Nationally, Christie is walking a very thin line.

Chris Christie won the election for his 2nd term Tuesday, giving a speech that was nothing but a "I'm running for the Presidency in 2016" speech. It took everyone of the far right Tea Party hopefuls for 2016 1 day to attack him. But in truth, Christie is walking a very thin line if he has any national aspirations.

In truth, Christie has views that, for the most part, are right in line with the Tea Party. But in defending himself from the right, he'll have to worry about voters not only on the left, but Independents and moderates in the GOP. These are just some of his views, and what he'll lose when he states them to the Tea Party:
-- He doesn't believe in abortion. For every Tea Party voter who will accept that view, he'll probably lose 2 votes, 1 from the middle and one from the left.
-- Christie believes in slashing education funds, and hates teachers who oppose these cuts. No, not just their union, but teachers themselves. For every vote he gets from the Tea Party, he'll lose 2 on the left and 1 in the middle.
-- Christie only accepted same-sex marriage in New Jersey because the state supreme court said he had to. Since he didn't take it to the Supreme Court, he'll lose probably 10 votes for every vote he gains from the Tea Party. They simply won't care how he felt, only that they'll hate that he didn't go any farther.

To top this off, 75% of New Jersey residents who were affected by Superstorm Sandy disapprove of his handling of the relief efforts. When this gets out to the national audience, Christie will probably lose millions of potential voters without gaining 1 vote from the Tea Party. They won't care about the money, except to be mad he accepted it and shook the President's hand.

If Chris Christie is running for the Presidency in 2016, he'll have to run on a very thin line. Every step he takes to prove he's a true conservative will lose him many voters, with no guarantee of Tea Party acceptance. No matter how much weight he loses, and I don't put his weight against him, that's going to be an easy wire for him to fall off of in 2016.