Posted on 09/29/2011 6:46:23 PM PDT by Perdogg
Gov. Chris Christie is seriously rethinking his months of denials and may launch a campaign for the White House after all, a source close to the governor said tonight.
In the last week, Christie has been swayed away from his earlier refusals to run by an aggressive draft effort from a cadre of Republicans and donors unhappy with the GOP field, said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Ok ... give you that one... it remains then he is a pro life RINO
If you knew the whole story behind Palin's resignation, you'd probably applaud her for what she did. Read her book, "Going Rogue", or see the movie, "The Undefeated". The non-Obamamedia approved truth is in there.
Everytime I see Christie, I think “Quick, gimme a twinkie, I think I felt my blood move!”
Romney would be going under the RINO bus??
And Palin has been doing something different?
“Look, if Christie could deliver New Jersey, Hussein is in DEEP effing trouble.”
Hussein is in trouble because Christie is even considering it; it has obviously become a foregone conclusion that the Republican primary will be the de facto election of 2012 (as Newark, NJ’s Dem primary for mayor is in fact the mayoral election). Obama is not concerned right now with his potential Republican opponents; he is concerned with his potential Democrat primary challengers. The big donors, the other Dem candidates that will be “down-ticket” from the Dem prez candidate, and most segments of their base are not in the mood for another 2009 (Christie in NJ, Brown in MA), 2010 (mid-term “shellacking”), or 2011 (NYC house seat). They are starting to believe their lying eyes; Obama sucks, and like BJ Clinton he will drag everyone else down for his own ego’s sake.
No matter how it is spun, the facts indicate that he is toxic.
May 2011:Christie believes in global warming, says government plans to reduce it are ineffective.
Chris Christie wants it known he’s not a skeptic on global warming. Before the Republican New Jersey governor launched into an explanation Thursday for why he’s bowing out of a landmark regional cap-and-trade program for power plants, he first strapped on his layman scientist’s cap to give a brief overview of what’s widely considered accepted climate science.
Christie's position on global warming shows he really has been deceived by the kook left. I don't consider this a deal breaker, since he HAS fought against cap and trade...I would like to hear how he would approach this as President.
Significant 10th Amendment questions remain for all the so-called "top tier" candidates: Romney on health care, Perry on immigration, and now, obviously, Christie (if he declares) on this question.
Some even had questions about Michele Bachmann on the gay marriage question.
Folks, we're gonna have a flawed candidate--a flawed nominee. Let's get used to that idea. And then we can work to fire Hussein.
The last time Christie wore a yellow raincoat, a dozen school kids tried to board him.
When Christie goes camping, the bears hide THIER food in the trees.
Nope... I just don’t think the “Jersey lunch bucket” has a chance.
However, it would be fun to watch. I want to hear him shout, “To the moon, Alice”. (may Jackie Gleason RIP)
Maybe he should team up with Palin, they both are taking forever to decide if they should run.
Actually, they do. Maybe not Wednesday morning but there is an establishment. They are the Party apparatchik. The Lobbyists and the self promoters. Don’t kid yourself. I live in DC and know these folks.
You heard Chris Christie say that he’s not pro-life and that he’s pro-same-sex-marriage? You must be confusing him with some other fat guy.
Had you called Christie a gun-grabber, you’d be on much firmer ground, since his record on guns leaves a lot to be desired, but Christie is a solid conservative with respect to abortion and traditional marriage.
As for amnesty, you are correct that Christie wants to establish a path to citizenship for illegal aliens, although he wants them to stand “in the back of the line” (but doesn’t quite say that they should not be allowed to apply for residency unless they move back to their home countries) and he opposes giving tuition breaks to illegals like they do in Texas. Maybe calling Christie “pro-amnesty” is a bit strong, but you can certainly argue that anything short of having illegals go back to their home countries and then applying for residency is a form of amnesty.
Christie ain’t perfect, but I’d still take him over Romney or Perry. Would I prefer Herman Cain or Rick Santorum (not to mention Jim DeMint or Paul Ryan or Marco Rubio) as president? Of course! But unless a conservative can (i) win the nomination and (ii) beat Obama, he or she won’t get to be president. Turning one’s nose up at Christie could well result in Romney winning the nomination, and that’s one thing that would piss me off a lot more than nominating someone like Christie that has a lot of excellent qualities (along with a few bad issue positions).
Well the deadline is tommorrow and she has stated she will miss her own self-imposed deadline because she hasn't made up her mind. :-) That's indecisive and there is no getting around it. That is unless you don't believe what she says and think she is lying which I don't
see post 69. You have a point about cap and trade kind of...but he apparently DID take his state out of a cap and trade plan....
I am in an early primary state, Florida, and still haven’t decided who to vote for. My early picks are Cain and Romney (gasp, I know)...but I think we MUST have an executive in charge. A legislator or former legislator will not cut it.
I thought I would be impressed with Perry, but I haven’t been...
But the truth is, I really haven’t made up my mind. I want Hussein defeated, I want his DeathCare law shredded and burned and then I want the ashes burned.
I want his stupid regulations—on banks, and on things like asthma inhalers repealed.
In the long run, I want Article I of the Constitution to MEAN something...for “ALL” legislative power to be rested in the Congress; not in executive branch bureaucracies—who have that power because Congress has abdicated its responsibility.
And I want the 10th amendment respected by judges who realize the 14th amendment is not a blank check for them to run rough shod over the state’s sovereignty.
I know we won’t get ALL of that in the 2012 election, but if we can start SLOWLY turning this ship of state around, I’ll be pleased. In my opinion, almost any of our candidates could begin that process. (exception: Huntsman. I think he is really a Democrat—not even a “RINO”. Hell, his family gave to Harry Reid, and he WORKED FOR HUSSEIN IN CHINA. Why doesn’t he defect to the Democrat party and run in the primary against Hussein?)
Respectfully to all,
RD
He is a liberal. I won’t for him and the Evangelicals will stay home. A lot of other conservatives will too.
I doubt many are like you wife if the are informed and politically aware.
Both of you need to get up to speed if you expect to have any credibility on a Conservative forum such as Free Republic.
Please run!!!So Romney has NO chance! : )
But then he might crush her?
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