They just won't give up on Christie.

[Keystone Phil]

Christie being wooed by big donors - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59343.html

Thank you for keeping up the fight! 

[California8429]

Billionaires with the potential to put their money into a super PAC, I'd be tempted if I was him now that he'd be promised the resources to match Obama.

the next move is to see who Lowes supports

[Reaganfan]

I like Christie, but sometimes the confrontational stuff turns me off.

Confrontational stuff was the one major thing that turned me off about Bill Clinton (and Hillary for that matter) ever since I was a kid in the 90s.

Reporters would be asking questions legitimate for a President or Presidential candidate, and he would play the victim. His replies always were that of a victim: "Woe is me, I've had to put up with so much crap...blah blah" and it is just a major turn-off. Christie sometimes borders on that. He should be cautious.

[paul718]

The guys been in office for less than 2 years.  Why are Republicans even bothering with this?  The country already messed up by electing an inexperienced candidate, and now we want them to do it again?

[California8429]

The guys been in office for less than 2 years.  Why are Republicans even bothering with this?  The country already messed up by electing an inexperienced candidate, and now we want them to do it again?

He's accomplished more in those 2 years than many politicans do in multiple terms. And a decade as US Attorney counts as something. He's extremely experienced in law and is a succesful executive that unites the entire Republican party

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

He's accomplished more in those 2 years than many politicans do in multiple terms. And a decadeyears as US Attorney counts as something. He's extremely experienced in law and is a succesful executivewhistleblower that unites the entire DemocraticRepublican party

Oh hai, BRTD. Talking about Alan Grayson again?

[Paul Kemp]

I like Christie, but sometimes the confrontational stuff turns me off.

Confrontational stuff was the one major thing that turned me off about Bill Clinton (and Hillary for that matter) ever since I was a kid in the 90s.

Reporters would be asking questions legitimate for a President or Presidential candidate, and he would play the victim. His replies always were that of a victim: "Woe is me, I've had to put up with so much crap...blah blah" and it is just a major turn-off. Christie sometimes borders on that. He should be cautious.

Don't you love Donald Rumsfeld?

[milhouse24]

I don't think he will win over Evangelicals because he is Roman Catholic, so he won't win Iowa.

Romeny has an advantage in NH because of geography.

He won't win SC.

[Bull Moose Base]

If his 10,000th NO, won't convince them to drop it, maybe the new rematch poll showing him even with Corzine will do the trick.

[Keystone Phil]

If his 10,000th NO, won't convince them to drop it, maybe the new rematch poll showing him even with Corzine will do the trick.

...except that, for once, he wasn't forcefully saying "no" in this recent story. 

And, if anything, those polls in New Jersey will only make his national followers even more convinced that he must run for President.

[Paul Kemp]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

[Keystone Phil]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Satisfies the base and doesn't come across as a whack job like certain other candidates and he's a Governor.

[Joe Republic]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Let's just say that his opponents are lightweights in comparison to Christie.  He'd add a great deal of gravitas to the race, and his hopping onto the GOP bandwagon would certainly slow it down on its path to certain destruction.

[Paul Kemp]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Satisfies the base and doesn't come across as a whack job like certain other candidates and he's a Governor.

Ok he appeals to the base but what about the independent middle America voter? The ones that decide elections.

[redcommander]

This love affair with Christie is really getting old. He has some serious policy problems that are likely to turn off primary voters if he ran in the first place. If you want a confrontational Northeastern conservative as the nominee, push for LePage to run, not Christie.

[Keystone Phil]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Satisfies the base and doesn't come across as a whack job like certain other candidates and he's a Governor.

Ok he appeals to the base but what about the independent middle America voter? The ones that decide elections.

As I said, he doesn't come across as a nutcase. I think a reason why Obama still leads a lot of the Republican field is because the candidates are seen as whack jobs. Christie fits the "generic Republican" brand in terms of his ideology perfectly.

He's also a Governor and a conservative Governor from a liberal leaning state at that. Your average voter is probably going to think that if someone like that can get elected in a state where he isn't on the same ideological wave length, he must be doing something right.

Like him or not, Christie is seen as someone that takes on problems and gets things done. In a country where an overwhelming majority of people think we're on the wrong track, someone like that is going to be turned to to chart a new course while Obama is left spinning his tires.

[Landslide Lyndon]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Let's just say that his opponents are lightweights in comparison to Christie.  He'd add a great deal of gravitas to the race, and his hopping onto the GOP bandwagon would certainly slow it down on its path to certain destruction.

You forgot to add that he must hurry up his decision because the opening is getting smaller by the day. And we all know than a politician like Christie needs a big opening to take the plunge.

[Meeker]

Christie would not fare well in a national campaign. He'd take the attacks way too personally and his responses would be way too harsh and over the top. I think he'd come across as angry and whiney.

[redcommander]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Satisfies the base and doesn't come across as a whack job like certain other candidates and he's a Governor.

Ok he appeals to the base but what about the independent middle America voter? The ones that decide elections.

As I said, he doesn't come across as a nutcase. I think a reason why Obama still leads a lot of the Republican field is because the candidates are seen as whack jobs. Christie fits the "generic Republican" brand in terms of his ideology perfectly.

He's also a Governor and a conservative Governor from a liberal leaning state at that. Your average voter is probably going to think that if someone like that can get elected in a state where he isn't on the same ideological wave length, he must be doing something right.

Like him or not, Christie is seen as someone that takes on problems and gets things done. In a country where an overwhelming majority of people think we're on the wrong track, someone like that is going to be turned to to chart a new course while Obama is left spinning his tires.

Sounds like you're mistaking Christie for Romney.

[Joe Republic]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Let's just say that his opponents are lightweights in comparison to Christie.  He'd add a great deal of gravitas to the race, and his hopping onto the GOP bandwagon would certainly slow it down on its path to certain destruction.

You forgot to add that he must hurry up his decision because the opening is getting smaller by the day. And we all know than a politician like Christie needs a big opening to take the plunge.

Agreed, but it's clear that if/when he does take the plunge, as you put it, he'd certainly make a big splash.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

At this point, if he jumps in, he's gonna have to overcome the countless times he very directly said he wasn't running.

[Simfan34]

At this point, if he jumps in, he's gonna have to overcome the countless times he very directly said he wasn't running.

So would Perry.

[Landslide Lyndon]

What exactly does he offer on a national level?

Let's just say that his opponents are lightweights in comparison to Christie.  He'd add a great deal of gravitas to the race, and his hopping onto the GOP bandwagon would certainly slow it down on its path to certain destruction.

You forgot to add that he must hurry up his decision because the opening is getting smaller by the day. And we all know than a politician like Christie needs a big opening to take the plunge.

Agreed, but it's clear that if/when he does take the plunge, as you put it, he'd certainly make a big splash.

Of course, but he will become the biggest fish in the pond and will certainly squeeze out the competition.