I saw Christie speak at a little pre-election day rally for Anna Little. It was pretty much a 100% tea party crowd. Many, many of those people did not vote for Christie in the primary and some still consider him, if not a RINO, insufficiently conservative. And of course he’s aware of this.
Nevertheless, he spoke to that crowd PERFECTLY. It was the second best presentation I’ve ever seen. (The best was a presentation by a salesman who basically has a miraculous gift from God. That guy could literally sell ice to Eskimos.)
I really had the impression that Christie could go out and speak to all different types of people and make his message compelling to them. I felt like he was speaking TO ME. He really has a tremendous talent.
I came home and told hubby, now I see why people say he could run for president. I’m sure he’d make Obama seem like the empty headed, empty suit that he is.
But I don’t want Christie to run for president, not yet and certainly not until the border is sealed like a drum, because he is weak on illegal immigration. But I really want him to stay here in NJ and keep working on the million problems we have here. And also help build up the party here. I think he can be a good bridge between the tea partiers and the country club set.
DON’T RUN CHRIS DON’T RUN!
Not only is he wrong on illegal aliens, he's very anti-Second Amendment. I don't care how charismatic he is, those are deal breakers for any prospective presidential candidate.
Good post. Christie is a RINO but a hell of a speaker. The Tea Party people are smart. Get him to the NJ top post but hold him on a leash on the presidential stuff.
I dont want him running for anything other than governor.