![]() ![]() ![]() “He’ll blow the roof off the place, and that’s what the Romney people are looking for.”Ĭhristie said he had no intention of softening his signature sarcastic tone, and had not been asked to do so by Romney’s team. “With Christie, you get all the energy of a Sarah Palin speech without all the side issues,” Galen said. Republican strategist Rich Galen likened Christie’s speech to the tough-talking and highly praised 2008 debut of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin - she had convention-goers roaring but eventually became a controversial figure who turned off many independents. “He’s the tough guy who can tell it like it is, and it’s very valuable to Romney to have him in that role.” ![]() “He has great appeal to the Republican rank and file but he can walk the middle ground when he has to,” Redlawsk said. “Conventions are about rallying the troops and also about presenting your opening message to the broader public, and Christie can do both,” said David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers/Eagleton poll in New Jersey. Criticized as cold and cautious, he has not gained ground on Obama in polls since clinching the nomination in the spring - he now runs about even or slightly behind - and he had not fired up conservatives until he chose another of their favorites, Congressman Paul Ryan, as his running mate earlier this month. Romney hopes that double-edged appeal rubs off. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstĬhristie, who gives the keynote speech at the Republican convention on Tuesday, may not be used to being an opening act but he is perfectly comfortable delivering the red-meat rhetoric that fires up conservative activists.Īnd when he lays out Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney’s case for a change in leadership from President Barack Obama, he will take a big step into the national spotlight with implications for his own potential White House bid in 2016 or 2020.Īs a Republican in Democratic-dominated New Jersey, Christie has been forced to reach out to independents while cultivating a pugnacious style that makes him a hero to some national conservatives. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appears on a projection screen as he delivers remarks at the Friedman Prize dinner in Washington, May 4, 2012. ![]()
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