Christiecrats or Christie Democrats

[Farage]

As we can see in some polls, Chris Christie has strong support among Democrats and Independents. If he runs in 2016, which famous Democrats will endorse him?

[Paul Kemp]

None.

[Zarn]

McCain and Graham... oh wait.

[free my dawg]

McCain and Graham... oh wait.

We don't want them either.

[Zarn]

Well, Obama likes them. Can't we make a deal?

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

None.

Yeah, it's likely it'll be like Giuliani/McCain in 2008. They're popular up until the primaries, then their support drops dramatically.

[DrScholl]

None of them will. By the time 2016 rolls around, Christie will have the standard 5-8% of Democrats Republicans usually pull, maybe a little more. That's assuming he wins a primary.

[Link]

None.

His move to squander $12 million of taxpayer funds when it suited his own political motives really soured me on the guy.  He sounded like a tough talking common sense guy who was doing a good job for NJ.  Now whenever he wants to renegotiate a union contract or cut some much needed social welfare many of us are going to be skeptical.  $12 million is obscene.

[Stranger in a strange land]

None of them will. By the time 2016 rolls around, Christie will have the standard 5-8% of Democrats Republicans usually pull, maybe a little more. That's assuming he wins a primary.

Also, it's quite likely that, like McCain and Romney, he'll be forced to take a bunch of Hard Right positions to win the Republican nomination, which will turn off many of the Democrats he would have otherwise appealed to.

[Link]

None of them will. By the time 2016 rolls around, Christie will have the standard 5-8% of Democrats Republicans usually pull, maybe a little more. That's assuming he wins a primary.

Also, it's quite likely that, like McCain and Romney, he'll be forced to take a bunch of Hard Right positions to win the Republican nomination, which will turn off many of the Democrats he would have otherwise appealed to.

Unless something changes in the GOP Christie has reached a dead end.  Maybe he can run for the Senate and live out the rest of his life there.

[Mister Mets]

Booker wouldn't want to risk his political future by backing someone from the other party. Menendez seems like a generic partisan. As are the Democrats in the House. So you probably won't get any significant endorsements there.

Christie's a Senator, so he's unlikely to have the relations with legislators from the other party than McCain and Obama had.

Christie might get endorsements from some Democratic Governors, as they're the folks who would have worked with him most closely. Some of the more moderate members, those who aren't worried about later primaries, might back him.