Chris Christie: I would rather die than be in the U.S. Senate

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he isn’t running for public office in New Jersey again.

And by the looks of it, the possible 2016 GOP presidential contender really isn’t setting his sights on the U.S. Senate.

“Believe me, by the way, when I say I’m never running for public office in New Jersey again, I mean I’m never running for public office in New Jersey again,” he said at the 2014 New Jersey NAACP convention.

“The only job left for me to run for is United States Senate, and let me just say this: I would rather die than be in the United States Senate,” said a characteristically direct Mr. Christie. “I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment [in] the subcommittee? Forget it.

“It would be over everybody,” he continued. “You’d watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown — that would be it.”

The comments came as he was speaking about the fact that his time in public office in New Jersey will end soon and that what he does in the next three years will define his legacy and provide the foundation for whoever succeeds him to build upon.

“It’s time to put touchdowns in the end zone,” he said. “We’ve done a lot of them over the course of the last five years and there’s more for us to do. But in the end, I’m never running for office in New Jersey again. And so, the real question is my legacy will not be defined by another election victory or loss. It’ll be defined by what I accomplish in the time I have left in public service.”