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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject: Christie to Chide Candidates From Republican Shrine as Run U |
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has urged Republican presidential candidates to take a harder line on spending and debt, will seek to extend his influence in his party with a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
The governor joined prominent conservatives such as former President George W. Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly who have appeared at the forum. His speech today, titled “Real American Exceptionalism,” is part of the library’s Perspectives in Leadership series,
While Christie, 49, has denied interest in a 2012 White House run, party leaders have intensified calls for him to join the race, according to a Republican close to the governor who declined to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak for him. At the least, Christie may affect the party’s choice, said Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University in Lawrenceville.
“He’s a major influence in his party and when the Republicans settle on a nominee, that person is going to have to go to Chris Christie and make sure he’s on board,” Dworkin said in an interview. “Every speech the governor gives ends up at some point with him offering his views on what his party should be doing and what the candidates for president should be doing.”
The first Republican elected governor in New Jersey since 1997 began a national round of speeches and fundraising yesterday even as aides attempted to quash speculation that he’s reconsidering his decision to sit out the Republican primary.
Aide: No Change
Michael Drewniak, a Christie spokesman, said in an e-mail that “nothing at all has changed.”
During a Sept. 22 appearance with Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at Rider, Christie ruled himself out of next year’s race, while saying the current crop of Republican candidates must address issues such as federal entitlement spending and debt. Christie said even though he and Daniels aren’t running, they need to shape the debate in Washington in a way current candidates aren’t.
“We’re not talking about -- on our side or any of the folks -- these things in a forthright way,” Christie said. “They’re dancing around on other stuff and just trying to get four or five sound bites.”
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