This is where I don't EVEN vote...
Publisher's note: I am besides myself reading the trumped up implications of Chris Christie's win of a second term as Governor of NJ. Let me please remind my readers of my thoughts concerning the Republican Party and its former ties to conservative ideology. There was a time, not that long ago when the Republican Party was the party of conservatives. It is NO more and Chris Christie is the poster child for that. Please click for more on that. When a guy like Brian Baker makes the comment, "the objective is to pick the most conservative candidate “who can win the general election,” I make the comment, "what the hell is the difference?" Rick Santorum recently said, "...we can't beat our opponents by becoming our opponents."
Fox News: New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie has little time to add to his legislative accomplishments in his home state to win over still-skeptical conservatives should he indeed be pursuing a 2016 White House bid, his advisers say.
Christie’s decisive reelection victory -- winning Tuesday by 22 points over his Democratic challenger -- is less than a week old. But the ground work for early GOP primaries and caucuses appears right around the corner.
Some conservatives are still upset over Christie welcoming President Obama to New Jersey in the aftermath of 2012 SuperStorm Sandy, with the president in the final days of a tough re-election campaign.
"I don't like the man," said Chelle Adkins, a Republican activist from northern Iowa, the state set to hold the nation's first presidential nominating contest in roughly two years. "I'll vote for him over a Democrat, but not in the caucuses."
However, others argue that Christie’s post-Sandy efforts in fact proved true fiscal-conservative credentials -- making a first-priority of helping residents and the state economy.
Brian Baker, president of the nonprofit Ending Spending, recently told FoxNews.com the objective in Republican presidential primaries – expected to be dominated again by conservative candidates -- is to pick the most conservative candidate “who can win the general election.”