Governor Christie - Join the Democrats!

[warrprayer]

You won't have to put up with teabilly nonsense, you won't have to take positions against working people, you can let your good common sense and your heart be your guide instead of the dictates of plutocrats.

Anyone else think this might be in the cards?

I for one feel this party could use some good old Jersey attitude - on OUR side!

[timber84]

1. no

no and no

[warrprayer]

4. fair enough.

But, it has happened before to the advantage of our party.

[timber84]

10. He's doing what he needs to do for his state.

Unless he gets an enormous backlash from republicans, and I doubt that will happen but with those whackos you never know. Nothing surprises me anymore.

[WinkyDink]

30. He is, BUT he ALSO complimented Pres. Obama WAAAAY more than he "had" to. HE KNOWS WHO IS WINNING.

[Terra Alta]

35. Christie is thinking about his own potential run in 2016.

That's why he is making nice with Obama, he wants to show America he's not afraid to work with the other side.

I think deep down he wants Obama to win, so he can run in 2016. Remember his keynote speech at the RNC; he didn't have a lot to say about Rmoney, but he sure did have a lot to say about himself.

[WinkyDink]

37. Whatever works for the people! (He won't be the 2016 nominee, though!)

[sabrina 1]

32. Anytime a Republican joins the Dem Party they bring their right wing views

with them and pull the Dem Party even further to the Right. And they leave the other Party to the extremists.

We need more PROGRESSIVES in the Dem Party.

We also need moderates in the Republican Party.

He is a Republican. Granted he is one who appears to be able to put the country before party politics in an emergency. That should be the norm for both parties.

But he is still a Republican and the Dem Party badly needs to move to the Left, not the Right.

[sarcasmo]

2. No way.

[tbennett76]

3. Yes

better than 90 percent chance of this eventually. A reverse Connally. I actually predicted long ago in the next 4 years this will happen, and eventually after his complete conversion, will be on a ticket. He plays well with working class types, and if we could get him and convert him, he would be gold. Of course that is only if he truly repents and converts, which I think there are enough Libertarian type of Democrats for him to be welcomed. The man may have saved POTUS's Presidency. He has no future as a Pub, so he has to switch.

[warrprayer]

7. exactly

... what I was thinking! I saw something like this in him a while back when he stood up to the teabaggers on an issue. Can't remember exactly what it was...

[joeybee12]

5. Not at all...Christie is owned by corporations, simple as that...

We don't need more of those types.

[NYC Liberal]

12. No we don't need more...but that doesn't mean we won't get them anyway.

[itsrobert]

6. I guess there is room in the Big Tent

We may have to re-enforce the floor however.

[warrprayer]

15. I resemble that remark

Once I hit 50 I expanded from 200 to over 300. I'm jolly though!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

26. Hey, that's my story!

[tbennett76]

16. His keynote address was

straight out of Ellison's The Invisible Man. He was as comfortable as a Vegan in a slaughterhouse.

[WinkyDink]

33. He's a big boy for sure.

[psychmommy]

8. From jersey with a hearty heck no!!!!!

He has done some damage here. We don't need anymore dinos.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. + 1

[wryter2000]

9. What I usually say to Rs who want to become Ds

We'd love to have you, but what we really need is for you to fix your own party. Until the Republican party returns to sanity, nothing will work.

[loyalsister]

29. +1

The only way it would benefit us is if it tipped the balance in one of the congressional chambers toward Democrats. Christie would do much more for the country if he were to stand up as a role model for the pukes who have been obstructionists.

[Pab Sungenis]

11. No.

The man led lots of Rovian political witch-hunts as a Federal Prosecutor. He doesn't deserve to have a job, let alone an office.

[trof]

13. I've been thinking the same thing today.

I truly wouldn't be surprised if he changed parties.
If he did it before Tuesday that would be monumental.

[jsr]

14. Nope.

[onehandle]

18. Anti-train. Anti-jobs. Anti-treadmill.

Pass.

[hanzi88]

19. Charlie Crist has already flipped

But I still think Christie is an opportunist & he'll only flip if he thinks he can gain something by it. For now, he's the still 1 of the best bets for the GOP in 2016 so he won't be flipping any time soon.

[WinkyDink]

31. I can see him flipping Party AND flipping positions. Why not? Jersey's BLUE!

[DCBob]

20. Sandy and Christie have taken away any slim chance Robme had of winning this thing.

cheers!

[Autumn]

21. Not only NO, but HELL NO

He is a republican and he should stay a republican. He has a party he can stay in it and fix it and stay the hell out of mine.

[warrprayer]

22. Remember the Muslim Judge issue?

When Christie called the teabaggers nuts?

this is what I saw in Christie that makes me think... maybe...

[madinmaryland]

23. No. Christie is a teabagger, who needs help from the Government and can't risk being an

asshole in a blue state.

[socialist_n_TN]

24. He doesn't follow the dictates of the plutocrats because........

he's a Republican. He's a Republican because he's a willing handmaiden of the plutocracy. There's a difference.

Just what we need. MORE triangulation.

[Kber]

25. No. Stay and lead the republicans back to sanity

And let the democrats move left instead of toward the center.

We need a two party or multiparty system. Right now we only have grown ups in one party.

[demmiblue]

27. This is crazy talk!

[Terra Alta]

28. no, no, a million times NO

Chris Christie is very much anti-union, and anti-marriage equality. We don't need that in our party.

Sure, he's putting politics aside now, but that's what any decent politician(Democrat or Republican) would do in a time of crisis. Although in Christie's case I think he's doing it for his own political gain -- he thinks it will make him look good when he no doubt runs in 2016.

One thing I do like about him though is that he doesn't beat around the bush. He tells it like it is(or how he thinks it is, anyway). Too bad he's dead wrong most of the time.

[JVS]

34. Oh good Lord, no!

[Rosco T.]

36. Yeah, but wouldn't it be a lovely meme to start spreading...

.. after the election

[Proud Liberal Dem]

38. Let's not get carried away

just because he's more concerned about the well being of the citizens of this state than partisan politics AT THE MOMENT.

[Hugabear]

39. Why, so we can have another Lieberman?

Just because he's being nice to Obama now, doesn't make up for the asshat that he is.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

40. No. Thank. You.

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I appreciate what appears to be a genuine concern for the wellbeing of his state's residents mixed in with what is most likely political advantage to his favor (in both the upcoming governor's race as well as a potential 2016 presidental run), but I want no part of his style of bully politics.

[trueblue2007]

41. WAY TO GO GOV CHRISTIE

you are smarter than the other GOPigs