A new poll finds that adding Chris Christie to the ticket would fail to deliver New Jersey to the Republicans.
Politico (“Romney-Christie ticket a loser in N.J., poll finds“):
Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) would not be able to deliver the Garden State if he were chosen as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick, a new survey shows.
Without running mates, Romney gets 39 percent to the president’s 49 percent in New Jersey, according to a Wednesday Quinnipiac University poll.
With Christie on the ticket, Romney bumps up to 42 percent, compared with the president’s 50 percent.
“Color New Jersey blue. President Barack Obama beats Gov. Mitt Romney and Christie’s presence on the Republican ticket doesn’t help Romney,” says Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
New Jersey has voted for the Democratic nominee the last five straight elections. They last voted Republican in 1988, the last of a string of six consecutive elections in which they did so. New Jersey has moved left. The Republicans have moved right. Until one of those things change, New Jersey will vote Democrat. (See also: California.)
In an effort to save the Quinnipiac gang some money, let me also advise them that adding Marion Berry to the ticket would not deliver DC, adding Rudy Giuliani or Michael Bloomberg would not deliver New York, and adding Mickey Mouse would not deliver California. Similarly, if Obama were to drop Joe Biden for the ghost of George Wallace, Romney is going to win Alabama.
