Christine Todd Whitman backs GOP break from Grover Norquist
By Katie Glueck Politico November 28, 2012 Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman on Wednesday praised GOP lawmakers who have signaled a willingness to break with Grover Norquist’s anti-tax hike pledge. [...]
To run or not to run, Booker faces the question
By Michael LaRosa NBCNEWS 27 November, 2012 It’s been said that the Presidential campaign is a mere warm up act for the hottest of all political contests that takes place every four years—the New Jersey governorship. [...]
‘Republican Party not the party I grew up with’
Deutsche Welle (Germany) Michael Knigge November 23, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, talks to DW about her frustration with her party and Germany’s environmental record. [...]
Moderation would have worked
By Christine Todd Whitman Politico November 7, 2012 I am disappointed that Mitt Romney didn’t win the presidency yesterday, particularly because I saw what a reasonable governor he was in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, that reasonable governor was not the candidate running for president. While this latest battle for the White House may be complete, the war for the direction of the Republican Party remains very much at hand. As my party wrestles over its course, we should not ignore that Romney might have won had he campaigned with the centrist mindset with which he governed. [...]
Climate Change Should Be Front and Center
By Christine Todd Whitman The New York Times November 7, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman was governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003. She is president of the Whitman Strategy Group. [...]
The American Moderate
By Michael Smith Village Magazine (Ireland) October 19, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman was Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the administration of President George W Bush from 2001 to 2003. After several public conflicts with the Bush administration, Whitman resigned to spend more time with her family. In an interview in 2007 Whitman stated that Vice President Dick Cheney’s insistence on easing air pollution controls, not the personal reasons she cited at the time, led to her resignation. A moderate Republican, she chairs the Republican Leadership Council which promotes candidates who are “fiscally conservative, socially inclusive”. [...]
Back in Dorchester, Brown picks up backing of former New Jersey governor
By Gintautas Dumcius Dorchester Reporter October 9, 2012 Christine Todd Whitman gives Brown the thumbs-up at Phillips Old Colony House: The former New Jersey governor, left, joined Sen. Brown at the landmark Morrissey Boulevard eatery and function hallon Tuesday afternoon. [...]
Christine Todd Whitman: Anti-EPA message scares off independents
By Darius Dixon Politico September 27, 2012 Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman hopes to see a bit more of Gov. Mitt Romney rather than presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the coming weeks — at least on environmental issues. [...]
UN and The View
By Christine Todd Whitman NJ.com September 24, 2012 While world leaders gathered yesterday for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama left Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to represent the U.S., preferring to appear on daytime talk show "The View". While Obama did appear at the UN this morning, his neglect of world leaders yesterday was both a poor prioritization of time and further evidence of just how superficial our campaigns have become. [...]