Chris Christie for president?

Will Chris Christie join the race or not? People have been wondering for some time now whether New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be entering the presidential race. Christie has repeatedly said he will not be running for president. However, recently in answering a question, or more like a plead to run for president, he gave an answer that was not quite a yes or a no. So what do the people want him to do? Well his would be competitor Herman Cain doesn’t think he has a great chance. Cain said, "I believe that a lot of conservatives, once they know his positions.... they're not going to be able to support him. So, I think that is absolutely a liability for him if he gets in the race." The Maryland Governor, Democrat Martin O’Malley, doesn’t seem to think Christie can do the job either.  O’Malley said, "When it comes to being effective at creating jobs, improving schools and expanding opportunity, his record in New Jersey has not been a record of governing for effectiveness." Considering that America needs to fix its unemployment rate, Christie doesn’t seem to have much value in that department. New Jersey’s unemployment rate, at 9.4 percent, is higher than the national average. Last year New Jersey created no net new jobs and school performance isn’t doing well either. New Jersey schools “because of the choices he has made to cut education funding, have actually been declining in their national rankings,” said O’Malley. Another Governor, also a Democrat, Deval Patrick thinks Christie has “unfinished” work as a governor in New Jersey. Patrick as well as O’Malley doesn’t think Christie has much success in anything to prove his capability to be president.

In spite of all this not everyone thinks this negatively on Christie running. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said on NBC’s show “Meet The Press” that Christie offers some “unique” qualities to the group of GOP candidates. “He's an extraordinary communicator. He's a great governor, enormous reforms and everything from the pension system to budget reform in a blue state…[he] would fare very well against the president," said McDonnell. Christie may have good qualities but I don’t think he has what it takes to run the county. Whatever Christie plans on doing he must be feeling the pressure because he needs to make a decision very soon. There are 90 days until the caucuses in Iowa begin and as the 2008 presidential candidate, Senator John McCain mentioned, Christie is “way behind in fundraising and organization and other areas.”