Christie Perelman Blog by Andrea Rogan

Premise Modifier/Presence/ Amplification	In each of his 7 sections (Criminal Justice, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, Education, Economy, Border Security and Immigration, and Healthcare for America’s Veterans), Christie takes his main ideas and amplifies them through examples	He amplifies them through small examples to make people see he has a real plan and to show what he did as Governor of New Jersey.  He is trying to show that he has experience.
Premise modifier/presence/ Amplification	“America must remain the home of innovation in the world.” There is then a list about what all needs to happen.	Christie is very specific about his focus areas for innovation – research, education and access to capital (money).
Premise modifier/presence/ Metabole (using synonymous expressions)	Christie uses 5 different phrases to mean low-income: -wrong zip code -low-income -struggling districts -children trapped in school districts with large performance gaps -those at the bottom	Christie has several specific ideas for helping address problems in the education system.  They all seem to target the low-income areas.
Quasi-logical/ Incompatability	“Governor Christie has Brought Unprecedented Conservative Reform to One of the Bluest States in America.”	Since a liberal state does not usually go for conservative reform, Christie seems to be saying that he accomplished the impossible.
Quasi-logical argument/ dilemma	We need to keep social security alive but limit its growth.	Christie argues that we cannot afford to let social security grow at the current rate so we need to make some hard choices to limit its growth.  It does not sound like there are any good choices.
Quasi-logical argument/contemptuous comparison	“disgraceful” the way some politicians put their agenda ahead of American safety.	He is saying that he is different from the people currently in Washington and that he will not do that.
Quasi-logical/comparison/ golden-age	We used to keep out word with our allies but we have not recently.	Christie disagrees with our current foreign policy activities and believes that they are bad and that we should go back to what we used to do.  He says that it is the way to keep freedom in the world.
Based on the structure of reality/co-existence	His plan is to “keep communities safe while helping non-violent offenders reclaim their lives.”	Christie is painting a positive picture.  Everyone wants a safe community, but he believes that a part of that is helping some criminals be rehabilitated and getting them to rejoin the community.