Christie to Endorse Romney
by PubliusFrom NationalJournal:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to give Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney his endorsement in the race for GOP nomination, a major coup for Romney that could help him solidify his front-runner status and build an aura of inevitability around his campaign.
Christie is expected to be the “special guest” who will endorse Romney at a campaign appearance at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Lebanon, N.H.
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Two progressive republicans. Why am I not surprised. Both believe in man-made global warming. Cap and tax. Gun control. Think Sharia's not a problem. Need anything more?
Although I do admire Christie's style, this is just one RINO supporting another one. Neither are true conservatives and do not represent the Republican Party. I am glad Christie is not running and just hope that Perry and Romney continue to self destruct. Let's all raise CAIN!
Pretty much my thoughts.
Yeah, the guy took on the unions, but before everyone hails him as the best person ever award, you have to remember he's a New Jersey republican. He's going to be quite liberal, regardless of having a (R).
Christie's endorsement is NOT a reason for me to vote for Romney.
I can't put my finger on it…but there's a ''fakey' 'too smooth' quality about Mitt Romney…. that is a 'turn-off' to me.
I prefer Mr. Cain in demeanor….especially is PLAIN talk.
A flock of RINO'S let's just get John on the record too.
I guess we haven't be speaking loudly enough.
Tea Party Up and Tea Party On!
One northeastern RINO endorses other northeastern RINO. Color me underwhelmed. Lee Greenwood (who did the song "God Bless the USA") has endorsed Cain. I don't see Christie's endorsement to be any more impactful.
Ann Coulter, you have some splainin' to do.
You soooooo wanted Christie held high……and here it is.
The GOP is screwing the pooch. Again.
They are snubbing everything the TEA Party brought to the table and going RINO all the way.
At a time when America has had enough of progressive politics, the GOP is making a full court press for the most progressive Republican candidates it can present.
Perry? Cain? Yeah, they are progressives too. Can you say Illegal Immigration and Social Justice respectively?
George Washington warned about political faction. It is long past time to listen.
Should Chris endorse Romney then it is a reason why I won't support Chris going forward – NOT a reason for me to support Romney.
God bless Lee Greenwood.
I'm with you.
Let him.
The grass roots don't like Romney and it makes people angry to think that he is going to be shoved down their throats.
Resist we much.
Christie's endorsement means nothing as far as I'm concerned. Once again, people are looking to much at the surface. Presentation instead of substance. That's what got us Obama.
So what.
RINOs run together… in other news, the sky is blue…
For Christie Kreme it was a tossup between Romney and the Hamburglar.
1774_Radical-Son of Liberty supports Mr Cain for now
just trying to get himself back on the tv since hes not running and his pretend fight with unions has ended. He is a clasic rino they just cant get enough of themselves. im going to be a racist and support Cain, he is not a scripted polished turd like the rest of our rino clowns and he speak the truth instead of making sh!t up or trying to be politicaly correct.
And Hank Jr. has endorsed George Lincoln Rockwell.
So what? I'm still not voting for that establishment RINO.
2012: Herman Cain!
No more progressive Republican candidates! I want a candidate I can vote for and get behind… not another John McCain that I had to vote for just because he was a slightly better option than Obama.
I AM A 53%
So all you Christie is a real conservative types ….. what happened??? Here's a napkin for the egg on your face
How is Christie's endorsement "a major coup for Romney that could help him solidify his front-runner status and build an aura of inevitability around his campaign?" Can someone explain this?
If Christie were even half as popular as the media tried to make us believe, he would have decided to run for president. He didn't, which means he's not anywhere near as popular as conventional wisdom states.
His endorsement will do little to help Romney, but it will in fact be likely to torpedo any future attempts at the presidency by Mr. Christie. I can live with that. If Herman Cain performs well in the debate tonight, I wonder if he'll be considered to have an aura of inevitability around his campaign. Somehow I doubt it.
My God, the media is transparent.
RINOs of a feather, flock together. To hell with both of them.
Well put
A RINO endorsing a RINO, how cute. why don't you two get a room. Losers the both of them.
Watch the establishment GOP continue to circle the wagons! They must really be upset about Cain. Keep rasing Cain!
The Establishment wagons are starting to circle around Romney. Just heard this on the way into work, gotta love the double entendre…….
Beat Obama with A Cain.
Christie has lots of political baggage. He would not have survived any in depth public scrutiny. Just do a google.
I don't care who he endorses… period.
Romney is the mirror image of socialist, progressive John Kerry. I'll take Cain any day over the progressive rinos in the race. I still like Bachmann; but, sad to say, she is the last conservative and fading fast. Still think she would do a good job as Sec of Treasury.
Remember, Romney is the next in-line to be POTUS: The "Beltway's" creed, who are wasteing no time pushing their RINO favvvv" Christie to endorse Romney, gee couldn't wait on that either. Where was Romney during all the Tea Party rallies? not one peep of support and showed little interest's even more. No one from these "elitists snobs" has "given" the Tea Party "any credit" for bringing the GOP back the house. AKA: Rove, and the rest of the suck-ups at FOX!
We the people must speak-out and demand reason's why they have not gotten behind the TP, and more– they need to earn those votes: Romney, let's say you? and not the snake-oil you've been serving.
I guess Ann Coulters endorsement doesnt mean what it used to?
My gut instincts (plus looking at his record) about Christie were right.
Yes, it sucks that the nominee will probably be a moderate / liberal Republican but do you think the country can stand another four years of Pres. Obama?
I honestly don't think it will be. I think people can see through the B.S. of Perry, Romney, etc and are tired of it. I believe people are ready to vote for principles and substance instead of a good head of hair and clean suit.
But I could be wrong.
Who cares what fatso thinks?
This should forever remove any doubt as to Chris Christie's alleged conservatism.
If one listens closely to Romney, his rhetoric is similar in manner to the toddler's. He speaks, but he doesn't really say anything concrete. It's more flim-flam than anything else – political speak with no substance.
I admire Christy for his decisiveness, but I think his motivation was via the GOP establishment machine.
Unfornately the conservative support is very fractured and could remain that way for a long time, exactly what the GOP establishment wants to launch us into another McCain type RINO.
Romney can beat Obama, but we can do much better than him.
Leading conservatives and contributing PACs are going to have make similar endorsements to help thin our herd-where any of them is better than a RINO.
Proof that Christie would not have been all rainbows and roses for the GOP if he had gotten in. I'm guessing he's being paid for his endorsement.
Ann Coulter will be proud.
I'm proud of Christie for sticking to his principles to finish his job in New Jersey (if that is in fact what he did- he was probably paid to stay out of the race- but that's my own sick twisty mind speakin' at me) but the only positive thing he's got going for him is how he's handling the public unions. It's not enough to make a candidacy on conservative principles.
So do I think his endorsement will influence the primaries? He's made an influence on Ann Coulter. A party of one..
Interesting…the last time he announced he wasn't running for president he was asked who he would endorse?? I believe he said he would have to wait to make that decision. He seemed to only needed to wait until Herman Cain started really surging in the poles ahead of the RINO elites to announce. These RINO's will do anything to keep the club closed to anyone but their buddies. I can't wait to hear from the elite supposed conservative talking heads Kristol and Krauthammer about this.
Well, at least Christie decided to stay in Jersey.
… and neither does Christie's. Or Obama’s for that matter.
Proving once again that Christie is right: we are best served by him staying in a state office in New Jersey.
The disconect between the blue/Northern states and Red / Southern states is growing. The more time that goes by, the less funny I thing the Rusian who predicted the split of the US.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12305110070963841...
Sadly, I DO believe they represent the Republican Party. They just don't represent true American conservative values. And neither does the Republican Party. They are all made up of the Political class who seek to rule regardless of the Constitution.
Bring on the Patriots, and bring them soon.
p.s.- Thanks for being a Marine, Semper Fi
Exactly my first thought too.
No surprise at all.
RINOs of the World! Unite!
If I can't have Ron Paul- the true Patriot regardless of his foreign policy faults-make mine Cain.
Enough of the Political class would be rulers who have no respect for our Constitution.
The real Dems and the real Republicans- rinos ARE the real republicans- conservatives just had no where else to go until the Tea Party-are Big Government traitors to our Nation and laws. Obama is a communist and just stands out from them in bright red.
"If Christie were even half as popular as the media tried to make us believe, he would have decided to run for president."
+1
I submit that media wants Romney for several reasons, one of the top ones is to make the religious aspect of this campaign be about Mormanism rather than Islamism.
Of course, Mitt takes the opportunity to go there and to tag Perry (the other media chosen candidate).
Folks, the answer is to turn away from the Establishment Candidates, not to bow to them.
I worry that our side is toxifying Romney too much. He's not my first or second choice, but I vividly recall a time in which Romney was considered the great conservative insurgent to topple McCain.
Another RINO moment in the festering sore of GOPbasturdy.
A confirmation of what many correct thinking people already knew: christy is NOT THE ONE, HE WAS NEVER THE ONE, and HE WILL NEVER BE THE ONE. And as an added bonus: christy's biggest fan, Coulter, is proven to be irrelevant to conservatism.
Sooo…. we were saying? Christie may be tough on Unions, but he's a GOP RINO jelly center through and through. I don't think Conservatives in general ever mistook Christie for one of them. I didn't.
Washington was as involved in the political factions of his day as any other President. If you look at his appointments and his advisors, you can very plainly see he was a moderate Federalist. The Anti-Federalists merely hadn't really became an actual opposition party at the time.
In other words, there were two sides back then, they just weren't wearing any labels yet.
Never liked Romney. Didn't like him in 2007/8 don't like him now. He's a yankee Republican, a RINO, and his positions on a few major issues have been consistent in one way: they change to suit his audience.
If Romney's the candidate, I'm finding someone else to vote for.
Big statist Christie endorsed big statist Romney? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. Now Sasha can bring me my winnings since I bet that Christie was nothing but a progressive Republican.
I can't wait to see Ann Coulter's face when she sees that her idol, Christie, is supporting Romney.
I am with ya.
Ron Paul should be secretary of the Treasury if for no other reason than watching Geithner and Bernanke have heart attacks when he reveals what those two have been up to.
All of you Cain lovers out there are doing the same thing the white Obama voters did. To prove you're not a racist, you're actually going to vote for an unqualified candidate just because he is black. Get over your white guilt, you shouldn't have any. And I'm certainly not a Romney supperter either, he is the Dole/McCain sacrificial candidate if we screw up and give him the nomination.
The Republicans will nominate Mitt Romney and we'll see a replay of the 1936 election. Back then, as now, the Republicans were squeamish and decided to nominate Alf Landon who ran a "Roosevelt-Lite" campaign. He got slaughtered.
Now we can see what our grandparents saw 76 years ago – Republicans yelling "Me too! Me too!"
Mitt Romney, the 21st Century Alf Landon.
So because he's not a politician, he's unqualified?
George Washington wasn't a politician either. Neither was Eisenhower.
Both of them did just fine.
On the other hanrd, how many politicians do we need to name that were sucky presidents to convince you otherwise?
I have faith that Cain will pull too far ahead of Romney for the RINO establishment to recover.
As far as my viewpoint goes…..you're so wrong. I'm certainly NOT a Cain 'lover'. I have NO white guilt. Never have. I don't vote RACE…. I'm looking at MERIT…..and the last time I looked, MERIT seems to be 'race neutral' .
For the most part….Mr. Cain seems to have pretty good judgement when it comes to decision making.
That said…we'll see how all of this plays out. There's still a significant amount of time left 'til a decision for a nominee has to be made.
By then….barring any wacky 'horse trading' and 'deal making' like last time…perhaps the 'cream' will rise to the top.
I hope Cain doesn't pick Romney as his running mate. Romney's going around asking voters to pick either him or Cain. Christie? I'm disappointed but not shocked.
Mostly, I love Ann Coulter's wit and seemingly conservative views. I do NOT, however, depend upon anything that she says in order to make up my mind for whom I'll be voting next year.
Cain was a member of the Fed, that ought to disqualify him immediately. He supported TARP, that should further disqualify him. But mostly it's because he is black and he played the race card against Rick Perry. When push comes to shove, Cain is just like Obama, cry about insensitivity because that's just what black politicians do. You can't criticize Obama without being racist and Cain will go the same route.
Also, if you haven't noticed blacks have a terrible record runnig countries. i don't want another affirmative action recipient running this country. We can't stand any more of them.
So are all the "Christie's not a RINO" people out there going to believe now?
Excellent!
Yep!
With your defining sharia/global warming Christie's backing of Romney as 'a major coup' you are helping the left, the media, Islamists, Soros, the GOP establishment, and those perched with the final nail for our coffin. Which are all on the same side.
If you vote merit you cannot vote for Cain. Just like Obama, there is nothing in his reume that suggests he is qualified to lead. And this country will not survive another affirmative action president. Look back 3 years ago, cain is doing the same things that Obama did to get to the top. He is just too quick to play the race card for his advantage. We don't need a RINO and we certainly don't need an Obama imitator. We need a conservative candidate who can win.Cain isn't that by a long shot.
Ollie endorses Stan.
This hurts Christie more than it helps Romney…this year. Christie is a rare talent. Christie is amazingly effective when armed with detailed facts and a plan. The attention span of the electorate is a little shorter than that of a gnat. If Christie ever feels he is armed enough with the facts to be effective on the Federal level, and has the right (rather than Left) plan, his options remain open in years to come. This endorsement will be as memorable as who lost the Superbowl in 1999.
This endorsement is about Northeast neighbors. I will not support Romney because of it, but I won't rule out Christie in the future because of it either. Christie's talent, if applied correctly, could be awesome. Time will tell. Until then, he needs to get healthy enough to withstand the campaign trail or all this is moot. I wish him well in this endeavor, it is a lifelong journey.
Remember last week when all you heard about was the big GOP donors were on the sidelines talking with Christie? Well here comes the RINO $$$. It's really too bad as this election a difference could really be made by evicting all the RINO's and progressives. Let's hope the dream doesn't die here.
And that is exactly what is happening, Romney is being shoved down our throats in the auspice of anything is better than Obama. The GOP is playing the divide and conquer just a good as the Demorats. This si why the Senate and the House is so very important for real conservatives to step up and win. The fat lady hasn't sung yet!
Good choice.
Excellent choice.
I with ya too, who do you think would be the choice for VP?
We can only hope and pray, but even in these times people are still more interested in dancing with the stars then they are with "Fast and Furious". Makes you wonder.
Sounds wonderful to me….now if someone with a little bit of musical talent could put this to song!
And nobody gave a damn.
RINO!!
A RINO endorsing a RINO, wow what a surprise.
Even bigger news: Yesterday Cain announced he would try to get Dave Ramsey into a Secretary position.
Christie endorsing Romney is a liability for Romney. Makes me happy and stays in line with my decision for a different candidate. Christie has one major defect that cannot be overlooked , he is not Islamo-Aware.
With friends like you, who needs enemies…
Love Mr. Cain more every day. He speaks common sense.
The main-stream media will NOT pick the GOP candidate THIS TIME AROUND.
YES, WE CAIN.
American Citizens serving our Government.
Not a new idea.
Our Founders thought of it first.
Yes, WE CAIN
PRAY for our Nation.
Romney is a RINO but still better than 0-bow- mao. But then so is a rotten tomato.
Not surprised,
I used to like Christie. Until I did some research on him. I don't trust either one of these fools. Gun control, the global warming scam ect. Just more of the same BS!
Cain/West 2012.
To think, I used to respect Christie.
Thanks for pointing out the pigs in the White House,
Who stuff there faces full of fatty foods. Priceless!
It's too late, then. He's already been toxified.
Romney is the favored son and was promised his turn if he played nice during the last election. I believe that the push for Romney is a direct slap in the face of the Tea Party by the GOP to try and show us that we are irrelevant. We are screaming for conservative leaders and we get a baloney sandwich. They know we don't want Obama so we will settle for ANYONE OTHER THAN OBAMA (where did this mantra come from?). Seriously, look at our choices?
And don't tell me that Christie playing footsie at the last minute and the caucus move up wasn't a coordinated effort by the GOP, in spite of their grumbling. This was how the GOP blew Palin out of the water (the only true conservative that would have had a chance to wipe the floor with Obama!).
This whole thing makes me sick. Our choice? Obama or Obama-lite. We are so screwed! Our only hope is to focus on state and local elections, fill the seats with conservatives and take the long term view of trying to restore America.
Sooooooo, What says Paline…thats what I want to know, not that she would make my deciding vote, but she has my ear. I like what Cain is saying but he isn't proven…Michele Bachmann has worked with theTea Party and has shown herself to everyone that she stands for what the "People" want…she is not bought and "We" know it…some say "we want a Patriot", well, so far out of ANY of them running, Michele Bachmann has shown she is real and stands for the "People" she may need more professional campaign help, thats all …just saying
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