Chris Christie to Announce He Won't Run in 2012
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A source tells NBC New York that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will
announce this afternoon he has decided, for real this time, that he is not
running for the Republican presidential nomination next year.
He scheduled a 1 p.m. appearance in Trenton.
The outspoken former state attorney general, in his first term as New
Jersey's governor, has repeatedly said he would not run, but began to waver in
recent days.
_Last January, he said_
(http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/Christie_coy_about_2012_preference-114693649.html) he had made a pledge to Garden
State voters to be their governor. _In May, he said_
(http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Chris-Christie-Says-Hes-Thrilled-by-the-Presidential-Talk-121526
379.html) he was "thrilled"by the attention, but added "I just don't want
to do it."
_A month later, he said_
(http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Christie__100_percent_certain__on__12-123890604.html) he was "100 percent certain" he
would not run next year, adding that he was making the decision "based on
whether I believe in my heart that I'm ready to be president of the United
States."
But last week after traveling outside New Jersey for several appearances,
including a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and
Library, Christie began reconsidering that choice, sources said.
Mounting a presidential campaign at this late date would have been a
difficult undertaking. Christie has not spent time in the early primary states,
and the first nominating contests are just months away.
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