Posted on 09/29/2011 6:22:52 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
After months of hedging, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is giving serious thought to jumping into the ring for a GOP presidential run -- and could make his decision next week, The Post has learned.
The announcement may come as soon as Monday, said sources familiar with Christie’s thinking.
The renewed consideration about a White House run came after prodding this week from some Republicans he idolizes, including former First Lady Nancy Reagan, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and former President George W. Bush, sources said.
[..]
Christie pals said the pol’s “mind-blowing” experience at the Reagan library in California Tuesday changed his thinking.
“We need you. Your country needs you to run for president,” one woman pleaded after Christie’s moving speech there.
Yet when the governor first arrived at the Reagan library, he was still telling his inner circle he was a definite “no” for a presidential run -- and planned to make that clear in his appearance.
Something changed that night, sources said.
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Quite the opposite.
Whoever that fellow is in the chair (ha) could not be elected in the age of television.
I like Christie, but I cringe when I see him at certain angles.
He looks like a before candidate on Biggest Loser.
Not holding it against him, but he can’t be president with that body.
“Christie is too fat to be president”
Only cause he’d be goofed on by the media. Taft was no Twiggy!
Evidence?
Sorry but Christie is no McCain.Nor is he a Romney. McCain has been in charge of running his mouth and not a state for the last 20 years. He has been erratic and is all over the lot even to the point of pressing to have Dem to the point Lieberman on his national ticket. Christie has had the difficult job of running a Dem state saddled with a Dem legislature and steamrolling through fiscal spending cuts and fighting unions to the point that no one on that stage can match him.. He has established his fiscal conservative bona fides more than anyone on that stage.He is pro life and always has been.Been strongly opposed to Obamacare. Yup, one can probably find a few socially moderate positions he holds that one can disagree with but overall he is more conservative than most.
We need a leader who doesn't coddle Americans. We need one who will tell it like it is. We have the potential to be great. We have the means. But right now we suck.
That was the main thrust of Christie's speech. The main theme was that exceptionalism must be earned--demonstrated. On this point he is correct, and El Rushbo is wrong:
A lot is being said in this election season about American exceptionalism. Implicit in such statements is that we are different and, yes, better, in the sense that our democracy, our economy and our people have delivered. But for American exceptionalism to truly deliver hope and a sterling example to the rest of the world, it must be demonstrated, not just asserted.
And again:
Without the authority that comes from that exceptionalism—earned American exceptionalism—we cannot do good for other countries, we cannot continue to be a beacon of hope for the world to aspire to for their future generations.
And then he closed on the same theme, that talk is cheap. We must actually accomplish our goals:
That is American exceptionalism. Not a punch line in a political speech, but a vision followed by a set of principled actions that made us the envy of the world. Not a re-election strategy, but an American revitalization strategy.We will be that again, but not until we demand that our leaders stand tall by telling the truth, confronting our shortcomings, celebrating our successes and, once again leading the world because of what we have been able to actually accomplish.
Only when we do that will we finally ensure that our children and grandchildren will live in a second American century. We owe them, as well as ourselves and those who came before us, nothing less.
This wasn't a feel-good speech. It was a tough-love speech. He's saying we stink right now, and he's correct. He's saying, as Trump did, that we are not respected in the world right now. They laugh at us, and rightly so.
Noooooooo Waaaaaay!!!!
William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States.
I was joking but thanks for the info anyway.
Would Christie surpass Taft for fattest president?
We need to check this out ... it’s important.
Christie admits to 300+ but what is the plus. How much did Taft weigh? Have to look that up.
Almost anyone who respects the 2nd amendment, Christie damned sure doesn’t.
Still can’t name one. That’s my point.
At his heaviest Taft weighed about 340 pounds. He had to have a special bathtub built in the White House.
However, Taft was 6’2” a big guy. Christie looks about 5’9” or 5’10” and he weighs at least that much. He looks like a bowling ball.
Can you imagine people even considering a woman that fat?
Not when we’ve spent hours chortling over Hillary’s cankles and Michelle’s big butt. And those women are basically normal sized. They wouldn’t get a nod on the people of Wal-Mart site.
Did you actually listen/ see the speech as it was broadcast from the Reagan Library?
I didn't think so. You must have only listened to Rush yesterday. Rush picked up on one word then made a whole show out of it.
Exactly. He has been clear over and over again. He is not running. He is not running.
It's not Christie's fault that the media writes a story everytime his florist or paperboy claims he's still thinking about it.
Others have failed to "sht or get off the pot" but not Christie. He got off the pot back in June.
“‘The big tease’ - How is it different than Palin?”
Christie has said ‘NO’ several times, Palin hasn’t.
I've made all the compromises I'm going to make on the issue.
They may say they wouldn't support similar laws on a national scale but the fact that they support them ANYWHERE is evidence of dysfunctional thought processes.
It’s very interesting that you simply cannot name a candidate.
Every candidate but Romney has a better track record on RKBA than Christie.
You’ve proven my point. Thanks.
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