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New Jersey Herald NJ News - Christie returns for budget, but Democrats looking to 2017
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie returns to New Jersey from the presidential campaign trail to bear down on next year's budget and show his plans to fund the public pension, but unions and his Democratic rivals are already looking beyond the former Republican White House hopeful's final two years in office
http://www.njherald.com/article/20160214/AP/302149832
By MICHAEL CATALINI Posted: Feb. 14, 2016 8:00 am Updated: Feb. 14, 2016 12:06 pm _____________________________________
Star Ledger – Opinion - Christie's comeback starts Tuesday, thanks to Democrats | Moran ‘Here's a prediction: Gov. Chris Christie will recover his popularity in New Jersey this year. It might seem impossible now, when polls rate his popularity as one or two notches above a war criminal. But Christie has a secret weapon: The Democratic Party. Democrats are pressing for a Constitutional amendment that would force massive new investment in the pension system without a single benefit cut to defray the costs…’ http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/02/christies_comeback_starts_tuesday_thanks_to_democr.htmlBy Tom Moran | Star-Ledger Editorial Board - Feb 14, 2016 at 6:30 AM, updated Febr14, 2016 10:00 AM |