Posted on 09/28/2011 12:25:39 PM PDT by Baladas
MANCHESTER, N.H. Count Mitt Romney among those who are interested in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joining the GOP presidential race.
Chris is a great friend, a great guy, a colorful character, the former Massachusetts governor said at a campaign event here. Who knows? Maybe hell get in. I think itd be fun if he got in.
Mr. Christie, the tough-talking Garden State budget cutter, has said he has no intention of joining the race for the GOP nomination. But he sidestepped questions about his plans at a speech last night at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. Speculation about a Christie bid has risen since Texas Gov. Rick Perrys shaky performance in last weeks GOP debate.
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We need to stop this “winner takes all”primary horsecrap
Someone like Romney could win with 20% because the remaining 80% was split up among others?
All democraps have to do is show up and vote for one guy in our RIDICULOUS “open primaries” and any one they select becomes OUR pick
the national GOP is STUPID STUPID STUPID
Romney must have polling data that shows Christie will hurt Perry, but another RINO getting into the race will hurt Romney too. Herman Cain is the one who can celebrate.
Probably safe to say this is false bravado on Romney’s part. After all, Christie would poach more votes from him than from Cain or Perry. Both Christie and Romney come from the mold of socially moderate-to-liberal Northeastern Republicans, although Christie has a more combative personality. But it seems Mittens can afford to be sanguine here, as it appears Christie won’t jump in.
For Romney's plans Perry and Bachman self destructed too fast. They were supposed to split South Carolina and Iowa allowing him to take New Hampshire. Then he would use his larger war chest to fight in the multi-primary battles later on. But Bachman is now a non factor. Perry is falling apart. Cain is starting to look like a real candidate and he negates Romney's main strength, that he has business experience. Cain has that and more but without all the baggage Romney brings to the table. So Romney needs another candidate like Christie, who wins Iowa, but would have trouble in the south, to break up the GOP vote.
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