Chris Christie to decide on 2012 run for president within days-I say stay in New Jersey

For the people infatuated with Chris Christie like Ann Coulter, the GOP doesn’t need another conservative-lite candidate running for president. We already have Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney, thank you.


NewsMax

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is reconsidering his decision not to enter the 2012 presidential race — and he says he will let top Republican donors know within days about his plans, Newsmax has learned.


During the past few weeks, several leading Republican donors and fundraisers have been urging the popular Republican governor to reconsider his decision not to run and to enter the GOP primary.

These Christie supporters note that significant GOP support has remained on the sidelines of the primary fight. Many leading fundraisers have yet to commit to any current primary contender, including frontrunners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.

Newsmax has learned that the effort to draft Christie culminated in a hush-hush powwow held in the past week with Christie and several notable Republican billionaires.

A source familiar with the meeting suggested that Christie seemed inclined to enter the race but said he needed more time.

Christie promised to make a final decision "within two weeks," the source said.

Another source involved in GOP fundraising tells Newsmax that that uncommitted fundraisers and donors have been receiving phone calls from top political aides to Christie, seeking their feedback about his possible entry into the race.

Earlier this week Christie hinted at the effort to draft him when he spoke at a special forum that included Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Christie suggested to an audience at New Jersey's Rider University that the current GOP candidates are not answering the public's appetite for real leadership.


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The candidates that should be considering a presidential run is Marco Rubio and Sarah Palin. This thing is wide open and it’s far from a two man race between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. And I I said in a prior post Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, and Rick Santorum can still surprise a lot of people.

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