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Paris Attacks Provide Fresh Fodder for Presidential Hopefuls

Posted November 19th, 2015 at 2:36 pm (UTC-4)
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After Paris, We Should Look to Chris Christie

George F. Will – The Washington Post

Paris was for all Americans, but especially for Republicans, a summons to seriousness that should have two immediate impacts on the Republican presidential contest. It should awaken the party’s nominating electorate from its reveries about treating the presidency as an entry-level job. And it should cause Republicans to take another look at Chris Christie, beginning with his speech in Florida the day after the Paris attacks….

The eruption of war in the capital of a NATO ally is a reminder that the nominating process will potentially send a commander in chief to Washington. This might, and should, hasten the eclipse of Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson and especially Donald Trump….

 

French soldiers patrol the Christmas market on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on  Nov.19, 2015 after last Friday's deadly terrorist attacks. (Reuters)

French soldiers patrol the Christmas market on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Nov.19, 2015 after last Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks. (Reuters)

To the large extent that Trump’s appeal is his forceful persona, no candidate in the Republican field can match Christie’s combination of a prosecutor’s bearing and a governor’s executive temperament. In Florida, Christie sounded a new theme: “There are all too many people in academia and in global business that aren’t really interested in America as a nation-state anymore.”

 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie campaign speech in Florida:

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The Post Editorial Board – New York Post

 

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