Chris Christie is in Israel
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) is visiting Israel on what is mainly a trade mission according to my well-placed source in the Israel-New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.Surrounded by a throng of rabbis and onlookers, Christie downplayed suggestions that the trip to Israel is intended to raise his political prospects back home.As I understand it, as soon as he was elected Governor, Christie called in Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren, Israel's consul general in New York (the nearest one) and the Chairman of the Israel-New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, told them that his first overseas trip as Governor would be to Israel, and asked them to start planning. This was long before Christie's name had been mentioned for anything on a national level.
“Anything I do fuels speculation for a future bid,” Christie told The Associated Press.
“I am here because this is a place of enormous significance in the world.”
Christie’s brief visit to what has been called the Wailing Wall highlighted his growing popularity. Tourists stopped to shake his hand and pose for pictures. He even held a 6-month-old baby for one photo.
The rabbi of the holy site, who gave him a personal tour, was quick to point out that politicians who visit tend to win elections.
Christie — who declined to run for the White House this year, despite entreaties by Republican activists — endorsed fellow GOPer Mitt Romney for president last fall.
And the pugnacious Jersey governor is mentioned as a potential Romney running-mate, or a 2016 presidential candidate if President Obama is re-elected.
In that context, political observers see Christie’s Mideast visit as laying the groundwork for a future run. He has not indicated whether he will seek re-election as governor next year.
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:34 PM
3 Comments:
I hope he is telling the Israeli diplomats to quit supporting the imposition of Euro socialism and/or marcuse/alinsky marxism in the U.S. Joining in on tech development through VCs, teaming, and possibly some govt research grants is great. Imposing technologies by accepting $billions in coerced, deficit, printed tax $$ is not great. These people should know better and, if they haven't noticed what is going on, they are demonstrating a bought-ness in their dealings. Gov. Christie (assuming he himself can ascertain the difference), urge the econ people to stand against the socialist marxist new left take over, not to advocate for it.
Still has too many major flaws - http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/09/chris_christie_flaws.html
That's a lotta kugel!
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