At this juncture, it may be more efficient to highlight which interactions between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the media are not newsworthy. The Republican’s appointment of Muslim-American Sohail Mohammed to a state bench this week ruffled some feathers among some who fear the threat of Sharia Law, but when asked about those concerns, Gov. Christie made clear he had no patience for such “ignorance,” calling the complaints “crap.”

In a curiously presidential sounding address, New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie provided advice to Republicans and Democrats in Congress who refuse to compromise and to President Obama who has yet to put a plan in writing. Citing his own bi-partisan legislative success in New Jersey, Christie warned everyone “you can’t lead from behind” and that now was the time to get this debt negotiation complete.

Undercover filmmaking personality James O’Keefe is perhaps defined by his aversion to the mainstream media, that bastion of liberal thought that shields the corruption his life’s work is dedicated to expose. So the New York Times isn’t the first place one would expect to find a glowing five-page look behind the scenes of his latest stunt, a Medicare hoax starring fake IRA and Russian mafia members. And yet here it is– O’Keefe, glorified in the pages he reviles as he takes a Times contributor along for the ride as he scuttles across New Jersey in search of wasted taxpayers’ dollars.

Will this mean an end to any Late Show visits for New Jersey governor Chris Christie–or a lively and entertaining back-and-forth battle? In David Letterman‘s monologue Wednesday, the comic suggested the pie attack on Rupert Murdoch has public figures “tightening their security” so they don’t become the next victim–all but one, that is. Yep. You see, Christie loves pie attacks! Or baked alaska attacks, or ice cream sundae attacks–you name it, just throw food at him!

For those of us who will forever remember the day Al Qaeda fatally attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it is difficult to keep in mind that September 11, 2001 was nearly a decade ago– which puts a child born on that day in fourth grade. This has presented a challenge to many teachers who realize their students are not old enough to remember the attacks but don’t quite know what to say about it. To solve the problem, New Jersey is set to adopt a curriculum that will teach September 11 and terrorism to K-12 students.

Chris Christie may be a darling to many in the Republican Party and beyond, but back home in Jersey, well, the fight over the governor’s budget has caused some hurt feelings. “This is all about him being a bully and a punk,” New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney told the Star-Ledger. “I wanted to punch him in his head.” Oh, and it gets worse.

After last Friday’s historic gay marriage vote, one of the most forceful media narratives was the contrast between the leadership styles of Andrew Cuomo and Barack Obama. So it was only a matter of time before people started speculating on Cuomo’s national aspirations.

Former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey says the passage of New York’s gay marriage bill Friday indicates politicians are lagging behind voters on the issue, in many cases as Americans accept and support members of their own family who’ve come out of the closet. You understand a nephew, a son, a father is gay, a mother. And that begins to make it very personal,” McGreevey told CNN’s Eliot Spitzer on In the Arena. “People understand — people have a personal connection with someone who is a member of the LGBT community and it profoundly changes the dynamic.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared on Meet the Press to speak about his success on budgetary issues in New Jersey, to admit he’s not loved by all, and to not back down from his recent declaration to a constituent that some issues are “none of your business.”

Chris Matthews analyzed new poll numbers that suggested the thrill with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may be disappearing. First Glenn Beck lashed out at Christie, and now Matthews piles on too. Yet Josh Marshall suggested there isn’t quite “buyer’s remorse” yet with Christie, since compared with Republican governors elsewhere, Christie is still doing pretty well.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been repeatedly touted as one of the strongest potential 2012 candidates, and just as often shot down that notion through increasingly humorous– and increasingly frustrated– refusals to run. Christie spent the hour with Piers Morgan tonight, who may have gotten further than anyone had in wheedling presidential ambitions out of the governor: he “100%” won’t run in 2012, but refused to answer the same about 2016.

Gov. Chris Christie‘s fiscally austere image took a bit of a hit this week as he decided to use a taxpayer-funded helicopter to go to his son’s baseball game (and use a taxpayer-funded limousine for the rest of the trip). Given that New Jersey isn’t a formidable land mass and the helicopter cost $12.5 million, many in the state– especially those who Christie has demanded have their salaries reduced– were in an uproar, and they seem to have impacted the governor: Christie’s office will now reimburse the state.

The New York Post‘s Josh Margolin reports this morning that President Obama‘s re-election campaign is taking no chances with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, with “operatives” collecting “opposition research” just in case Christie should change his mind and enter the 2012 race. “The operatives have chosen not to dispatch their own people to New Jersey, but instead are talking to people there and in New York who know Christie from his time in the governor’s office, as a gubernatorial candidate and as US attorney.”

Tomorrow is Election Day in most of Hudson County, New Jersey, the sliver of densely populated metropolis running parallel to the island of Manhattan, and Gawker’s Jim Newell did yeoman’s work in finding the winner of this year’s campaign ad season: a rap music video (?) about the wonders of North Bergen, NJ, featuring terrible grammar, some sick iMovie skills, and more wacky accents than a California gubernatorial debate.

Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who left office after making his “I am a gay American” declaration, has failed in his effort to become an Episcopal priest, according to a story today in the New York Post.

According to the Post‘s Chuck Bennett and Josh Margolin, the Church didn’t have a problem with McGreevey being a gay American, but being a party to a bitter and nasty divorce:

Ed Schultz rejoiced last night over some poll results out of New Jersey showing that Republican Governor Chris Christie‘s approval ratings have “taken a dive.” Schultz found this particularly gratifying since Christie is the “great white hope for conservatives to turn everything around for the righties,” yet suggested the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are clueless to praise Christie when his own residents don’t even like him.

Following President Obama’s speech Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviewed Texas Tea Party founder Phillip Dennis, whom she chided for taking a gratuitous shot at New Jersey. Referring to previous guest Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dennis said, “No wonder that state’s so screwed up.” Hall, a fellow Texan, took exception to the jab, nonetheless.

Remember Jesse, the three-year-old (now five-year-old) boy who was deemed “too small” to live out his dream of being governor of New Jersey? Of course you do; you’ve thought of nothing else. Well, the squeaky wheel, as they say, gets the most oil: Governor Chris Christie has named the little boy governor for a day.

Meet Jesse. He’s three years old, enjoys nice long car rides in booster seats, and wants to be governor of the great state of New Jersey. The only problem is that other people (elitists) keep telling him he’s too small to run for political office, despite Jesse’s assertion that he’s already in college.

Governor Christie has suspended two members of the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission for questionable behavior – including Albert Manzo, husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey castmember Caroline Manzo.

Sometimes the words “townhall meeting” bring up images of citizens angry with their elected representatives and finally having the opportunity to voice their complaints. Not in New Jersey though where the popular Republican Governor Chris Christie is apparently an increasingly attractive politician.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has made a high-profile habit of saying he’s absolutely, positively not running for president in 2012, but as home turf newspaper the Newark Star-Ledger describes in a profile on the governor, he’s clearly planning a move to the national stage–and doing it very, very well. “He happens to be where the action is, and he’s talking about it better and louder than everybody else,” Jersey State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos tells the paper.

While a WABC news crew attempted to cover a series of stabbings outside a New Jersey hospital, a man smashed their news van window, and reached in to help himself to their pricey electronics. A prince among men, no?

The news crew said they yelled, “Hey!” at the man, who then ran away, loaded down with small electronics, to a Honda Civic parked nearby.

Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie appeared on Fox News Sunday and made it very clear that he thinks his unique “straight talk” is not the type of political rhetoric that needs to be toned down. As evidenced during this interview, Christie’s language, which some may find coarse, is much more likely to spark laughter than violence, so fans of unpredictable and blunt commentary will continue to not be disappointed whenever Christie speaks.

For those of you who spent the final night of 2010 wondering “whither Snooki‘s ball?”, you should be monumentally ashamed. But you shall also have your answer: MTV’s proposed plan to drop Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was rejected by Times Square in an uncharacteristic twist of good taste, but that didn’t deter MTV from going ahead and droppin’ balls anyway.