Posted on 02/26/2013 7:12:16 PM PST by 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)
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We just had a NE liberal run for president and the worst Dem in 35 years beat him. As they pronounce the Tea Party dead, they will nominate useless RINO's that will insure the Repub party sinks into complete oblivion.
Conservatives win, mishmash loses. I don't understand why these NE libs think us "Rubes" out in fly over country can be fooled into voting for establishment approved candidates. I just think of some average Texas or Oklahoma voter thinking the best candidate would EVER come from Mass, Conn, NYC, Delaware, et al,.......NOT GONNA HAPPEN. It's a non starter for me.
Without commenting one way or another on Christie, can we at least be serious. If you think 30 southern states are going to vote for a democrat over a republican...well, lets just say that won't happen.
Presidend Biden.....now there's a thought to make you shudder. That guy could nuke Canada while he thought he was calling for coffee. Oops!
Absolutely correct. You think these southerners are voting for Hillary instead??
Very limited future in a party with a limited future.
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