Chris Christie signs New Jersey DREAM Act into law

 In an attempt to pick the Republican nominee for president in 2016 the mainstream media has already anointed Chris Christie as the only Republican candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton. 

  Much like when the mainstream media anointed John McCain and Mitt Romney as the Republicans to have the best chance at winning the White House in 2008 and 2012 respectively this is nothing but an attempt by the media to chose the most liberal Republican as a fall back in case the Democrat actually loses the election. I believe this is called hedging your bets.

  There are many reasons why Republicans should not support a Chris Christie presidential run, not the least of which is his stance on illegal immigration. Today he reaffirmed my concerns when he signed the DREAM Act into law in the state of New Jersey.

Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday was joined in celebrating the passage of the New Jersey DREAM Act by a bipartisan coalition of state politicians, calling it an important step toward “maximizing” the state’s investment in public education.

“[O]ur job, I believe, as a government, is to give every one of these children, who we have already invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in, an opportunity to maximize that investment,” Christie said Tuesday at the signing ceremony in Union City, N.J.

  As an avid supporter of state rights I believe Chris Christie was well within his right to do so, however that does not mean I have to support his candidacy for president and I believe it gives us a glimpse into how he will govern on the national level if he was ever to–gasp–get elected to the presidency.

  This is much the same as 2012 when the Republicans ran Mitt Romney as their nominee for president; he passed universal healthcare for the state of Massachusetts but opposed it on the national level. While this is a legitimate distinction it is not a distinction that most Americans in this day and age understand and I believe it was partly, if not mostly, responsible for dooming his chances of ever becoming president.

  If and when Chris Christie announces his candidacy for president this is a question he will now have to answer for in the primary and I suspect he will use the state/federal argument in the same manner as did Mitt Romney on healthcare. It did not work for Romney and I doubt it will work for Christie, and besides, does anyone really believe he does not support the DREAM Act at the Federal level?