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Christie Alienates New Jersey Residents With National Ambitions
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pauses while addressing students, teachers and parents at Mendham Township Middle School Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Mendham Township, N.J., after a student asked if he was going to run for President. Christie said that he was still deciding and planned to make his decision early next year. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pauses while addressing students, teachers and parents at Mendham Township Middle School Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Mendham Township, N.J., after a student asked if he was going to run for President. Christie said that he was still deciding and planned to make his decision early next year. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

When the Chris Christie-for-president chatter first started, in 2011, voters in his home state of New Jersey took pride in having a celebrity governor. As Nancy Reagan escorted Mr. Christie to his speech at her husband’s presidential library, and hedge fund billionaires, The Weekly Standard and The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages urged him to run, his approval ratings jumped. Voters told pollsters the national attention made him more effective, and improved their state’s long-maligned image.

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