Posted on 09/27/2011 9:47:23 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
As speculation brews about a possible Chris Christie bid for the White House, several big names are joining a chorus to persuade him.
Among them is former First Lady Barbara Bush, who recently phoned the New Jersey governor's wife Mary to convince her that the Christie family would be just fine in the White House despite the intense attention, a source told the New York Post.
Mrs Bush joins political heavyweights like former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in asking that he give the presidency a shot.
Despite insisting he won't run, Governor Christie is making the most of the speculation, travelling the country this week raising money for Republicans, rubbing elbows with rainmakers and speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Gov Christie's three-state tour is bringing him to Missouri, California and Louisiana - trips paid for by each state's GOP organization.
It will also bring home a lot of money for the New Jersey state Republican Party, which will see proceeds from three fundraisers the governor is hosting.
Talk of Christie entering the 2012 race for the White House ramped up this weekend, pushed in part by Texas Gov.
Rick Perry's shaky debate performance last week, as well as his loss in the Florida straw poll to Godfather’s Pizza mogul Herman Cain on Saturday.
While Christie's advisers swatted down the notion that he was reconsidering over the weekend, former Gov. Tom Kean, a longtime Christie mentor and confidant, stirred the pot on Monday.
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Blech.
“Closet dem wife of former closet RINO president calls closet RINO governor to convince him to run”.
someone slap me
beg him to lose weight. It’s not funny anymore
The crazy old bat. Will the Bushes EVER go away?
Were Fred Karger and Jon Huntsman too conservative, or not sufficiently pro-Mosque? WTH?!
That RINO ain’t gonna hunt.....PERIOD!
Laura Bush, the liberal?
Why in the world would we want a candidate to the left of Perry and the right of Romney?
Barbara
Babs doesn’t like Pro-life Perry. Especially after he dropped the TTH that the Bushes had a stake in. And fighting the WAR on the border ..how dare him.
I recently saw Bush speak at a fundraiser for a christian University. It was clear to me that he and his wife are liberals in the name of compassion. He really thinks history is going to look back on him in 20 years or so and rate his Presidency as one of the great ones.
86 year old Barbara Bush jumping into politics? Even if true, who would leak such a bizarre story?
bluebloods must be getting very nervous
DELUSION
Isn’t B. Bush the same whom famously called for S. Palin to do the country a fav and stay in Alaska? She can go to hell also.
Well, aside from any ideological problems Freepers might have with him, he’s got less time in as governor than You Know Who.
Another Texas PROGRESSIVE calling
a New Jersey PROGRESSIVE
to help save the GOP from the Conservatives.
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