TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's summer vacation has gone from from Jersey Shore joke to gold-plated glitz.



Though it started with a bang on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, the governor's Statehouse respite continues this week at the prestigious Allen & Co conference in Idaho and stops in Williamsburg for meetings with other governors. Finally, he'll make a jam-packed two day swing through six states for Mitt Romney.



Christie will join Newark Mayor Cory Booker to rub elbows with moguls of all stripes at the media and technology conference in Sun Valley. The governor will participate in an interview with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel moderated by George Stephanopoulos of "Good Morning America," according to The Los Angeles Times.



The exclusive gathering, where last year the Christies stayed next door to the family of King Abdullah II of Jordan, features a discussion on the economy with authors of the Simpson-Bowles financial report — former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson. Christie often tells audiences Obama put the recommendations on a shelf.



He has hobnobbed with many of the most high-profile guests already. Oprah Winfrey, who broadcast a sit-down with him in January, will interview Warren Buffet, who Christie famously told to "just write a check and shut up". Christie fan News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch will be there, too.



This weekend, the governor, whose name continues to come up in discussions of potential vice presidential and keynote speech picks for Romney, will make an appearance in Williamsburg, Va., at meetings of the National Governors Association and the Republican Governors Association. He is RGA vice chairman.



From there, he is scheduled to raise money for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. The whirlwind trip starts Tuesday in Atlanta, where he will attend a luncheon; then it's on to South Carolina; North Carolina; Washington, D.C. where he'll speak at a breakfast on Wednesday; Chicago and finally Minneapolis, said Communications Director Maria Comella.

The Romney campaign will find more ways to capitalize on Christie's fundraising prowess with a similar two-day swing through California in August. Two previous events headlined by Christie in New Jersey raised a total of more than $3 million from Garden State donors.

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