Governor Chris Christie is going to be on a new Michael J. Fox show

Governor Christie will be reprising his role as Mallory's dimwitted boyfriend Nick on Family Ties---wait, what? It's not Family Ties? It's Michael J. Fox's upcoming NBC sitcom (NBC? Oh boy the Tea Party will love that)? OK then, the Governor will have a cameo on a new show starring Marty McFly. Yeah, and?

Well, a question has been raised because some feel that Christie has been going on television (Fallon, Letterman, SNL) a little too much. Rubbish. It's his call. If he wants to do it let him. Christ, it's better than Snooki isn't it? If, like Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution says "If he ends up on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ that’s gone too far."

Barbara Buono, (remember her? She's running for governor) desperate to nick Christie's armor and 40 point lead in the polls sure thinks she's seen enough of Fearless Leader:

"I think that the people of New Jersey deserve more than someone who just has his sights set on the Rose Garden," Buono said after a campaign event in Trenton on Thursday. "I’m focused on the Garden State, that’s the kind of leader they’ll have, not someone who calibrates every decision they make based on how it’ll play in the cornfields of Iowa."

So there's your Sunday morning discussion topic should you care to chime in.

(NBC Archives)