Is he? I had no idea and never would have guessed. It's almost amazing to me that New Jersey would have elected him. Was the Catholic vote much of a factor?
During the election season, he stated that he was pro-life but that he knew that he could not use his position as governor to overturn it. He stated that he supported the ban on partial-birth abortion, that he was opposed to any public funding of abortion and supported full parental notification and a required waiting period.
The most recent Republican governors of NJ - Whitman and Kean - were total pro-aborts whose only caveat was public funding, which neither of them ever did a thing about.
Was the Catholic vote much of a factor?
It definitely was in Monmouth County. Our parish's RTL group was out in force and we were not alone.
I’m certainlynot arguing with wideawake (he lives there, I don’t) but I would say that Christie is a perfect example of why Republicans should never drop the social issues to get elected. The voters realized they needed a guy who could handle the fiscal meltdown so they voted on that. If he had been a weasel run as a pro-choicer it would have AT BEST made no difference in his vote count, and probably hurt him.