Christie mulling Presidential Run

I think he would have to throw his hat in the ring by Thanksgiving. I would say that would be the drop dead date.

He is fund raising with some up and comers in the GOP, he has built himself a nice little war chest. I think most the money goes to the New Jersey GOP though, not sure how all that works.

I would love to see his State school no non-sense approach vs. Presdent Obama's HAVARD school debate, that might be interesting to watch.

Not sure if Christie is conservative enough for me.......I like the attitude though.
 
The funny thing is- he's not "Conservative" by the definition many here have.

He's fiscally Conservative, not so much socially. I love him as a Governor, and a potential POTUS.

However- he believes in Science (Climate Change) , and is not so much into limiting abortion rights etc. He was opposed to offshore drilling off NJ, said illegals here are not committing a crime by being here.

here is an entire article about his moderate views: Christie, the Moderate

Where he gives GOPers a nudge in the pants is his anti-union stance in efforts to get the fiscal house in order. However, taxes in NJ are amongst the highest in the US, and while he may want to lower them, he is not thinking lowering them to Alaska standards.

In my opinion- the best thing about him is how unlike Perry or Pelosi he is- he is a smart human being, not a political robot, he thinks and speaks his mind and supports ideas whether GOP or Democrat in nature. THAT is what we need right now to resolve issues- not partisan struggles.
 
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Already practicing to take the oath. Looks like a good candidate to me.
 
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Christie has sorted backed himself into corner on the running thing. His New Jersey Ethics reform bill that he has been touting has a provision in there that you can't run for another office and hold another office at the same time.

It is kinda of a lame excuse but it is out there and has been there since he sent the ethics legislation to the NJ Legislature about 2 years ago.

He still has a lot of work to do in NJ and he can help whoever is the nominee make NJ competitive if he does not run.

I think he is doing the right thing about not making any decisions as this point. Put yourself in a position to win.

Anyway, remember RR was in a very liberal state as a governor and some of his governor policies changed when he was put on a national level. I believe that a different element wins the NJ governors house then the Texas governors house then the White House, whether we like it or not it is true.
 
Major- maybe the definition you have of NEastern Republican, ala Olympia Snowe etc., is a more traditional definition of a Republican, whereas the Republicans elsewhere, or at least those running under the GOP name are what have changed.

It wasn't long ago in my home state where Ann Richards was Governor, being a Democrat was not a dirty word, and Republicans and Democrats often worked together to resolve issues when something urgent arose. Sure, there have always been 'battles'- but nothing like today's fights where being re-elected supersedes resolving a problem for the country.

I believe there is a Republican party, which has various branches within it- some moderate, some Conservative, and a Tea Party faction who has shown that they will often not vote with their GOP leadership at any expense. Not voting along your own party surely demonstrates a separate branch within the GOP- and they've proven this multiple times already.

I believe Boehner is a moderate Republican struggling to keep various GOP factions together. We could say the same for the Democrats at various times when they owned the House- but right now they dont.
 
Christie has said he isn't running, and I don't think he'd change his mind at this point. However, if he did, he'd be my very clear choice. I love his tenacity and courage. We need that in a politician. I'd actually become excited to vote for a Republican for the first time in a many years.
 
i admire his plain spokeness and his willingness to take on unions to perserve pensions and even jobs.
But on some core issues that a POTUS can affect he is qiote far from my idea of a conservative: gun control, Illegal immigration Cap and trade and even obamacare. He is as far as I know the only GOP Gov to not sign on to replear obamacare.

I am glad he is not running. He would be a very likeable candidate
 
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Thanks for the clarification on cap and trade. he did indeed take NJ out of a regional abomination

I have read his view on illegals, when he was US attorney , that it is not a criminal offense( and of course it isn't). I did not read that he felt they should be deported and that it was the job of ICE. if he has said that lately , good for him and that could mean as POTUS he would charge ICE with doing it.
When did he say this

I disgree with him on abortion but that is not a deal breaker.
if he ends up running and winning the nomination I would work pretty hard to get him elected.
There is no perfect candidate and at least he has stood up and done something for his states economy and people.
thanks for the info
 
Christie is not running. What words are there in the English language that Christie could use to be any more clear on this point than he has been?

This is a media created story that only exists because they are trying to stir things up, especially their ratings.

Some people need to stop being so gullible.
 
With a sluggish economy, Romney is the only one who'll give Obama fits. Perry will get beat by Romney. Paul is a nutcase although he does have a couple of good points. Bachhmann, well that's that. Cain - yeah he'll get his 5 mins and then go pump his book on faux news. Christie is a fat chump who's a male version of Palin in attention grabbing.

Except Romney, Obama will beat the rest of the repub field like a drum. GO PERRY!!!
 
Christie is a genuine person who says what he thinks without betraying an inability to cogently link thoughts together. That puts him miles ahead of Perry and Bachmann, and to a lesser extent Palin. He's way too liberal for Texas Republican tasts who would prefer average intelligence and absolute belief in the Republican dogma on gun control (none) abortion rights (none) and acknowledgement that human impact on climate is "uncertain science" and any action to limit carbon dioxide emissions is premature and wrong.
 
Chris Christie has been consistently as clear as anyone can possibly be that he is not running. There are no words in any human language that he could deploy that would enable him to be any clearer than he has been.

He is not going to run.

This is just the media fabricating a story, yet again. In case there is anyone who has not noticed, they do this routinely to gin up ratings and attention for themselves. That is what is happening here. Again.

Chris Christie is not going to run for President in 2012. If you hear anyone in the media telling you different, you are being misled.
 
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