Chris Christie may not want to be president, and he may say he wants the speculation about him making a late entrance into the 2012 field to stop.

But if Christie wanted the buzz and speculation to continue, he would do things like… giving a sold-out speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

And he wouldn’t mind his friends letting the press know that Nancy Reagan is a fan:

The speech on Tuesday, with the Reagan Library as the backdrop, is proving to only stoke the speculation.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan personally invited Christie to deliver the lecture, titled “Perspectives on Leadership,” according to Bill Palatucci, a close friend of the governor’s.
“It’s a great recognition of his accomplishments so far that Nancy Reagan invited him personally,” Palatucci said. “It speak[s] volumes.”

Nancy Reagan doesn’t endorse in primaries. But invitations and comments like this might be almost as good as a formal endorsement.