‘Huggable’ Christie previews presidential road map

He was also Governor of New Jersey.

Wilson’s bust sits in the hallway outside of Chris Christie’s office in the State House here. Christie surely didn’t put it there, but every time he opens the door, he sees it — a reminder of presidential ambition.

Not that Christie needs much reminding.

His official State of the State address this week was a rhetorical roadmap to a presidential bid.

From his friend and GOP ally Jon Bramnick, another Assemblyman, the line of the day:

“When I travel the United States people come up to me and say ‘I love Chris Christie. He is the most huggable candidate that we will ever have in this country. People wanna hug him.”

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