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There are several problems with the thinking here. First, we need a GOP POTUS. If we bicker amongst ourselves we only play into Hillary's hands. Twelve years of socialism would be ruinous. Please don't try to convince me that Romney would be worse than Obama. Christie is an improvement and better than the alternative of another eight years of Clintons.

That said, this is a misleading comment:

“We won the Latino vote last night,” Christie said

What Christie won was the New Jersey Latino vote. They know him and didn't like the alternative. There's no reason to extrapolate that across the nation or to all Latinos. The national divide is deep and wide. There's no way Christie will win without the conservative vote, which is essentially white, marrieds.

The question is why did conservatives vote for him?

There are several problems with the thinking here. First, we need a GOP POTUS. If we bicker amongst ourselves we only play into Hillary's hands. Twelve years of socialism would be ruinous. Please don't try to convince me that Romney would be worse than Obama. Christie is an improvement and better than the alternative of another eight years of Clintons.

If you think that line of thinking is going to work in 2016, I refer you back to 2008 and 2012 where that failed strategy in on full display.

No more "our guy is less evil than their guy"!

No more "we have to move to the left(middle) to win the election"!

These have been shown in four major Presidential elections in recent history to be losers:

1. GHB 2nd term attempt - 92'
2. Bob Dole in 96'
3. John McCain 2008'
4. Myth Romney 2012'

How many more times will you and others keep doing the same thing that leads to failure and expect different results?

What Christie won was the New Jersey Latino vote. They know him and didn’t like the alternative. There’s no reason to extrapolate that across the nation or to all Latinos. The national divide is deep and wide. There’s no way Christie will win without the conservative vote, which is essentially white, marrieds.
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I agree w/ your thinking. NY ain’t middle America. NJ isn’t even like the rest of the NE states. I just don’t believe that Christie’s brash style and all the video available of his lashing out at everyone...will play well in most of the country.

We need a conservative politician who can articulate strong, conservative...AMERICAN values and a vision of America that adheres to traditional AMERICAN values. There’s no reason to bring race into the mix. Traditional values know no color. But yes, the base of the Republican party are white, married couples.

For the R candidate to win the election...the candidate must appeal to a broader coalition of voters. I don’t think you get that broader coalition by pandering...you get there, IMO, by laying out your vision that gives people hope of better prospects for all hard working Americans. Not this divide and conquer garbage.

Please don't try to convince me that Romney would be worse than Obama.

Then please don't try to convince me of the opposite.

Really, if you have such a closed mind, why are you attempting a conversation?

There are several problems with the thinking here. First, we need a ~~GOP~~ Conservative POTUS.