NY Times: NJ GOP Gov. Christie ‘Blustery and Bellicose’, CT Dem Gov. Works Hard Sparing ‘Most Vulnerable’
David Halbfinger’s Wednesday New York Times profile of Connecticut’s newly elected Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy favorably compared him to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is winning fans for his insistence on budget discipline and his outspoken challenges to unions: “ In Tackling Connecticut’s Finances, New Governor Criticizes Peer’s Approach .” Reporter Halbfinger let Malloy hypocritically pat himself on the back for civility while taking pot shots at Christie. Halbfinger played along, portraying Christie as “blustery and bellicose” compared to the “polite” Democrat Malloy, flatteringly portrayed as closing a deficit while spending “much of his energy finding ways to spare the most vulnerable” and considering tax increases. (Halbfinger is not crazy about New Jersey Republicans; a May 30, 2009 story on the Republican primary for the governor's race (won by Christie) described Christie’s opponent Steve Lonegan as an “ultraconservative former small-town mayor” pushing Christie “far to the right.”)
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