Today's Chris Christie Lesson in Government

The New Jersey governor participated in a conference call in which some wealthy Republicans, mostly moderates who ended up supporting Obama, basically begged him to run for president.  He said no, and here's how he said it (h/t Campaign Spot):

“I’m not running, but I came because Langone is so aggressive, he basically just physically shook me into doing it. I’ve weighed this carefully; I didn’t dismiss it out of hand. There were four considerations. 1) One question was: Where’s my wife? She’s not enthused. 2) The second is: I looked ahead at the potential for two years of running, and not seeing my kids. If I won, six years of not seeing them. If I won a second term, 10 years of not seeing them. Missing my kids growing up is a big deal to me, and it was a big reason. The wife was the biggest. The children were the second. 3) I’m staying in New Jersey. I am not just going to quit halfway through my term. The people trusted me, and I feel like I owe that trust and faith some fidelity. 4) And fourth: Could I win? Could I really do it? I think I would win — not saying I would win, but I could win. I brought my oldest son today because, first of all, I wanted him to wake up early. And, second of all, to have to put on his one suit and tie. But I wanted him to listen because if I did run, which I’m not going to — but if I did in the future — it’s going to affect him. There’s six people in the family — I’m just one. I recognize that not all of you would immediately commit, but it certainly makes me realize that if I were to run, and had this group were behind me, I certainly wouldn’t have any problem raising money.”

He's got his priorities straight.

These wealthy moderate Republicans apparently fell for the whole rainbows and unicorns thing in 2008, but instead of getting The Anointed One, they got a class warfare socialist who demonized their life's work and earnings. That's what happens to moderates - staying in the middle of the road will get you run over.