Governor Chris Christie’s favorability numbers in New Jersey
have plummeted from their post second-election highs to their current
lows. Yet, he continues to act like a contender
in a crowded field struggling for position in the race for the GOP 2016
presidential nomination.
Whether he decides to run or not, he is unlikely to garner the
Garden State’s vote in the 2016 general election against whomever the Democrats
choose as their candidate for U.S. president.
New Jersey is a true-blue state, covered from nearly one end
to the other with Democratic Party influence.
Moreover, Christie’s entanglements with opponents to public sector
pension reform have not endeared him to those committed to the status quo on
this third-rail-of-politics issue – none of this comes as a surprise to
Christie.
