Christie would be an excellent candidate, even though I believe that he is more liberal. It is my personal belief that issue purity must take a second seat to ability to fight at this time in history.
Sarah is by no means perfect. I do not believe she was stained by McCain, however. I believe Sarah would make a viable candidate, because she has the stones to fight out in the open.
My personal preference, if I could just nominate someone myself, would be Col. Alan West.
The responses I’ve received from the “purists” are disturbing. It’s why we are always a bridesmaid and never a bride. Sure Christie has some ideas that don’t comport completely with Conservative orthodoxy, so what! There should be enough Republicans in the Congress after the next election to moderate the views he has that are somewhat astray. If we do not off the public employee unions, it’s going to be over for the US. Christie hasn’t done much on “gun control” and some of the other areas of concern in his job as Governor of NJ, because the union busting and budget needs are transcendent. The same would be true if he were president.