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President George W. Bush’s former chief strategist Matthew Down is
slamming the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for
snubbing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) while inviting former Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin (R), who he asserts “wasn’t competent enough to keep a
Fox News contract.”
Wall Street Journal editor Paul Gigot on Sunday told an ABC
News panel that CPAC had made a mistake by not inviting Christie after
he pushed Congress for Hurricane Sandy relief funds and backed some gun-control legislation following last year’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
“If I were CPAC, I would have invited Christie and let him say what
he wanted on guns or anything else,” Gigot insisted. “And if you
disagree with him, boo him or what have you. But this is a time that the
Republican Party needs to have a debate, and a pretty raucous debate.”
“CPAC,
to me, has totally diminished its credibility as an organization,” Dowd
agreed. “And you invite Sarah Palin, who wasn’t competent enough to
keep a Fox News contract? But she’s invited to CPAC meeting?”
Democratic strategist James Carville, however, welcomed the CPAC move
as something that could help Democrats by elevating fringe elements in
the Republican Party.
“Any day that you have more Sarah Palin and less Chris Christie is a good day for James Carville,” he quipped. “I’m all for it!”
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