I know what many of you are thinking. "You are getting way ahead of yourself." Maybe. But maybe not. A vacuum was created within the Republican party after GW Bush abandoned Reagan principles in favor of unrestrained deficit spending and fruitless tax credits that did nothing substantive to create long-term jobs and promote capitalism. It did not help that the Federal Reserve and the SEC were fast asleep as the core investment banks produced subprime junk bond investments and CDOs that Michael Milken could only dream about.  The economic collapse only accelerated the evacuation of fiscal conservatives from the Republican party. It did not instigate it. Many were leaving the party anyway. They grew frustrated by the ineptness of GW Bush and his abandonment of conservative principles in favor of liberal, democratic, almost socialistic-like principles. In almost his entire first four years in office, GW did not veto one spending bill. This was strategic. He needed Congress to support his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as his meaningless tax credits for individuals. Many conservatives understood that tax credits were just another form of reckless spending. With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts the country's independents, Republicans and disillusioned moderate Democrats sent a powerful message that was loud and clear. We don't want socialism. We want the American Dream, smaller government and fiscal responsibility in our government.

Enter Governor Chris Christie. Elected by a very Democratic New Jersey, Christie was the timely beneficiary of a very angry electorate. Angry about big government, reckless spending, powerful unions inside and outside government dictating tax policy. Angry about excessive taxation, which was forcing many of the state's wealthier residents to flee New Jersey in record numbers. New Jersians were tired of wearing the crown as the state with the worst business and tax climate in the nation. Governor Christie ran on a platform of lower taxes, smaller government, fiscal responsibility in government, and an end to the status quo in New Jersey, where the teachers union dictated the need for higher and higher taxes in order to feed their beast. Governor Christie did not waste any time after the election. He went right at the heart of New Jersey's problem, the teachers union. This was something no Governor before him dared do. Before Christie, Trenton was afraid to take on the beast and with good reason. Doing so almost certainly represented political suicide. To many New Jersians, the teachers union is Goliath and Christie, David. But Governor Christie was not afraid. He understood that the very survival of New Jersey depends upon his success against the teachers union. And New Jersians are behind him all the way. For the first time in history New Jersians unanimously voted down school budgets across the state. No matter how the liberal New Jersey media might spin the events taking shape in New Jersey, New Jersians agree with Governor Christie and support his efforts to reinvent the state. When Governor Christie is done, the mighty beast that is the teachers union will be tamed. It will be a fragment of what it once was. A ghost of its former self.  It's tax war against New Jersey's citizens will have ended.

And the country is watching. They are watching this David do battle against entrenched government. They are enthralled at the bravery of such actions. They are cheering Governor Christie on. You can hear the cheers at parties and social gatherings across the northeast of our country. The cheers are getting louder and will soon spread, like a virus in December, across the nation. If you listen closely you can hear the cheers: Governor Christie for President...Governor Christie for President..