The Next Step for the GOP

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Mitch: The man who underbid the Iraq war by an order of magnitude? With links to Big Pharma? That would have been fun.

Iraq war was a miscalculation by many people on many levels. Mitch is hardly unique in that sense. He is however a damn good governor.

Jeb: Just no. The damage done by his brother is too fresh in our minds. As much as I like 41, his sons are not his strong point.

Jeb is not his brother. He is a smart and articulate guy with a very good record of his governorship.

Chris: Like MRD said, no chance unless he hit the Weight Watchers.

This is not a serious argument. He's not too fat to run New Jersey, he should be good enough to run the nation.

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This is not a serious argument. He's not too fat to run New Jersey, he should be good enough to run the nation.

Is he too fat to run the nation? No. Is he too fat to get elected? Image counts, we like our Presidents tall, thin, and distinguished, not Bobby Baccalieri look-alikes.

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Is he too fat to run the nation? No. Is he too fat to get elected? Image counts, we like our Presidents tall, thin, and distinguished, not Bobby Baccalieri look-alikes.

He wasn't too fat to become a governor of NJ. If he's good at what he does (and he is), people will overlook his flaw. Everyone is allowed to have one flaw. Obama is a commie, Romney is a liar, McCain is old, Clinton was(is?) a womanizer, Bush 43 was an idiot. The list can go on and on. If anything, Christie's weight doesn't look so bad.