Christie beats Palin by a half point, steals the headlines

[Mr. Morden]

The top five finishers were:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/10/09/virginia-tea-party-patriots-convention-chris-christie-wins-the-straw-poll.aspx

Christie 14%
Palin 13.5%
Paul 12.5%
Gingrich 8.4%
DeMint 7.3%

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[Mr. Morden]

David Weigel also posted this on Friday:

http://www.slate.com/BLOGS/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/10/08/virginia-tea-party-patriots-convention-barack-obama-on-the-straw-poll.aspx

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[Mr. Morden]

I don't like Christie at all but at least he has a brain. A Christie-Palin debate would be amusing.

I'm holding out hope for a GOP primary debate that includes Joe Arpaio, John Bolton, Fred Karger, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump.  Think about how wild that would be.

[Mr. Morden]

Interestingly, Ann Coulter was on Huckabee's show over the weekend, and she said that Christie is "[her] candidate in 2012".  Of course she also said that he's pro-life, which I don't believe is quite correct.

[Mr. Morden]

I thought he was in the Tim Kaine camp of "I think abortion is wrong, but the government shouldn't make it illegal"?  I may be misremembering though, as I didn't follow the 2009 NJ gov. race closely.