Chris Christie is getting donations from some unlikely places:

Gov. Chris Christie is cashing in donations from top Democratic fundraisers and other traditionally liberal donors across the country, even nabbing the support of a handful of rainmakers aligned with President Obama and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Star-Ledger review of state and federal records shows.

The checks are flying into the Republican governor’s war chest from all sorts of unlikely places — the hedge fund run by liberal billionaire George Soros for example, and the politically progressive halls of the University of California, Berkeley.

The nascent support from Democratic donors is an early sign of Christie’s fundraising prowess in a potential run for the White House in 2016, experts and Democratic donors said, and dovetails with recent polls showing him gaining popularity nationally among Democrats and independents.

Christie’s partnership with New Jersey Democratic leaders and his warm relationship with Obama after Hurricane Sandy could be enticing donors who don’t often give to GOP candidates, even if they are closer ideologically to Democrat Barbara Buono, Christie’s lesser-known challenger, political scientists and Democratic fundraisers say.

Here’s just a sample of what Christie is pulling in:

• Five executives at Soros Fund Management have chipped in a combined $19,000 to the governor’s re-election campaign, state records show. The donor roll includes Soros’ protégé and chief investment officer, Scott Bessent, who tends to fund liberal Democrats, and Sender Cohen, a partner at the hedge fund who more often favors Republicans.

•John Doerr, a top Democratic fundraiser and venture capitalist in California, sent Christie the maximum $3,800 donation for the Republican primary this year. So did his wife. Federal records show the couple has given more than $1.2 million to national Democrats since 1997.

•Tim Mullen, a Chicago investor who gave more than $100,000 to Emanuel’s campaign for mayor in 2011 and bundled from $200,000 to $500,000 for Obama in 2008, has also sent Christie a maximum donation, as has his wife Alice. Mullen was already a Christie donor in 2009, state records show.

This is all no doubt very frustrating to Barbara Buono, the quickly fading Democratic candidate against Christie in November’s election. Whatever money she does raise is going to be absolutely swamped by Christie’s numbers, and that’s going to be thanks in no small part to her fellow Democrats.

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Chris is a Dem puppet

I am no Christie fan, but this IS New Jersey we're talking about.

I'd a lot rather have Christie keep their governorship than the Jon Corzine disciple he's running against.

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Chris is a Dem puppet

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I am no Christie fan, but this IS New Jersey we're talking about.

I'd a lot rather have Christie keep their governorship than the Jon Corzine disciple he's running against.

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My theory is that the Dems believe CC has the re-election in the bag -- the reason why this Buono person is running as the token opposition. I think that a more prominent Dem would be in the race if they thought that CC was beatable. JMO.

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Quote: Stewie wrote in post #3

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I am no Christie fan, but this IS New Jersey we're talking about.

I'd a lot rather have Christie keep their governorship than the Jon Corzine disciple he's running against.

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People forget we have Steve Lonegan who in the last gubernatorial primary ran against Christie, and it turns out, the GOP elite 'country club ' republicans.

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Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #5

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Quote: Stewie wrote in post #3

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I am no Christie fan, but this IS New Jersey we're talking about.

I'd a lot rather have Christie keep their governorship than the Jon Corzine disciple he's running against.

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People forget we have Steve Lonegan who in the last gubernatorial primary ran against Christie, and it turns out, the GOP elite 'country club ' republicans.

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Is Lonegan or anyone else running against CC in the primary? I haven't heard of any opponent(s).

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Quote: FP123 wrote in post #6

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My theory is that the Dems believe CC has the re-election in the bag -- the reason why this Buono person is running as the token opposition. I think that a more prominent Dem would be in the race if they thought that CC was beatable. JMO.

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Christie has one opponent, Seth Grossman of Restore Republican Principles
http://grossman4nj.com/

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Christie is very popular. IMHO some of the reasons:

His initial response to Sandy which hit NJ worse that the MSM reported was excellent, very practical, very honest in at minimum one update per day, targeted to get electricity restored, keep an adequate supple of gas for transportation. . . . especially compared to how Sandy was handled in NY.

FEMA's failures are perceived as federal not state failures

His in your face style and 'honesty' is seen as refreshing, especially in comparison to Corzine, his predecessor.

People are oblivious to the fact he never met an illegal or Jihadi he didn't like

they are also oblivious to his enthusiasm for 'green' energy, [i]anti-bullying

measures, gun control, and host of other issues.[/li]

In other words Christie is very skillful, with media help, at presenting different faces to different groups of voters.

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Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #8

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Christie has one opponent, Seth Grossman of Restore Republican Principles
http://grossman4nj.com/

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Thanks for posting. From his website the guy sounds better than CC, I suppose he doesn't have a chance!

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Gov. Chris Christie is cashing in donations from top Democratic fundraisers and other traditionally liberal donors across the country...

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Of course he is. Everyone knows he has reelection in the bag. What no one is mentioning is that Loutenberg has been very sick for a very long time. The Rats knew that Christie creme would be the one to appoint a replacement. What better way to make sure they have another Commie Pinko in that Senate seat than to guarantee Christie's reelection.

I will bet anything that the Zero trip to NJ had nothing to do with Sandy and everything to do with clearing up any issues with this Senate replacement.