New Jersey governor Chris Christie says he’s not running for president . . . in 2012.
But if you’re a rising Republican with fiscal-conservative credentials, this is a nice way to reassure social conservatives who might back you . . . someday:
After watching Gov. Chris Christie try to burnish a reputation as a fiscal conservative, political analysts said the New Jersey governor on Monday significantly broadened his national credentials as a social conservative by joining abortion protesters at a rally and encouraging them to “stand up and speak strongly in favor for the protection of every human life.”
Christie spoke to the crowd from the top step outside the Statehouse, with the temperatures in the teens and the governor not in a topcoat. But there were other reasons why the five-minute speech was unusual. Marie E. Tasy, executive director of New Jersey Right to Life, said it was the first time a New Jersey governor had addressed a pro-life rally. The event marked the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.
I am on board with Christie not running in '12, but running down the line. Anyone unconvinced should listen to his speech at the Goldwater Institute.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMore importantly, he defunded Planned Parenthood from the New Jersey budget.
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He is not just words, but actions, too.
Talk is cheap. His AG, Health, Human Services and Education Commissioners - the people who make the policy - are all left wing pro-abort Dems. Pro-lifers are naive and very gullible. They hang on to any piece of empty rhetoric they can while nothing changes, not even PP that now benefit from Christie's Obamacare Exchange.
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