Chris Christie pledges to be straight with voters
SANDOWN, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is making a pragmatic pitch to voters as he begins his uphill fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
“You need to know what you’re buying,” Christie told potential supporters at a town hall meeting Tuesday in New Hampshire hours after a kickoff rally at his old high school.
Christie brings a record of Republican electoral success in a Democratic state to the contest, underpinning his claim that he could lead effectively across party lines as president.
The governor faces a tough sell with many conservatives suspicious of an East Coast Republican who pushes compromise, but he has seemingly found his stride at times in visits to early voting states with the lively town hall meetings he’s known for at home.