http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?sectio...tics&id=9129486

Wow. What a bold move. This is reminiscent of Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers union...

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TRENTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie named a longtime colleague, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat Thursday that opened up this week after Frank Lautenberg's death.

Chiesa, who worked with Christie in the U.S. attorney's office before becoming the top lawyer for the state government, will take office effective Monday just ahead of expected debates on immigration policy.

Chiesa, 47, has never had or run for political office and said he will not seek the office in an October election to fill the seat, Christie said.

He will be the first Republican to represent New Jersey in the Senate since 1982, when Nicholas Brady was chosen by Gov. Tom Kean to serve out a term after Harrison Williams resigned amid scandal. The last time New Jersey elected a Republican to the Senate was in 1972.

Lautenberg, a liberal Democrat, served nearly 30 years in the Senate. When Chiesa takes office, the Senate will have 52 Democrats, 46 Republicans and two independents who generally vote with the Democrats.

Chiesa has worked for Christie almost his entire career. He was Christie's chief counsel until he was nominated in December 2011 to be attorney general.

"I've only had these chances because of the governor," Chiesa said Thursday. "I don't kid myself."

Though he's been joined at the hip with Christie throughout his career, the governor said Chiesa, who describes himself as a conservative Republican, would be an independent voice in Washington.

"Anybody who knows Jeff knows he has a mind of his own. He always has," Christie said.

Christie said he had been thinking about who might replace Lautenberg because he knew the senator was ill. He said he went to Chiesa's home Monday night to meet with him and his wife, Jenny. Chiesa texted Christie the next morning, the governor said, declaring: "I'm in."

"I just believe he is the best person for the job," said Christie. "Jeff brings a great approach to solving problems to this job."

Chiesa has known the governor for more than 20 years. Their relationship began when Christie interviewed Chiesa as a law clerk for the firm Dughi & Hewit. Chiesa would spend nine years in the U.S. attorney's office before leaving for a short stint as a partner at the law firm of Wolff & Samson. He then worked on Christie's transition team.

As attorney general, he initiated a statewide taskforce to address human trafficking, overseen statewide child-pornography stings and ran an extensive series of gun buybacks across the state.

He has not had a particularly high profile in New Jersey.

Raised in Bound Brook, he attended the University of Notre Dame as an undergrad and went on to get a law degree from the Catholic University of America. He is married with a son and a daughter and lives in Branchburg.

Christie said he'll appoint an acting attorney general Monday, theoretically leaving the job open for Chiesa's return after his stint in Washington.

Christie has scheduled a special election for October to fill the seat until it expires in January 2015. Whoever wins in October would have to run again in the fall of 2014.

The races will shape up quickly because of a deadline Monday for candidates to file papers declaring they are in the race. A primary is set for August.

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describes himself as a conservative Republican

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ran an extensive series of gun buybacks across the state.

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Does not compute!

So CC can say he appointed an R, for 5 months.

One can only hope!

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Chiesa has worked for Christie almost his entire career.

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Given this information, it is more likely that like Christie, Ciesa never met an illegal he didn't like.

Christie has been quite effective in hiding his fondness for illegals in a state, whose economy in no small measure, is being devastated by their presence.

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Ah, you just don't get it. Conservatives are all for 'reasonable' gun control.

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One can only hope!

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Chiesa has worked for Christie almost his entire career.

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Given this information, it is more likely that like Christie, Ciesa never met an illegal he didn't like.

Christie has been quite effective in hiding his fondness for illegals in a state, whose economy in no small measure, is being devastated by their presence.

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Ouch! So do you think he would vote for a bill?

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"He supports stronger border security as a tool for reducing illegal immigration. And in April, Christie and Chiesa joined forces to call for expanded background checks...."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/...?pt=tAD1SCT8P7/

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"He supports stronger border security as a tool for reducing illegal immigration. And in April, Christie and Chiesa joined forces to call for expanded background checks...."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/...?pt=tAD1SCT8P7/

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...on guns and games click

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Can't argue with that line of thought!

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"He supports stronger border security as a tool for reducing illegal immigration. And in April, Christie and Chiesa joined forces to call for expanded background checks...."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/...?pt=tAD1SCT8P7/

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...on guns and games click

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Drats! I keep looking for a ray of sunshine in the clouds!

But did you see the picture at your link!



Awful! Can you imagine being in a meeting with someone like that!

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"He supports stronger border security as a tool for reducing illegal immigration. And in April, Christie and Chiesa joined forces to call for expanded background checks...."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/...?pt=tAD1SCT8P7/

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I hope that would translate into a NO vote.

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