Christie's Dance to Keep Up with SSM

[Bull Moose Base]

I'm pretty sure Christie has no power to stop a referendum for gay marriage. He basically wants to punt and take himself out of the equation, not unlike with the senate special, and say it's not up to me. It's the safest political move given how hard it is to please either national Republicans or New Jerseyans without alienating the other. But I disagree with this article calling him consistent exactly. On DOMA, he says the judgment of the democratically elected executive and legislature should be trusted on the issue of marriage. On NJ, he says the opposite. The only real consistency for Christie is doing whatever seems to carry the least risk for a presidential campaign.  As with Obama before he "evolved", I find it pretty hard to believe Christie privately opposes gay marriage in the way Santorum or even Romney did.

[Bull Moose Base]

He's not just saying "if it's out of his hands". Christie is saying "please take it out my hands" because he doesn't want to touch anything controversial. He called for a referendum (as a way to appease supporters of equality while keeping his hands clean-ish for a Republican primary). But in doing so, Christie said the issue is too important to be decided by elected government. Now, last week, he says the issue should be left up to elected government. As with calling the special election, it's a flip.