In Move Toward Campaign, Christie Creates PAC and Hires Staff

January 26th, 2015 - PACS

To start his 2016 campaign, Chris Christie looks forward to start his own PAC. This PAC will include eight skilled and experienced campaign managers. This new PAC is to be named, “Leadership Matters For America", which will allow him to raise a ridiculous amount of money for the Republican campaign in the 2016 election. The PAC’s finance chairman will be Ray Washburne, former chairman of the Republican National Committee; its senior advisers will be Phil Cox, former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, and Mike DuHaime. This PAC will also employ several other campaign, promotional, and finance managers from different states.

Chris Christie made a bold move to create a PAC. Not only will this help his campaign  but it will promote other Republican candidates. As  a whole I thought this was interesting. Now that I understand what PACs are and how they function helps me to understand how campaigns work. By creating a PAC Chris Christie and his Republican allies have the potential to raise a plethora of campaign money.





Barbaro, Michael. "In Move Toward Campaign, Christie Creates PAC and Hires Staff." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Jan. 2015. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/us/politics/in-a-move-toward-a-campaign-chris-christie-plans-to-create-a-pac.html?ref=politics>.

Holder Urges Better Data for Shootings Involving Police

January 15th, 2015
Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his opinion on law enforcement shooting on early this week. In Holder's point of view the federal government needs to do a better job in tracking the number of times law enforcement officers across the country are shot at or fire their weapons. In order for this to happen a law must be be passed by congress. The main issue that our justice system faces right now is organization in data. If law enforcement kept a record of injuries and deaths at the hands of law enforcement, then this information can go on record. However, no one has really made an effort to fix this issue. Without recorded information protesters and activists believe that "a larger pattern of abusive tactics used by police departments there and elsewhere in the country. But without reliable numbers, it was difficult to quantify the problem." With this mindset of "all police officials are corrupt" or "our justice system is unjust" America will not progress, but regress.

I agree. I think there needs to be "order in the court". Our justice system is put in place to protect the rights of everyone no matter what race, gender, or ethnicity they are. With recent shootings like Ferguson, people want answers and evidence needs to be clear. If the justice system was more organized and kept a record of every single conflict a solution would be found. Perhaps by recording this misinformation law enforcement will learn from it's mistakes and  strive to make America a safe place for everyone. Right now what we have isn't working.

Schmidt, Michael. "Holder Urges Better Data for Shootings Involving Police." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 Jan. 2015. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/us/politics/holder-urges-better-data-for-shootings-involving-police.html?ref=politics&_r=0>.