I wonder if Chris Christie understands he will never be nominated for president by the GOP

[WI_DEM]

I've heard many comments on various stations--TV, radio--where rabid republicans blame him for 'pausing Romney's momentum' by his praise for President Obama during the hurricane. They are upset that Obama and Christie could work together, despite different parties, for the good of the people of NJ.

[seabeyond]

1. are you series!!11!! gop would never go for a black, woman, mormon. gop will forget whatever does

not benefit them.

they will forget and ignore if it behooves them.

[WI_DEM]

3. where do I say anything about them nominating a black or a woman--and they did nominate a mormon.

[seabeyond]

6. yes, i know they nominated a mormon. and they tried to nominate bachman and pizza guy. saying....

all their conviction fall alongside of the road when it behooves them. it wont matter in 2016 what christie did last week, if they see it is their chance to win.

[WI_DEM]

8. maybe, but I think they will carry a grudge and many will continue to blame him

for helping Obama win. Besides he is not 'tea party' enough for the GOP--unless they move to the middle. Jeb will try and do that.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

22. Jeb will be up next....

with a Latino or woman VP candidate...

[ywcachieve]

2. Has he ever said he even wants to be president?

Everybody does not want to run for president.

[WI_DEM]

4. maybe, but speculation is that he is interested. He was interested in being VP for Romney

and I assume if your interested in VP you're interested in president.

[ywcachieve]

26. Some people just assume every politician wants to president.

which is not the case.

[politicaljunkie41910]

7. Agreed. Christie has always said that being Gov of NJ was his dream job.

The Presidency is not a job I would envy. You give up a lot of yourself and in this day and age, half the nation hates you.

[WI_DEM]

11. well he was willing to be on Romney's short list for VP and send all kinds of

personal information to his campaign. So I think he might be interested in the presidency too.

[iloveObama12]

5. Chris Christe (I)

[Coyotl]

9. I call BS

All he has to do is win the primaries.

[WI_DEM]

12. You think he could win GOP primaries? I don't see him as being the type they would nominate

not extreme enough. Not enough of a hater.

[Coyotl]

23. He made his move to the center, and there is a reason for that

He is running in 2016 and they are going to run to the center this time.

[Cosmocat]

27. They are going to put the knives to him

there is no bigger thing a republican can do than break ranks ...

Babble like a moron about rape, have an affair ... No problem.

But, dare to do ANYTHING with a democrat will end a republican's career.

[Peregrine Took]

10. I would switch parties. n/t

[calico1]

13. Christie and other sane REpublicans should move

to take the Party back from the loons. I think they could do it if they set their minds to. A lot of Republicans vote Republican out of habit, not because they agree with all the Teabaggers. If the Party keeps letting the extremists run the agenda, they will become a fringe party.

[KamaAina]

25. Both of them?

[RosedaleGuy]

14. To be honest...

I like Chis Christie. It's his party I hate. If he is part of that Rethuglican gang I could never support him. If he flips and becomes more of an independent like Bloomberg I would consider voting for him.

[demhottie]

15. He will be the next GOP nominee

[WI_DEM]

16. I think it will be Jeb.

[JRLeft]

17. There was a rumor that the Koch brothers had him lined up as their candidate in 2016 if Romney lost.

[Joe the Revelator]

18. Christie should flip and come over to the dems.....I like his style

[Doctor Jack]

19. Maybe saving lives was more important to him than his political prospects?

In which case he would make a poor republican nominee anyway.

[TwilightGardener]

20. He's got a couple years to heal things over.

Watch and see if he loses weight like Huckabee. That will be a clue.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. THe GOP is a dying breed...

their base of extremist idiots has to be disowned by them first, those Tea Bagging clown reps have to be removed from office and that will take sometime. Then they have to find viable none polarizing candidate for 2020 and that will be a miracle.

I know she has said no, but 2016 is Clinton/Warren.....I hope.

[UCmeNdc]

24. Chris Christie should become a Democratic leader

[RobinA]

28. Sure

The Democratic party should take yet another step to the right. Look, Christie is a good act sometimes, and he'd make a fine moderate Repub, but he's not a Democrat in any world I consider myself a part of. The best you can say about him is that he's one Repub that if he won the Presidency you might not be thinking of slitting your wrists on election night.

[Blueprogress]

29. I disagree

The repubs never really like Romney in the first place and they love Christie. Yes they are upset now but I think by the next four years all will be forgiven.