News from The Hill: Christie in the Iowa lion's den

News from The Hill Christie in the Iowa lion's den By Cameron Joseph DES MOINES, Iowa — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) pitched himself as a true conservative to Iowa's most faithful, earning grudging applause from a skeptical audience as he promised he would always be honest with them. "If I was too blunt, too direct, too loud and too New Jersey for Iowa, then why do you people keep inviting me back?" he said, touting his friendship with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), the event's organizer and a hero to the base. "Im here today because I've been a friend to Iowa and Iowa's been a friend to me." Christie repeatedly asked the state's activists to give him a chance, spending a good chunk of his speech aimed at convincing them he's sufficiently socially conservative. Read more here.