Christy: The Real Reason He Wasn't VP?

      Evidently, Christy was less than optimistic about Romney's chances:

      "The New York Post has a front-page story co-written by a reporter with deep New Jersey ties, about Chris Christie on the eve of his Republican National Convention keynote speech:

Gov. Chris Christie wasn’t willing to give up the New Jersey statehouse to be Mitt Romney’s running mate because he doubted they’d win, The Post has learned.
Romney’s top aides had demanded Christie step down as the state’s chief executive because if he didn’t, strict pay-to-play laws would have restricted the nation’s largest banks from donating to the campaign — since those banks do business with New Jersey.
But Christie adamantly refused to sacrifice his post, believing that being Romney’s running mate wasn’t worth the gamble.
“[Christie] felt, at one point, that [President] Obama could lose this. And, look, there still is that chance. But he knows, right now, you have to say it’s unlikely,” one source said.
The tough-talking governor believed Romney severely damaged his campaign by releasing only limited tax returns and committing several gaffes during his international tour in July.
Certain Romney was doomed, Christie stuck to his guns — even as some of his own aides pushed him to run, another source said.
“There were people around him that wanted him to reconsider, to actually push to be vice president. But he’s known there are real issues here. Chris knows the score,” the source said.

        http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/christies-view-133302.html

       Of course, Poltico has to run defense for Romney right away insisting that this isn't so:

      "There are a few things about the story that don't quite make sense - for starters, no one has ever suggested Christie was actually offered the VP post, although he was in contention, and it seems unlikely he would have asked not to be considered. The bigger headache for Christie, the one who got away this cycle for a number of Republican donors and officials but who has been among the presidential hopeful's earliest and hardest-working surrogates, is the implication he thinks Romney will lose. Regardless of what's true, this is not what Christie and his backers want to see splashed across the Post front page ahead of his big speech."

     It's probably true that Christy doesn't welcome this making news. However, it's logical that he was not so much unwilling to be considered but not willing to step down to be considered. Sure, no one's going to say 'I insist that you not consider me for VP' however would you give up a job as Governor of NJ for a long shot? Christy wasn't willing to count his chickens before they were hatched.

     Whatever you think of Christy-he has his problems as well-one of them is not an inability to let people know who he is or where he stands.