True Republican ideology requires intelligent voters. That's why the Republican base is about 30% of the total vote pool.
So, in order to win an election, Republican strategy aims to appeal to soccer moms, illegal alien businessmen running taco roach coaches, the so-called independents, gays and lesbians who aren't totally stupid, retirees, homeowners, etc. etc. yadda yadda. They think that in order to attract these people they have to come on like Democrats, just more patriotic and somewhat more fiscally sound. And of course, when they do, they piss off the base. The deal is "Well give you more than the Democrats, keep your taxes low, and we're good clean people." Hell of a platform.
50 years of this, and there is little practical difference between a normal, middle of the road Democrat, and a RINO Office holder. And now, too many Republicans are just plain frightened of being real Republicans. Along comes Christie. To tell the truth, he's got a RINO streak a mile wide, but he also has some notion of Republican ideology and he's a tough guy. More important, taking on the Democrats like a man, holding them by the nose and kicking them in the crepes suzette is a good strategy because we literally have nothing to lose that we haven't lost already.
Maybe the guy's got the legs to go national. We need some people in the high places or it's national disintegration.
I’m hoping he gives enough OTHER people courage to start barking back against the machine. The only way to win with the media is to refuse to play their game, or dance to their tune. Look at when he was in Florida and they tried to pin the snow removal on him. He was like, screw you, I was in Disneyland with my kids and I wasn’t going to leave and take a flight, which would not have been available, back home for a photo op. This is what they invented telephones for.
“More important, taking on the Democrats like a man, holding them by the nose and kicking them in the crepes suzette is a good strategy because we literally have nothing to lose that we haven’t lost already.”
Agree. Dems and their lapdog media are going to bash conservatives no matter what they say or do, so Republicans have nothing to lose and everything to gain by coming out swinging. Dems seem to have a hard time dealing with conservative tough guys.