Chris Christie has officially (again) claimed he is not running for the presidential candidate. (GlobalPost.com). And for conservatives that is not good news.
Chris Christie from afar looks to be the perfect candidate. He is tough, opinionated, and takes on the unions. (ABCNews.com). He seems to give as good as he gets. Republicans have been aching for a candidate and a party that isn't always on the defense, and Chris Christie looks comfortable on offense. But how much of a conservative is he? Barely if you look at his record.
According to ConservativeNewJersey.com he agrees with gun control, is soft on illegal immigration, and refused to take a stand against the Ground Zero Mosque. (full article here).
When it comes to gun control, Christie supports bans that were put forth during the Clinton administration. His current attorney general also refuses to get rid of John Corzine's gun restriction laws. He even admitted in an interview that he favors gun control, blaming impotence in fighting such laws on the Democrat legislature (thought he was tough enough to fight those Dems!).
His stance on illegal immigration is no better. He refuses to call illegal aliens "illegal," saying they are simply "undocumented." That is a huge understatement for people in the country illegally! Also, he has only prosecuted thirteen cases of illegal immigration and is opposed to Arizon's push to deal with the issue by enforcing federal law. To top it off, he favors the Democrats' and RINOs' plans for "a pathway to citizenship." (code for amnesty!).
And on the topic of the Ground Zero Mosque, he sits on the fence. He says that he understands people's emotions but buys into the liberal idea that denying the mosque is painting all Muslims with a broad "terrorist" brush. He says he doesn't want to get involved in the political back and forth. I expected a tougher stand from such a tough guy.
Most importantly, his crowning achievement, taking on the teacher unions, was a failure. The New Jersey Supreme court overruled him and designated $500 million in school funding he tried to eliminate. He then refused to fight the courts and tossed it back to the legislature (NewsWorks.org). Again, not very tough.
So how can his refusal to run hurt conservatives? If Chris Christie got in, then he would have split the Romney vote. Right now conservatives have many to choose from, but the RINO's have only Romney, giving Romney a slight advantage. Had Christie gotten in, he would stripped votes away from Romney and weakened him in the polls. For now, Romney can breath a sigh of relief, and conservatives should breath a bit harder.
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