CPAC source: Christie wasn’t invited this year because he has a “limited future” in the GOP...

Hot Air ^ | February 26, 2013 | Allahpundit

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hard to argue with that assessment today of all days, but … Mitt Romney’s also been invited this year. The future doesn’t get any more limited than that.

Also, since when is one’s prospects in the GOP a litmus test for whether you’re CPAC-worthy or not? Every time someone objects to GOPround’s exclusion, the rejoinder inevitably comes that it’s the “Conservative Political Action Conference,” not the “Republican Political Action Conference.” Okay, in that case, who cares about Christie’s future in the GOP? Either his ideas are conservative enough or they aren’t.

Verdict: They aren’t. Or rather, one isn’t.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie was not invited to address the Conservative Political Action Conference because he has a “limited future” in the national Republican party given his position on gun control, according to a source familiar with the internal deliberations related to the event who was not authorized to speak publicly. As a result, the focus of this year’s conference, “the future of conservatism,” made Christie a bad fit, the source tells National Review Online.

The New Jersey governor, who has expressed concern about “an abundance of guns out there,” has said he backs the gun-control legislation currently on the books in his state, some of the nation’s most restrictive. Carrying a concealed weapon, for example, is permitted only when a citizen can demonstrate “the urgent necessity for self-protection.” Christie has not been afraid to speak out against the National Rifle Association, either, calling an ad the group ran in the wake of the Newtown shooting “reprehensible” and “awful.”

Gun-control is an instant dealbreaker for appearing at CPAC, but developing the universal health care framework on which ObamaCare was based and then refusing to apologize for it isn’t?(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

I can think of 10 reasons just off the top of my head for neither Gov. Christie nor Gov. Romney to appear at CPAC, as I'm sure you can, too. That also goes for Rep. Ron Paul, Gov. Jeb Bush, Senators McCain and Graham and about a dozen other figures.

[Trueblackman]

Yet CPAC invites the loser Romney and the soon to be loser(to Hillary or Biden)Jeb Bush, smooth move on their part.

[Ditto]

I think the big question is this; When Christie changes his registration from Republican to Democrat, will his weight still be a disqualifier for the White House?

I know the media has decided a fat Republican can't be President. But can a fat Democrat be President? Will fat suddenly become beautiful when he switches parties?

:~)) /s

[ilgipper]

Can’t argue leaving Christie out. He needs to get the message that he has drifted massively off the reservation. Jeb was a pretty damn good conservative governor here in FL. I have zero interest in his 2016 candidacy, and his immigration stance is not good, but otherwise, he’s on our side. Christie...I have no idea any more. He’s a loose cannon as far as I am concerned. I was a big supporter of his for a couple years, but big question marks are there now. He seems to be a man more concerned with Chris Christie than any conservative ideas.

[2ndDivisionVet]

He'll crush Hillary ... literally! LOL

[lonestar]

When he cried after talking to Springsteen he showed how emotionally immature he really is! Another narcissist.

[ConorMacNessa]

When did a future in the GOP become a qualification to speak at CPAC? I thought it was a Conservative forum. I changed my registration from Republican to Conservative to get away from guys like him. After over forty years of having been disappointed, duped and betrayed by the GOP, even I, not the sharpest pencil in the box, got the message.

I am done with them! By their dissimulation, rank cowardice, and pandering they have forfeited any claim to legitimacy.

They are no longer the party of Reagan - they are more like the party of Chamberlain.



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

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[Ditto]

He'll crush Hillary ... literally! LOL

Not if she get him in a leg lock first. I just don't want to watch when it happens. ;~))

[max americana]

“When he cried after talking to Springsteen”

He what?!?

[Born to Conserve]

He’s a fat, liberal pig, that’s why he’s not invited.

[lonestar]

Christie Says Springsteen Made Him Cry. The biggest Springsteen fan ever, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, says that he met The Boss at the Hurricane Sandy benefit show last week and that the two hugged. He also said he got to speak to Springsteen on the phone because Christie was talking to President Obama and the Prez handed the phone off to The Boss. Christie says he wept after meeting his idol. [Newsworks]

[onyx]

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[Road Glide]

“I think the big question is this; When Christie changes his registration from Republican to Democrat, will his weight still be a disqualifier for the White House?”

He could also choose to change his affiliation to “independent”, a la Joe Lieberman...

[Seaplaner]

Chris Christie is Arlen Specter Light (okay, kidding about the "light" part.)

Hmmm, okay, hows this...

Chris Christie is Arlen Specter, minus the sincerity and charm and trustworthiness ?

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[Ron H.]

Yep, have to agree with you there guy!

[Ron H.]

He could also choose to change his affiliation to “independent”, a la Joe Lieberman...

.... and caucus with the Demorats as well just like Lieberman.

[Fiji Hill]

Why would Christie even want to go to a conservative conference?

[Fiji Hill]

Yet CPAC invites the loser Romney...

Indeed, they should. After all, Romney is severely conservative--he said so himself.

[max americana]

“Christie says he wept after meeting his idol.”

Bruce or obama?

[dandiegirl]

Yes, crying because he talked to a celebrity is just too much. His praise and sucking up to BO during that photo op right before the election ended Christie's career in the New Republican Party.