Am I the only one who thinks Christie is toast in a Republican primary?

[henster]

Absolutely, he's incredibly overrated and compared to the other potential candidates has little to offer to conservatives. Republicans are tired of hearing about electability after Romney they want a strong conservative like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul who they think can bring out those "missing" white voters. Also someone like Walker could easily upstage Christie and become the nominee.

And these will haunt Christie  they'll  be played over and over again in ads and prominently on conservative blogs.








Remember what happened to Charlie Crist?

[henster]

No way, Walker would unify the Republican party, and would appeal greatly to the midwestern swing states.

Why would he appeal there?  The Midwest is mostly quite impoverished now.. I don't think they're as amenable to his anti-worker rhetoric as they may have been when he first took stage.

If he is re elected, than that claim is invalid.

The size of his re-election matters too a big win like Christie is impressive and shows he can win a blue state but a narrow victory in a midterm election with lower turnout doesn't bode well for his ability to carry the state running as President. Walker ceiling in Wisconsin is probably around 53% since the state is very polarized his win may not be big enough for some Republicans.

[henster]

I think most Republicans view Christie as a conservative. A candidate further to the right would probably never be elected governor in New Jersey. There are of course a lot of people on the right that regard him as “RINO”, but Christie doesn’t need those modern day Birchers to win the primary. McCain and Romney didn’t need the support of the radical right either to win the nomination. He can probably get the nomination just by winning liberal, moderate and somewhat conservative primary voters.  The Tea Party people will come around eventually. 

Who is most Republicans? Christie is clearly not trusted by conservatives and compared to the likes of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul he is a raging liberal there's absolutely no reason TPers are going to want to hear about who is more electable after they were told the same thing with Romney and McCain at some point their gonna want a conservative who represents all their viewpoints running not some moderate who seems to lose every time.