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Rich Lowry has some interesting quotes from Chris Christie, who explains why he won’t run for president even though he believes he could win.
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Michael L. Hauschild| 3.2.11 @ 11:56AM
Christy could not win, not because he could not beat Obama, he could not win because he would not make it through the primaries; the Red States (as with Romney) would weed him out for his northwestern leanings. He IS Romney, but one that traded immaculate grooming for a sound bite. Look deeper and you will not find the Reaganesque presence or the timeless insight of a Reagan speech. He is contemporary and though the hero of NJ, he not what we need for re-establishing our Republic. He cannot overcome the circular firing squad that is the Republican primary system.
This is not all bad; it is actually quite beneficial that the right allows personas like Christy to thrive, that we do not subsist with the power structure driving the democrats. They eat their own and are fractionated destructively, for in order to achieve office they have to rely on their own worst enemies. Republicans have defeated rivals, Democrats have power sharing cohorts. The Obama/Clinton liaison provides a stark example of the”minority darling” and the “dynasty” faction (the third leg, Unions, are getting their comeuppance in Wisconsin). They “need” each other to function and this places their ineptitude, corruption and inadequacy constantly on display. Powerful democrats cannot “sit out” the fray; by the time the next election rolls around all their foibles are fresh in everyone’s memories (see Hillary). Unlike the right they have no “dark horses,” they caucus like they govern with elite rule. Their constituencies are serfs not citizens, their leadership are symbiotic and inbred; no natural selection process such as the Tea Party is possible.
Louis Tully| 3.2.11 @ 1:35PM
Chris Christy *might* carry Jersey in the general; but he'd lose a boat load of red states. With him you have a younger, more braggadocio version of Rudy Giuliani. Lotsa luck selling that to conservatives.
anyway, as noted above, he would be crushed in the primaries. No advocate for amnesty has a snowball's chance....