winner.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. McCain didn't win in 2008

Maybe he the New Hampshire primary, but he still lost in November.

[StevieM]

22. I think what the posters are talking about is the NH Union Leader endorsing candidates who won

the New Hampshire Primary.

McCain won in 2008 and Pat Buchanan won in 1996 after receiving the paper's endorsement.

Reagan won in 1980 and Nixon won in 1968 after getting the endorsement. I think those are the only two who went on to win the presidency.

[Drunken Irishman]

24. I said primary winner and he won that.

[Zambero]

5. Something you won't be seeing in New Jersey

Wonder why that could be?

[brooklynite]

8. Following in the footsteps of...

2012: Newt Gingrich
2008: John McCain
2000: Steve Forbes
1996: Pat Buchanan
1992: Pat Buchanan
1988: Pierre du Pont

[oberliner]

9. McCain and Buchanan both won NH

For what that is worth.

[Tempest]

11. Influencial? Not even in NH.

It might be in Manchester, but in the Lakes region no one reads it. When I go to the store there's always a big stack of them unsold. Some of the smaller stores don't carry it because they have no buyers.

It's considered a joke here in the state.

[zanana1]

17. I live in Manchester

You're right. In fact, they almost filed for bankruptcy a few years ago. They do have a monopoly on local news and people always go to the obits! Not many people who actually read the paper will read the editorials. Good grief.

[Tempest]

21. I read The Hippo for local Manchester news

It's much more informative and an added plus is it has News of the Weird.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

12. Chris here folks !

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Six of one ,half dozen of the other ,and it all goes to the same place. Gobble gobble

[rpannier]

14. They're Union as in Union vs Confederacy

[houston16revival]

15. Chris Christie is Bobby Jindal on Donuts

Buffoon!

[rusty fender]

23. LOLOLOL!

[gregcrawford]

16. The Union-Leader is a fascist rag...

... that has spewed the malicious vitriol that defines conservatism for as long as I can remember. I used to live on the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, which on the outer perimeter of its distribution area. Conservatives read it; decent people lined litter boxes with it.

[2naSalit]

28. Exactly!

They are so far out in their field that only RWNJs can see them. I grew up in New England ME, NH, MA and discovered that rag when my dad started bringing it home when I was a teen. They are so much in the fascist mode that in some ways one might even call them a template for the TP and their ilk.

Shameful rag. In this day and age an endorsement by them is more a death sentence for GE than anything positive.

[Vinca]

18. That's amusing. GOP voters here seem to want Trump.

I haven't seen one Christie bumper sticker, sign or anything else.

[Judi Lynn]

19. Odd name. Looks as if they intend to deceive.

[center]

Covers his solitaire game with some papers when people stop by.... [/center]

[left-of-center2012]

20. Oh, Trump won't like that

Awaiting his bombastic response

[BlueStater]

25. Congratulations on wasting your endorsement.

No one cares about or wants that obnoxious lummox. He is irrelevant.

[PatrickforO]

26. You've gotta be kidding me!

Oh, it's a newspaper, not an actual labor union...because I can't imagine ANY union leader endorsing ANY of the GOP candidates.

[still_one]

27. I am a little confused. Is this "union leader", the NH public workers union or some other union?

[2naSalit]

29. It's just a trashy RW propaganda rag

that's been around for too long. Looking at their web site, they don't even have an "about us" page touting their history or date of establishment.

I used to use it to clean the windows in the house, my dad used to bring it home... he was a RWer after JFK was killed and had all kinds of RW crap all over the house including John Birch Soc. shit.

[Tab]

30. You have to understand that for the most part the Union Leader was RW

"Union" part of the name aside, original publisher William Loeb and his wife Nackey Loeb ran the paper for years and it was unabashadly Republican. They've both passed, a few years for Nackey (William went a bit earlier) and the paper, in my opinion, has chilled a little bit. That said, if you really want an independent paper, you should look at the Concord Monitor.

I don't give the Union Leader a lot of credence, but they apparently have the spotlight. At least Chris Christie is reasonable (as opposed to Trump or Cruz).