New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican Party, said Mitt Romney "might be able to convince me" if GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney were to ask him to consider being his running mate on this year's presidential ticket. Chris Christie has had numerous pleadings from various Republicans to join in the race and run for president of the United States since he became the first Republican to win the governorship of New Jersey since former governor Christine Todd-Whitman in 1993. In 2010 Christie said he was "mulling" over a run for the presidency a couple of times before he finally said he wants to remain as New Jersey's governor. Even though Christie says he would rather be governor of New Jersey as of right now, he loves to bask in all the latest gossip about running for president or possibly willing to be the VP nominee on this year's ticket. Whether or not Christie becomes Romney's choice for his running mate remains to be seen. One would think Romney might likely choose a "conservative" candidate as his choice of a running mate to woo conservative voters who are already skeptical of Romney. Choosing Chris Christie as the vice-presidential nominee doesn't help his cause. It would give conservatives the impression that Romney's not committed to conservative principles like he says he is. Romney's already a weak candidate because he flip flops and he passed a statewide version of Obamacare in April 2006 as governor of Massachusetts.
Even though Christie likes to give the impression that he desires to balance the state's budget and uses tough rhetoric, his views aren't compatible with true constitutional conservatives. He believes in cap and trade. He even appointed a Muslim last year as a Superior Court Judge in New Jersey. It's been alleged that Sohail Mohammed, the Muslim that Christie appointed, believes in Sharia law. Debbie Schussel says that Christie has a love affair (not in a sexual sense) with Hamas Muslims in New Jersey. Hamas runs the Palestinian government right next to Israel in the Middle East. Hamas despises Israel and its right to exist. Christie is sorely lacking as a VP candidate for the GOP. Chris Christie as Romney's choice for VP won't fly very well in the face of conservative voters. We Americans desire a true alternative to Barack Obama. We don't need Obama-lites running against the president.
Romney needs to assure conservative voters that he's the right candidate for the job. He needs to assure voters that he won't campaign one way as president and go the opposite direction as president. Romney has a credibility gap with conservative voters that needs to be bridged. If Christie's the VP nominee this year, then the Romney presidential ticket will go down to defeat in November.
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