“If you’re going to have relentlessly negative coverage from the media, it’s going to affect your poll numbers.”
— Gov. Chris Christie, quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer, blaming his rapidly sinking approval rate on the media.
“If you’re going to have relentlessly negative coverage from the media, it’s going to affect your poll numbers.”
— Gov. Chris Christie, quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer, blaming his rapidly sinking approval rate on the media.
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