I won't hold my breath, but the Left/MSM might actually be cutting their own throat here. From our nominal viewpoint, they SHOULD want Christie as the "backup" plan because he's such a lousy RINO in case Clinton didn't win.
However, I think they're misjudging the situation badly, and are SCARED of him, thinking he's the kind of "edgy moderate" (oxymoron as it is) that will pull both the GOP and the middle and win over Hillary. They don't realize that the "enthusiasm gap" on the Right would be even WORSE with him than it was with McCain or Romney.
It actually leaves more room for the likes of Paul or Cruz in the primaries. Hell, Christie makes Rubio look GOOD. And then maybe with changes like Reince Priebus, while far from perfect, at least able to win in a purple/blue state like WI, and not being an RNC chair with his head not in his ass, re-working the GOP primary to do some basic triage for the party, like giving the lefty MSM the boot as moderators, it at least paves the way for a conservative miracle.
If they don't win with a principled conservative. Oh well, getting the government we deserve and all that.
Light the match, get this over with, as others have said.
