Via liberal columnist Jonathan Alter, who I’m assuming has good contacts in deep blue New Jersey.

Update: Can’t say I’m all that depressed. I love his union-busting but his views on global warming, Ground Zero Mosque, social issues, sharia etc., are a lot to overlook.

(WaPo) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office is shooting down a report that he is rethinking his decision not to join the GOP presidential race in 2012.

Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Alter tweeted early Wednesday afternoon that Christie had been “conducting focus groups in preparation for a possible run for president in 2012.”

Christie spokeswoman Maria Comella issued a flat denial, telling The Fix that the report is “absolutely not true.”

Alter has also backed off his original report, tweeting that a different source that he trusts and is very reliable told him that there were no focus groups and that nothing has changed.

HT: Jay