Time runs Chris Christie cover: 'The Elephant in the Room, Time magazine's upcoming issue features New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on the cover with a headline that has upset many people -- "The Elephant in the Room."
The issue, which hits newsstands Friday, shows the overweight governor in profile. The headline could be taken to refer to Christie's 22-point victory Tuesday in his bid for a second term and his future as a likely 2016 Republican presidential contender or to his girth.
The magazine ran several stories inside on Christie's prospects and on whether he is the hope of a Republican Party in the midst of a faction fight, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.
Christie and Time already have a history. In January, he was on the cover with a full-face portrait and a headline that read "The Boss." That led Christie to tell radio host Don Imus he was "reporting Time magazine to the, like, anti-Italian defamation league."
Time ran a small sample of some of the response to its latest cover. The web magazine Salon called the headline a "fat joke" while Business Insider said it was "a brilliant triple entendre."
The magazine ran its own summary of its thinking: "Christie's outsized influence in his party and the discomfort he causes some fellow Republicans who consider him, well, the elephant in the room."
The issue, which hits newsstands Friday, shows the overweight governor in profile. The headline could be taken to refer to Christie's 22-point victory Tuesday in his bid for a second term and his future as a likely 2016 Republican presidential contender or to his girth.
The magazine ran several stories inside on Christie's prospects and on whether he is the hope of a Republican Party in the midst of a faction fight, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.
Christie and Time already have a history. In January, he was on the cover with a full-face portrait and a headline that read "The Boss." That led Christie to tell radio host Don Imus he was "reporting Time magazine to the, like, anti-Italian defamation league."
Time ran a small sample of some of the response to its latest cover. The web magazine Salon called the headline a "fat joke" while Business Insider said it was "a brilliant triple entendre."
The magazine ran its own summary of its thinking: "Christie's outsized influence in his party and the discomfort he causes some fellow Republicans who consider him, well, the elephant in the room."