It has just been discovered that Mitt Romney’s first choice for the Republican ticket as Vice President was Gov. Christie.
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According to the Politico:
The strong internal push for Christie, and Romney’s initial instinct to pick him as his running mate, reflects how conflicted the nominee remained about choosing a running mate until the very end of the process. At least on the surface, Christie and Paul Ryan are about as opposite as two Republicans could be: a brash outsider from the Northeast versus a bookish insider from the heartland.
It appears Romney had second thoughts on Christie just two weeks before making a decision, according to a inside account provided to POLITICO.
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A Romney official says:
“Mitt liked him because he saw him as a street fighter. It’s the kind of political mentality that Romney doesn’t have, but admires. He wanted someone who could play the Chicago game [like Obama headquarters] on its own terms.”
Apparently the Republican presidential candidate left the Govenor hanging. The site reports:
In fact, Christie was never the final choice. Romney hit “pause” on the possibility shortly before his trip to the Olympics. Then he settled on Ryan the day after returning. Romney formally offered him the job within a week, leaving Christie hanging until shortly before the official announcement a week later.
The official says:
“He’d be great anywhere there are ordinary white men. They would have loved him because here’s this straight-talking, hard-charging, in-your-face guy, and he’s a man’s man. Ohio is the only battleground state where Mitt has a net negative gender gap — where his approval among men doesn’t outweigh the president’s approval among women. Chris Christie changes that.”
This comes as very interesting news as Gov. Christie has reportedly recently endorsed Barack Obama for president and praised him for his Hurricane Sandy efforts.
SOURCE: Politico
