I think with Gov. Christie it's gotten a little too personal, so we're ready to kiss and make up," Paul told Fox News host Neil Cavuto Wednesday afternoon.

"I'm inviting him for a beer," Paul said. "Any time he would like to come down and sit down at the pub right around the corner from the Senate, we'll have a beer."

But Christie rebuffed the offer during his monthly appearance on 101.5 FM's "Ask The Governor" program.

"I'm running for re-election in New Jersey. I don't really have time for that at the moment," Christie told host Eric Scott when asked about the beer summit. "You know, if I find myself down in Washington I'll certainly look him up. I don't suspect I'll be there anytime soon. I've got work to do here."

Paul and Christie have been engaged in a weeklong war of words that began with Christie criticizing Paul over his statements that some domestic security efforts could violate citizens' rights to privacy.

"I mean, these esoteric, intellectual debates -- I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation. And they won't, 'cause that's a much tougher conversation to have," Christie said at a roundtable discussion in Aspen, Colo.

Paul responded forcefully.

"Chris Christie worries about the dangers of freedom. I worry about the danger of losing that freedom," Paul said in a post on his Facebook page. "Spying without warrants is unconstitutional."

I think with Gov. Christie it's gotten a little too personal, so we're ready to kiss and make up," Paul told Fox News host Neil Cavuto Wednesday afternoon.

"I'm inviting him for a beer," Paul said. "Any time he would like to come down and sit down at the pub right around the corner from the Senate, we'll have a beer."

But Christie rebuffed the offer during his monthly appearance on 101.5 FM's "Ask The Governor" program.

"I'm running for re-election in New Jersey. I don't really have time for that at the moment," Christie told host Eric Scott when asked about the beer summit. "You know, if I find myself down in Washington I'll certainly look him up. I don't suspect I'll be there anytime soon. I've got work to do here."

Paul and Christie have been engaged in a weeklong war of words that began with Christie criticizing Paul over his statements that some domestic security efforts could violate citizens' rights to privacy.

"I mean, these esoteric, intellectual debates -- I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation. And they won't, 'cause that's a much tougher conversation to have," Christie said at a roundtable discussion in Aspen, Colo.

Paul responded forcefully.

"Chris Christie worries about the dangers of freedom. I worry about the danger of losing that freedom," Paul said in a post on his Facebook page. "Spying without warrants is unconstitutional."