GOP donors from Iowa arrived in New Jersey yesterday to try and convince Chris Christie to run for President. Once again he told them, “NO!’ As Iowa entrepreneur, Bruce Ratstetter, described the conversation with Governor Christie:

What we heard from him very clearly was the same response he has given publicly: that he made a commitment to New Jersey and continuing to work to solve their problems

Back in March, I wrote in, “He’s My Governor and You Can’t Have Him(yet)” , some of the reasons why I support the man. It would appear I am not alone in this, VERY BLUE, state of New Jersey. A Rasmussen poll released yesterday, gives the Governor a 53% approval rating. Here’s the Party breakdown:

79% of Republicans, 65% of Independents and even 33% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of Governor Christie.

This approval rating has been achieved in spite of the teacher’s union(NJEA) spending $6.6 million, in advertising, vilifying the Governor. The Governor’s response to these ads has been simple, he just continues to do his job. When the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the state to increase spending by $500 million to the education system for Abbott districts, after the Education Law Center sued for $1.3 billion, this was the Governor’s reaction:

This is the perfect example of why people either love him or hate him.

The truly amazing statistic in the latest poll is the 33% approval rating among Democrats. As a matter of fact his strength with Democrats is strong enough that he is gaining a foothold in the traditionally bluest of blue Hudson County. From the Wall Street Journal:

Hudson County has long featured one of the strongest Democratic machines in New Jersey politics, but the traditional alliances that consistently churned out the votes needed to win elections big and small have fractured — a testament to Christie’s impact. The fact that we’re actually talking about Hudson County being anything other than the core go-to community for the Democrats is indicative of the inroads that Gov. Christie has made there,” said Brigid Harrison, a political science professor at Montclair State University. “If whoever the Democrat nominate [for governor] can’t count on what has traditionally been the most Democratic county in the state, clearly that’s a problem.”

Right now, New Jersey needs the Governor to focus on only New Jersey. For now, it appears that is exactly what the Governor is going to do.