New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who isn't running for president, will join Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who isn't running for vice president, at a fundraiser Thursday in Baton Rouge...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who isn't running for president, will join Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who isn't running for vice president, at a fundraiser Thursday in Baton Rouge that will command tickets ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, according to The San Jose Mercury News. Christie's stop in the Bayou State is the last on a three-state junket the Garden State Republican is making to raise funds for the GOP - both his own state party and the operations in Louisiana, California and Missouri.
Christie has insisted for months he has no intention to seek the Republican presidential nomination, but as The New York Times reports today under a headline titled "Wealthy, Influential, Leaning Republican and Pushing a Christie Bid for President," a cadre of wealthy, well-heeled, conservative benefactors including Home Depot founder Kenneth G. Langone and TEA Party enabler David H. Koch have formed a de facto "Draft Christie" committee to convince New Jersey's chief executive to enter the race.
Jindal, meanwhile, fueled speculation earlier this month that he might be interested in joining the GOP ticket as vice presidential candidate when he endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who at the time was exploding in the polls shortly after entering the field. Perry's campaign has since begun to implode following dreadful debate performances and inflammatory rhetoric regarding Social Security in a book he penned last year. Jindal, however, continues to maintain he has no political aspirations beyond the Louisiana Governor's Mansion.