Unfortunatly you are right. They will link Christie with Bush even though he is even worse....more like Mc Cain. They would have done that with Lonnegan also. This although Lonnegan is much more conservative than Bush. Lonnegan would have at least brought conservative isues into the mix.
I probably won't bother to vote. I am tired of simply voting against the Democrat candidate in both gubinatorial and presidential elections. The last time I actually voter FOR the republician candidate was when I voted for Reagan. Until the republicans nominate conservative candidates like Lonnegan or Merkt I don't see the point of voting. Liberal republicans almost always lose in the general election for example Mc Cain, Christie, Bush 41, Ford and so on.