Because RINOs Always Travel in Herds: Chris Christie Will Endorse Mitt Romney

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 102 Comments

Remember when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was supposed to be the feisty populist conservative alternative to Mitt Romney? So much for that ridiculous nonsense, eh?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, just one week after definitively announcing he will not run for president in the 2012 race, plans to endorse Mitt Romney for the job Tuesday afternoon, Fox News has learned.
The event is set to take place in Hanover, N.H., the site of the Republican presidential debate being held Tuesday night. The endorsement will be made in advance of the debate.
Marking a fast turnaround for Romney, the endorsement comes one week to the day since Christie called a press conference in Trenton to end once and for all the speculation that he would make a late entrance into the race.

UPDATE: Bryan Preston at PJM:

So, is Christie pulling a Crist and making a major endorsement of a moderate candidate to help him fend off more conservative challengers? That’s what it looks like.

Three words, Bryan: Follow the money.

The GOP money people in New York — Georgette Mosbacher, et al. — were the ones urging Christie to run and, when he finally said “no” for the thousandth time, they all jumped on the Romney bandwagon. A big-money RINO-lanche for Romney is the only way to stop a certain surging candidate. IYKWIMAITYD.

UPDATE II: “Moderate GOP Governor’s Club,” Michelle Malkin says. Jon Huntsman was a member of that club. Ditto Mitch Daniels. Ditto Tim Pawlenty. The kind of GOP Establishment-approved folks that the big money boys find acceptable.

Now a Memeorandum thread.

UPDATE III: Thanks to commenter Joe for reminding me of this headline from last year:

N.J.’s Christie Backs Castle in Del. Senate Race

Yeah. That explains a lot, doesn’t it? Guess that means Herman Cain is this year’s Christine O’Donnell. Even if Cain gets the GOP nomination, the Establishment insiders would rather see Obama re-elected than to let an outsider win an election.

UPDATE IV: At a press conference in Hanover, N.H., just now, Romney called Christie “a real hero” and “my friend.” Christie said: “Mitt Romney’s the man we need to lead America and we need him now.”

First question at the press conference was about the Jeffress/Perry Mormons-are-a-cult issue. Christie referenced his own decision to appoint ~~jihadi extremists to enforce sharia law~~ a Muslim judge.

UPDATE V: David Freddoso’s headline at the Examiner:

Huge: Christie to endorse Romney

What’s with all the fat jokes, huh? Just because the hippo endorsed the RINO . . . See? Now you’ve got me started. But anyway, I was confused by this sentence in Freddose’s column:

Could the recent success of conservatives like Christie in the North, and the possible nomination of Romney, threaten the Republican Party’s reputation as a southern party?

Yeah. Unlike my fellow Atlanta native Herman Cain, whose nomination would only reinforce that whole “southern” thing, I suppose.

UPDATE VI: Duane Lester: “Christie continues to prove doubters right.”

The Lonely Conservative: “Herman Cain Says He’ll Go After Mitt Romney in GOP Debate.”

Linked by The Guy Who Named the Blogosphere — thanks!

UPDATE VII: Ed Morrissey:

The obvious conclusion is that Romney’s worried about an inability to move upward and the continued rise and fall of the Not-Romneys in the race. . . . By getting ahead of the news cycle with a big endorsement just before tonight’s debate, it could also relieve pressure on Romney to make news by attacking Herman Cain — or possibly hint that Romney wants a knockout punch badly enough to risk engaging the conservative base’s favorite of the moment.

So it appears that everybody’s expecting a Cain-vs.-Romney donnybrook tonight and Da Tech Guy, who is in New Hampshire for the debate, says, “in my opinion the story of the day is: ‘Can Herman Cain take a punch?’ ”

Category: Chris Christie, Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Comments

102 Responses to “Because RINOs Always Travel in Herds: Chris Christie Will Endorse Mitt Romney”

Richard Mcenroe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:06 pm

I intend to act and vote as if this is 1980, but my cynical Irish side is whispering that this is 1976 and we just sent Reagan out into the wilderness again…
CalMark
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:07 pm

Yeah, and the Establishment GOP candidate for governor lost by almost twice as large a percentage.

Your point is…what? Oh, I get it.

Conservatives MUST line up, hold our noses for terrible Establishment GOP candidates no matter what, but RINOs are not obligated to support a conservative GOP candidate if they can come up with even the faintest excuse.

Got it. See my last post. If Romney gets the nomination, Obama wins, so we might as well form a new party (that will gut the GOP) and run our own candidate. I betcha Mitt would finish 3rd, and what’s left of the GOP would happily join the Democrats.
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October 11th, 2011 @ 4:10 pm

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Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:13 pm

I think Christie wishes he could give his ? to Huntsman. He is so dreamy.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:18 pm

I can forgive you voting for Cousin John (given how much you hate the guy). It is your vote, who am I to take away your francise.

Bob Barr was another one of those guys who could not hold on to his own House seat, but was touted as the alternative for conservatives. Meh. Uninspired.

But the GOP Establishment is a force of suckdom. So I cannot say your protest vote was that insane. That said, I would gladly choose Romney over Obama. That is not endorsing Mitt, that is because how bad Obama really is.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:20 pm

It’s the “moderates” and/or establishment folks who pout and go on strike when their preferred candidates lose the primaries.

How many of them condemned Castle for not endorsing O’Donnell? Virtually none of them.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:21 pm

Huntsman is the little man who lives in Chris Christie’s mouth.

Sorry, could not resist the Shining analogy there.
Lions
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:28 pm

Leaning toward Cain after Palin bowing out, but I think I am going to puke if Cain endorses Romney.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:37 pm

Cain just got an awesome endorsement.
PhilipJames
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:41 pm

Sarah Palin – Defending the Republic – http://tinyurl.com/6bdpfvz
Jeff Y.
October 11th, 2011 @ 4:43 pm

The gun control supporter endorses the socialized medicine advocate.

F***ing great, Republicans.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:06 pm

Excuse me– for NOT voting for Cousin John. Who am I to take away your franchise.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:08 pm

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/11/christie-shills-for-romney-its-completely-intellectually-dishonest-to-compare-romneycare-to-obamacare/

Wow. Even Allahpundit is calling this pathetic!
Bob Belvedere
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:23 pm

And we know what happened to Tessio.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:24 pm

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65632.html#ixzz1aVOg6utZ

I like Cain is taking on Romney but I really really like this comment:

Boortz, at the tail end of the interview, asks Cain how he’d do in a debate against Obama:

“It would almost be no contest.”

Ticking off ways he could compete with Obama, Boortz says that Cain would be able to talk about the black experience in America.

Cain’s response: “[Obama’s] never been a part of the black experience in America.”
Thomas Knapp
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:28 pm

Richard,

Who are you thinking of as this year’s Reagan?
Bob Belvedere
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:29 pm

Not spoken like a WOLVERINE.
Bob Belvedere
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:35 pm

We’ll know, I think, within the next month or so whether our only hope is in Prof. Jacobson’s idea:
http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/10/operation-counterweight-the-electoral-strategy-for-the-rest-of-us/
ThePaganTemple
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:53 pm

Agreed. Castle was a liberal who in a pinch would have voted with the Democrats much if not most of the time.
ThePaganTemple
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:56 pm

And don’t forget the wrestling lady in Connecticut who also was a RINO and who also lost handily to a very flawed Democrat candidate.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 5:57 pm

You know you are doing something right when you get criticism like this.

Here’s a song for Herman Cain.

This one is more for Perry.
Republicanmother
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:00 pm

Nope, I’m done legitimizing this farce with my vote. The globalists behind the Fed, TARP, the Ford Foundation, and Obama also run the GOP. I don’t care if they change teleprompter readers. I just want my country back.

Proud to be a Paulnut!
Richard Mcenroe
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:12 pm

Frankly, Palin.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:12 pm

Christie: Can you get me off the hook, Herm? For old times’ sake?

Herman Cain: [shakes his head] Can’t do it, Fatty McAwesome. [Herman watches sadly as Christie is led to a ~~waiting car~~ truck]
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

I am supporting Cain. I am voting for Cain. But if Cain goes down, I do not see it as “Wolverine” to help Obama get reelected.
Joe
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:19 pm

Meh. I sometimes wish I could stich together parts from the candidates to create an perfect candidate. But Republicans do not support unnatural science like that.
Quartermaster
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:25 pm

How much of a conservative is Cain if he will endorse Romney?
Michael
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:26 pm

This field sucks. Palin should run.
Republicanmother
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:33 pm

Drudge Headline: Cain: “I’m going after Romney.”
The man that was his #1 choice in 2008.
This is just getting so absurd – like the WWF.
It’s Controlled Credit Fed Chairman Cain v. Socialist Medicine Romney.
Or more bluntly put,
Communist Plank #5 vs. Communist Plank #7.

Right or wrong, I’m going with Ron – he’s a nice, honest guy.
Quartermaster
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:45 pm

It’s looking more and more like Ron Paul is the best candidate. Some may think he’s a nut, but I haven’t seen anything substantive that would convince me he is. Everything I’ve seen held against Paul would be equally against such nuts as Washington and Jefferson.

Let’s see if Cain does go for Romney”s throat. I hope he’s grown enough to see what a disaster Romney is and would be in the next election.
Peregrine
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:50 pm

He’s not a nut; his supporters tend to be. Not sure what’s up with that.
McGehee
October 11th, 2011 @ 6:58 pm

Hope in one hand…

Or, make sure the message is clear to the candidates and decision-makers that we will not be extorted with that “you’re helping re-elect the bad guy” crap anymore.
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:09 pm

Opposition to Bolshevism may require voting for Romney and then self flagellation. There can be no honor in voting squish voting for McCain in 08 or Romney in 12 could arguably be it’s own form of cowardice. If Romney is the nominee, conservatives should be announcing the start of a new national party on November 7, 2012.
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:12 pm

There is an unprincipled “oriental” flavor to that thinking.
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:26 pm

That plan is basically defense as it’s offensive phase ends after the primaries. The good Professor is correct in that we will need a much stronger legislature than we have now to thwart the big government Republican president. If a Republican congress goes through another “Caligula phase” even Wolverines wont be able to redeem this country.
Bob Belvedere
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm

A waiting truck with a forklift!
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:32 pm

At the risk of being the pot in one of them pot/kettle conversations Ron Paul is a nut. That’s not what I hold against him.
Republicanmother
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:33 pm

Some of them get a little excited about a guy who’s not sold out, who’s never voted against a balanced budget, returns his leftover Congressional office budget to the Treasury, always remembers our veterans, refuses to put soldiers in harm’s way for special interests, and is just a really nice guy.
Bob Belvedere
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:34 pm

I wrote that because it sounds like your giving in to the inevitable. We’ve got to keep fighting the GOP Establishment until the bitter end.

NO COMPROMISE
NO QUARTER
NO RETREAT
NO SURRENDER
WOLVERINES!
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:43 pm

I don’t know if anyone said this yet but….
Chrisite just definitively answered the question of his candidacy.
At least its feasibility.
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:46 pm

Actually…
Nobody knows what happened to Tessio.
Anonymous
October 11th, 2011 @ 7:49 pm

The Scooter Store has a model in his tonnage.
It has F350 axles and wheels.
MikeAT
October 11th, 2011 @ 8:12 pm

I wonder if Ann Coulter is on suicide watch? :<)
Thomas Knapp
October 11th, 2011 @ 11:07 pm

Actually, I can almost see that, although I don’t find Palin’s sudden conversion from progressivism nearly as convincing as Reagan’s over-time conversion from New Dealism.
ThePaganTemple
October 11th, 2011 @ 11:24 pm

Do you know what’s really hilarious? One of the reasons Coulter gave for Chris Christie to run was to keep Romney from being the nominee.
Republicanmother
October 12th, 2011 @ 12:10 am

But he’s on the right bolt: the Constitution!
Bob Belvedere
October 12th, 2011 @ 9:02 am

I hate to say it, but it’s getting to that point…almost.
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