Chris Christie, asked yet again today about whether he’d consider becoming Mitt Romney’s running mate, indicated that he might be open to the possibility:
“He might be able to convince me. He’s a convincing guy, but I really love this job. I really want to stay in this job” Christie said during a high school visit in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.
The popular Republican governor and early Romney backer said he is not interested in serving as vice president, but that he would be open to discussing the position with Romney.
“I really have no interest in being vice president, but if Governor Romney calls and asks me to sit down and talk to him about it, I’d listen because I think you owe the nominee of your party that level of respect and who knows what he’s going to say,” Christie said. “We’ll wait and see.”,
After deciding against his own presidential bid in the fall, Christie said his temperament might prove difficult for the No. 2 role, something he reiterated on Monday.
“Do I really look like the vice presidential type?” Christie asked the group of students. “I don’t think that’s me.”
This still isn’t an admission that Christie wants the No. 2 spot, though it certainly comes closer to that than anything he’s said on the topic before. But it’s the most open he’s sounded to it so far, especially compared with some of the definitive “no”s other prospective VP candidates have given.
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