Christie's re-election race highlights his future

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WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — With the gubernatorial election less than a month away, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling voters that he might not serve out his full second term if elected.

"I am not going to declare tonight ... that I am or I'm not running for president," Christie said. "I won't make those decisions until I have to."

Facing a skeptical moderator, he later quipped: "I can walk and chew gum at the same time. I can do this job and also deal with my future. And that's what I will do."

"We've got to win elections again. And that's what we're going to show the whole country in New Jersey on Nov. 5," Christie said of his party while greeting volunteers inside his Middlesex County headquarters before the debate.

"I thought that the Republican Party was put into effect to win elections. I didn't think we were some debating society or some group of academic elites that sit around and talk about big ideas but don't do anything about them," he continued. "If you don't win you can't govern. And if you can't govern, you can't change your state or the country. So we have got to get back to the idea of building a broad coalition."

Christie's philosophy aligns him with Republican pragmatists pushing the GOP to embrace political moderation, particularly on divisive social issues and immigration. Despite detailed recommendations by the Republican National Committee to do just that, the pragmatists are losing the debate as the GOP's more conservative wing drives the national discussion in Washington.

Christie insists that another kind of Republican can be successful.

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"I thought that the Republican Party was put into effect to win elections. I didn't think we were some debating society or some group of academic elites that sit around and talk about big ideas but don't do anything about them," he continued. "If you don't win you can't govern. And if you can't govern, you can't change your state or the country. So we have got to get back to the idea of building a broad coalition."

Amen, Governor. I will vote GOP if he wins the nomination.

Edited October 9, 2013 by amriki bhai

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Amen, Governor. I will vote GOP if he wins the nomination.

I might. I don't like or agree with all of his policies and politics but I like the man. I like his no nonsense attitude.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Sounds like McCain.Romney redux. Democrats were all saying nice things about both those guys, up until the time they actually secured their nominations in the Republican party.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Sounds like McCain.Romney redux. Democrats were all saying nice things about both those guys, up until the time they actually secured their nominations in the Republican party.

I never said I'd vote for McCain or Romney. The best thing I ever said about either is they're better candidates than the alternatives in the Republican Party. But Christie is a better candidate than most Democrats.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

I never said I'd vote for McCain or Romney. The best thing I ever said about either is they're better candidates than the alternatives in the Republican Party. But Christie is a better candidate than most Democrats.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Christie isn't the dark side. He has poked his finger in the eyes of the New Jersey teahadists enough times, for no apparent political benefit, for me to know he's the real deal. He's exactly what the GOP needs. And a healthy GOP, rid of the toxic tea party element, is exactly what America needs.

[RGinWA 816]

I like Christie...I might vote for him. It's the fact that he tells the Tea Party types to stick it. He's really the only Republican out there that has any appeal or backbone.

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It appears all the big gumberment Liberals like him

There is your sign

RUN AWAY from the Big Boy

[Jacque67 7,328]

I loathe Christie as he does himself. The guy is crude beyond belief.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

Christie isn't the dark side. He has poked his finger in the eyes of the New Jersey teahadists enough times, for no apparent political benefit, for me to know he's the real deal. He's exactly what the GOP needs. And a healthy GOP, rid of the toxic tea party element, is exactly what America needs.

it's all a ploy to sucker you into being a republican. oh i shouldn't have told you that.

[Pooky 3,784]

it's all a ploy to sucker you into being a republican. oh i shouldn't have told you that.

And here was me thinking it was a ploy to sucker you into eating more cheeseburgers Edited October 10, 2013 by Pooky

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And here was me thinking it was a ploy to sucker you into eating more cheeseburgers

maybe that's what aj finds appealing about him.