Chris Christie--why the attention to this guy all of a sudden?

[janx]

I don't watch the cables anymore, but I'm assuming that's where it's coming from. Why is the governor of New Jersey in the limelight so much recently? His name sounds like a cookie--is that why?

Please enlighten me.

[JI7]

1. people find him charismatic

[janx]

3. Has he been on television a lot?

?

[JI7]

4. yes, and he is considered one of the top 3 for VP or in case of brokered convention

the pres candidate.

[moriah]

2. I think it's his most recent egregious attack on marriage equality in his state.

And the fact he's speaking for Romney, who is a contender, a lot now. Wouldn't be surprised if he's angling to get the VP nod. Romney's too plastic to be a good debater, and the traditional role of the VP is to be the "attack dog", so to speak, so the nominee for president doesn't look so bad.

[janx]

5. So it's a Romney connection.

Thank you for the explanation.

[applegrove]

6. Right at the time when the GOP should be lining up behind their nominee, there is a vacuum

at the top of the GOP. They are looking anywhere else for leadership.

[Suji to Seoul]

7. Fat men seem to do well on TV

Ralph Cramden
Fred Flintstone
Norm Peterson
The fat guy from Wings
Homer Simpson
Peter Griffin
Dan Connor
The Blob
Jabba the Hut

now we have Christie Christie, The NJ Porcine Dictator!

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The conserva-media here in Philly

have been hand-wringing all weekend and this morning. They feel that Crapsi is taking the spotlight away from Rmoney. It's so ironic to see some RW-owned M$M whining about other RW-owned M$M touting the "wrong" RWinger.

[customerserviceguy]

9. He plays the NYC media machine like a fiddle

They'd much rather cover his rantings than whatever relatively boring thing Cuomo or Bloomberg has to say. Since a lot of national media is based there, they pick up on it, too.

[malaise]

10. Well he's the posterchild for the fat cat 1%

but that's why I'd hide him from the public

[lunatica]

11. You know the gutter and that scum that floats in it?

That's Christie's mouth. Teabaggers love them the scum mouths. And the media loves feeding it to them.

[HopeHoops]

12. He's in the picture - well, obscuring it at least.