The Herd: A Look at The Republican Veepstakes. Today’s Potential Nominee — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

   The Herd is a special White House 2012 series covering the obvious and not so obvious potential choices to be selected as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.  Each day, White House 2012 will introduce you to one the many Republicans which we believe will be at least considered for [...]

Chris Christie Introduces the Establishment’s Fear of Gingrich In To the Presidential Race

   In a Sunday morning interview with NBC’s David Gregory, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie seemed to be doing his best to help establishment Republicans remain in the driving seat.  The interview with Christie consisted of a discussion about the results of South Carolina’s primary, which saw Christie’s prefered choice for President, Mitt Romney,  lose to Newt Gingrich. According to [...]

Chris Christie Shoring Up His Value as a Vice Presidential Running Mate

    In advance of the delivery of his second State of the State address, New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie’s team has released a new web ad that credits him for having begun to turn the Garden State around. It’s the type of stuff, that fits in well with any campaign’s desire to tap in to a similar theme for [...]

Newt Gingrich: Phoenix Rising or Leader Emeritus? Can Newt be the Next Frontrunner?

    While Mitt Romney maintains a steady 25% in most Republican presidential polls, the polling numbers for other candidates have seen wide fluctuations that provide them with five minutes of fame in frontrunner status. That has been a phenomenon mainly to the desire of the G.O.P. base to find a viable alternative to Romney that they can get excited about. For [...]

Is It Too Late?

Some very wise political analysts wrote that things have changed since 1992 when Bill Clinton got into the race late and managed to win. The need to build a national campaign network, raise money and meet the demands of 24/7 campaigning without making a single mistake are hurdles that put late joiners at a serious [...]

“You’ve Got Mail”. Chris Christie Fundraising Email For Romney Hits

    Hours after winning one of the more coveted endorsements that a Republican candidate for President can get, the campaign of Mitt Romney has fired oof persoanalized emails to an extensive list of supporters and potential supporters [see the email below this post]. The email makes a direct appeal for voters to support the Romney [...]

View Chris Christie Announcing His Endorsement of Mitt Romney for President

   In advance of tonight’s Washington Post-Bloomberg TV Republican presidential debate on economic issues, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie traveled to New Hampshire to appear with Governor Romney and announce that he was endorsing Romney for President. [See video and transcript below] “I’m here in New Hampshire today for one simple reason: America cannot survive another four years [...]

Chris Christie Endorses Mitt Romney for President

 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has just landed the first jewel in the Quadruple Crown of Republican endorsements. One week after declaring that he is definitely not running for President in 2012, it has been revealed that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be endorsing Mitt later today at an event in New Hampshire. This announcement comes [...]

The Field Is Set: And Herman Cain Could Win

Sarah Palin has now announced she will not be running.  It appears the 2012 GOP Primary is ready to kick off.  So you heard it here first: barring a major disqualifying gaffe, Herman Cain will win the 2012 primary.  Here’s why. Ok, seriously.  No one knows at this point how this  is going to go [...]

Watch Video of Chris Christie’s Full Press Conference Reaffirming He Won’t Run. Positive Public Reaction Results From It.

  In what was a press conference regarding a 2012 run for President, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie definitively answered that he is not running.  Christie stated that due to the numerous requests that he seek the Republican nomination for President, he did in fact reconsider his earlier decision not to run.  In questions asked after the Governor’s [...]

Will He or Won’t He? See Chris Christie’s 1:00pm Presser Here, Live

Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr    All indications are that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie meant what he said in his repeated claims that he is not running for President.  However; a mainstream media that has been anxious to try to downplay the existing field of candidiates, has continued to add hype to a potential run [...]

Mainstream Media Still Pushing Chris Christie and Now Bringing Mike Huckabee Back

    As a fickle Republican electorate continues to demonstrate their apathy for the existing field of declared presidential candidates, an old name to the 2012 field has become the newest name to be drawn back into the contest.  While news stories continue to swirl around about some still possible entry of New Jersey Governor Chris [...]

Chris Christie Delivers a Speech that Shows Why He Should Run for President and Confirms that He is Not Running for President

See the video of Christie’s speech below this post and for a complete transcript of the speech, click here.    On Tuesday evening,  after delivering a keynote address on “Real American exceptionalism” for the Reagan Foundation at the Reagan Library, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie definitively any speculation about his entering 2012 presidential race as [...]

Former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean Says Chris Christie is Considering a Run for President

    Although New JerseyGovernor Christopher J.  Christie is officially not considering a run for President, a good friend of the Governor, former popular New Jersey Governor Tom Kean tells National Review that Christie is indeed giving the idea of a 2012 run for President some very serious consideration. Governor Kean has known Governor Christie since he was [...]

The Polarizing Truth. Why Republicans should nominate a divider instead of a unifier.

    If you’re like many Americans, it’s too early to be thinking about the presidential contest next year. Even if you are aware of some of the candidates running, chances are you’re not glued to the set watching the early debates. Wednesday’s MSNBC sponsored GOP debate was interesting though. I managed to catch a few [...]

Palin Likely to Announce Her Presidential Candidacy on September 3rd in Iowa

   Mixed signals continue to pour out regarding the still developing Republican presidential field and Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, and Chris Christie remain the main names uttered to be ready to run for President.   In New Jersey, state political insiders as well as national political sources are responsible for murmurs about Governor Chris Christie [...]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is Said to Be Ready to Run for President

    While I am not convinced that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in fact running for President, I can not simply ignore the information I have been privy to through three separate inside sources who indicate to me that Christie will run. According to my sources, Governor Christie is indeed preparing to announce that [...]