Politico: Chris Christie Was Romney’s First Choice For VP

Posted by | November 3, 2012 10:58 | Filed under: Top Stories


Politico is reporting that it was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, not Paul Ryan, who Mitt Romney first wanted for his running mate.

Some aides around Romney began to sour on Christie when he was late to a couple of events where they were appearing together. “Chris is a sort of cavalier New York, New Jersey guy: ‘If I’m a few minutes behind, I’ll blame it on traffic,’” said a person who knows him well. “That’s just who he is.”

The tardiness rankled the by-the-book folks around Romney. As the vice-presidential selection ramped up, Christie was always at the top of the list, but always with an asterisk.

Some Romney loyalists thought he was too much about himself…

Christie fell further from favor in Romney’s inner circle when his convention speech, which campaign officials had approved, dwelled more on the Chris Christie story than on the Mitt Romney story.

 And Christie has fallen even further from grace with his recent embrace of President Obama.

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