The absolute transparency of this is silly. Chris Christie’s boy Romney is in a rapid downward spiral so Christie expends the last of his political capital to try to save him.
Consider the herd of endorsements for Romney: Chris Christie, George HW Bush, Tim Pawlenty, Lisa Murkowski, Jon Huntsman, Bob Dole, John McCain, John Thune and there’s more. Boy howdy is there more. A proverbial who’s who of establishment RINO’s and wannabes’.
So who is representing “We The People” and who is representing the “Establishment Cocktail Republicans”?
Mitt Romney has 55 percent of the endorsements, yet he has just 24 percent in national polls, excluding undecided voters, according to the latest Real Clear Politics average. Conversely, Mr. Gingrich has just 5 percent of the Endorsement Points but is at 27 percent in the polls, excluding undecideds.
So once again, like 2010, 2012 will represent a key test between competing political science theories about how nominations are decided. Do party officials (Decepticons) lead the process, eventually coaxing the voters to their preferred candidates? Or has popular support (Tea Party) become the key driver and grown even more immune to the establishment?
As Mitt Romney’s establishment support has grown his support from We The People remains stagnant, this is the question that the nomination turns upon.
(WAPO) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday that he would consider being Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate if Romney asked him, but said he remained skeptical that he would ever be on the ticket.
Christie, who previously denied that he was ready to be president but then briefly considered entreaties to run, also appears to have softened his resistance to the idea of being vice president.
“I absolutely believe that, come November 2012, I’m going to be governor of New Jersey and not in any other office,” Christie said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But the fact of the matter is, if Gov. Romney, who’s going to be our nominee, picked up the phone and called me to talk about this, I love my country enough and I love my party enough to listen.”
Last year, when asked about the idea of being vice president, Christie said, “I don’t think there’s anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.”
Christie also suggested Sunday that his previous aversion to the idea of being president was more about having to spend a year-plus campaigning, rather than how ready he was to take on the job. (read more)
