I'm a Christie fan, for being willing to go to war with the public unions in a union state.
Also, I encourage people to look into Dan Malloy here in Connecticut. Told the state employee unions to take cuts, to 5,000 will be sent packing on 8/22.
Since Mafia John Rowland got railroaded, we've had a very liberal GOP governor and a fiscally (somewhat) responsible Dem Governor in Malloy. Dan raised every tax you could think of, but his taking the state workers union to the mat is admirable, as it means he is looking for a fix as opposed to being a lackey.