"Is THIS why Chris Christie was so loving toward Obama? New Jersey Governor was Romney's FIRST choice as VP and was bitter when Mitt suddenly changed his mind"
If Christie’s response to Mitt not choosing him is to endorse Obama, then Romney made the right choice.
He’s the governor of a heavily blue state that just had a disaster and he wants to have a career after this is all done. That means suck up to the pres, and get the FEMA rolling into his state. Politicians are not innately loyal creatures, in the end they’re all worries more about their own jobs than each others’.
Christie and 0bama have one thing in common; NARCISSISM!
Such a non-story. Why do people keep linking it?
The media put it out because they want to elevate Christie (temporarily) and push the Christie-Obama lovefest at Mitt’s expense.
Ryan was Romney’s first choice. Period. End of story. Who did Romney pick? Ryan.
The only way Christie was Romney’s first choice—as the article claims—is if Romney asked and Christie turned him down. That’s not what happened.
I go into the auto dealer and see a car on the lot and look at it first, thinking about buying it. Then I seen another car and weigh them back and forth. After considering a while, I pick the second car. How does anyone conclude the other car was my first choice? Did I make an offer on the first car? No.
Ryan was Romney’s choice, not Christie. This is pretend news.
I don’t know if this is the reason, per se.
But I do know one thing, learned over years and years of observation. You can NEVER, NEVER, NEVER trust a RINO. They will always stab you in the back, especially at the most important, integral moments. Like sleeper-cells, lying in wait.
Christie confirmed why he wasn’t Romney’s final choice, why take someone who gets ugly when he doesn’t get his way? Probably saw a hint of immaturity in the vetting process, which brought him to turn Christie down. Put in mind that this is likely for a guy who vets upper level execs in his own business as top manager for over two decades.
1. He's a fat slob with a New Jersey attitude (I'm fine with both of these, by the way), and his "shtick" would not have played well in any swing states.
2. He didn't stand a good chance of bringing his own state into the Republican column in 2012.
3. His career in elected politics has been less than three years in the governor's office in one of the most reliably dysfunctional states in the U.S.
4. His prior career as a Federal prosecutor might have played well in a campaign year where "law and order" were major campaign themes, but not in a year like this where the economy is front-and-center on the national scene.
5. New Jersey's unemployment rate is nearly 10% -- which is more than two points above the national average. Christie still has plenty of work to do in New Jersey.
Personally, I don't think Christie's plans have changed at all. He's going to run for re-election in 2013, and if he loses (or even if he wins), he's going to be angling to serve as the U.S. Attorney General in a second Romney term. He may even be a potential candidate for this post in January 2013.
Explains his lackluster speech the phoned into the RNC.
My exact thoughts...
The first thing I thought when he kissed up to 0 he is getting revenge on Romney for not getting a job he wanted in his administration.
It’s a Jersey thing.
79 posted on 11/01/2012 11:52:44 AM PDT by RetSignman (REMEMBER THE 2010 MOVEMENT)
This is pure rubbish. There are many factors that go into selecting a VP. First, Christi’s health and weight... could he handle the riggers of campaigning? Just look at Christi after 5 days from going to city, to city, ... he looks terrible. Secondly; could picking Christi be enough to make the race close in NJ? Not a chance. You have two DEM-RAT US Senators because of Hudson County (Jersey City, Union City,) Newark, Elizabeth, Camden, Paterson and Trenton. The selection for Ryan was very wise; Wisconsin is in play, you have a Republican Gov that just survived a recall; and you have Tommy running for Senate.... Ryan is very popular, he’s in good shape, he’s good looking, gives the ticket some young energy.
As for my Governor, giving the pat on the back to Obama... he’s did the right thing by welcoming Obama... if he pulled a Bloomy and said “don’t come” then Obama would have sat out that day, and still gotten back on the trail and NO ONE would have been able to criticize the President for not focusing on the Country’s needs.
If Christie was miffed over not being selected, he wouldn’t have been out stumping for Romney... he would have told him to pound sand.
Christie will never advance in the GOP, especially if Romney loses. Perhaps he will switch to Dem as other north-east GOP traitors are fond of doing.
He needs to attend an over-egos anonymous meeting.
Remember that politico’s last remaining strategy is to depress turnout for Romney. There are no real independents to sway and the Obama-votoing crowds may not show up on election day. So one tactic is to make sure Romney is unappealing to conservatives who don’t like Christie.
Christie said repeatedly, in every venue he could find, that he was NOT interested in the VP slot. On Fox one day he even said, when/if he ever ran, he would be going for the TOP spot.
I think Christie is highly overrated and has been from day one.
I wonder if Kristie Kreme got a job offer from Obomba, perhaps as donut czar?
If true, it shows Romney good sense.
Arguably, the complicated dance surrounding selection of a running mate may have involved moves that irritated Christie staffers -- if you're not the VP choice you've probably been toyed with, strung along, and used as a decoy -- but if Christie's cuddling with Obama now, it's probably because he thinks it will help his own reelection efforts, not because he wants to get back at Romney.
It just proves Romney made the right choice. Blubber Butt Christie will probably change to the Democratic party in the next 5-6 years.
New Joisey is a deep blue state like Maryland ,,,, who needs them ??? Christie is an establishment opportunist at best ,,, perhaps Romney will return the favor some day .
UK Daily Mail is just quoting he Politico article, the original of which was posted on FR earlier today.
As most posters on the previous thread observed, Politico lies, they’ve always lied, and they’ve been caught red-handed more than a few times.
This is just their pathetic effort to make potential Romney voters angry that he almost picked someone as stupid and pitiful as Christie as his running mate.
Whatever else I may think of Romney, I don’t think he’s that stupid, and his Ryan pick seems to argue in favor of that opinion.