Obama w. Christie Bumps MITT

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President Barack Obama with Republican Chris Christie.
Mitt with his usual complaints: Obama is too presidential.

[AsYouWere]

I saw he was there a couple hours ago. Storm's probably going to seal the deal for Obama.

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I saw he was there a couple hours ago. Storm's probably going to seal the deal for Obama.

Politics makes strange bed fellows.
I'm waiting for his official endorsement.

[mixiboi]

yeah this is when National stars are made....

The sleeper hit of the storm may be New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. After stumping for months for Romney, and blasting Barack Obama during his Republican National Convention keynote speech, Christie praised the president’s leadership in responding to Sandy. When aggrieved Fox News commentators tried to help him walk back his praise, he shut them down by saying that he didn’t give a damn about presidential politics right now.

In the short term, such an attitude makes Christie look like an attractive bipartisan “big picture” leader, which will only help in his upcoming gubernatorial reelection campaign. But, should Romney lose on November 6, it also leaves him open to a 2016 presidential bid. Christie’s tough talk has been attenuated by genuine concern for citizens, and he looks like the sort of guy unafraid to stand above the political fray to get the right things done.

On the other hand, Democrats can well remember the week following September 11, when New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed vaguely Churchillian in fearlessly tromping around the city, speaking of citizens’ indefatigable spirit and rising above partisan mummery and culture-war crap to get the cleanup done. Combined with his pro-choice bona fides, his tendency to dress in drag and the fact that he seemed like a cosmopolitan jackass rather than a provincial one, Democrats rapturously wished that he were the president, instead of that mushmouthed goober Dubya.

Then, in 2004, Giuliani addressed the Republican National Convention, invoking a “troops stabbed in the back” myth and an image of Democrats as terrorist- and immigrant-aiding fifth-columnists, sapping the vitality of the folk and destroying the nation from within. He did everything short of address the Republican Party from a throne of skulls.

So this Christie thing might not pan out.

Gawker.com: Who is winning the hurricane?

[2happy4u]

every President has done it. Maybe I'll change my vote since he visited NJ. Lets talk about his past record?????

[mixiboi]

every President has done it. Maybe I'll change my vote since he visited NJ. Lets talk about his past record?????

Ha, like Americans vote like that...

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Ha, like Americans vote like that...

Political Photo op of the Century motivated All the voters to vote for FORWARD

[enyo]

every President has done it. Maybe I'll change my vote since he visited NJ. Lets talk about his past record?????

Right??? Notice how no one is talking about Romney's food drive he had. The campaign even spent 5K of their own money so
attendees would have something in their hands when they went up to shake Mitts hand.

[Viburnum]

Uh-oh!!! Could New Jersey possibly go to Obama? All is lost for Romney!

[mixiboi]

[OffenseTaken]

I don't understand why so many Democrats want to punish Christie for putting the good of his constituents above partisanship. Why don't you follow the example of his goodwill, and not be dicks for a few days?

[raider.adam]

I don't understand why so many Democrats want to punish Christie for putting the good of his constituents above partisanship. Why don't you follow the example of his goodwill, and not be dicks for a few days?

Republicans hate Obama and love Christie. Democrats hate Christie, but love Obama. So both groups get really irritated when it looks like they are playing nice with each other.

Of course the non-hyper partisan part of the US citizenry look at both groups and have no idea what they are bitching about cause this is how they think the government should be.

[mixiboi]

I don't understand why so many Republicans want to punish Christie for putting the good of his constituents above partisanship. Why don't they follow the example of his goodwill, and not be dicks for a few days?

Fix it for ya...

[NickTheCage]

Republicans hate Obama and love Christie. Democrats hate Christie, but love Obama.

Come Tues PM/ Wed AM ... Repubics hate Obama and hate Christie more. Democrats love Christie and love Obama.

[2happy4u]

I don't understand why so many Democrats want to punish Christie for putting the good of his constituents above partisanship. Why don't you follow the example of his goodwill, and not be dicks for a few days?

Why is the word partisanship used only when a Republican drops his core beliefs and values to a liberal??? Never the other way????

[boognish]

What values did Christie drop when he accepted help for the citizens he's sworn to protect?

[2happy4u]

What values did Christie drop when he accepted help for the citizens he's sworn to protect?

none, but all I hear is why can't the rest of the GOP be bipartisan like the Gov. IMO he's just doing his job, just like the president, go tell that state run media. Should Obama get special high marks for doing his job? NO!

[Cro Burnham]

What values did Christie drop when he accepted help for the citizens he's sworn to protect?

whaaa??? nothing much really . . . he just hugged on national tv a COMMUNIST GAY-LOVING FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM KENYAN NATIONALIST MAU MAU REBEL IMPOSTOR!

Christie breached the republican code of conduct like sandy breached the MTA's IRT south ferry station.

unforgivable. i knew christie was secretly a marxist mau mau homophile.

[mixiboi]

none, but all I hear is why can't the rest of the GOP be bipartisan like the Gov. IMO he's just doing his job, just like the president, go tell that state run media. Should Obama get special high marks for doing his job? NO!

You should tell Gov Jendel that who gave the fed a hard time when a hurricane was heading towards New Orleans earlier this year...

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You should tell Gov Jendel that who gave the fed a hard time when a hurricane was heading towards New Orleans earlier this year...

Coming soon, Government elected officials Kill their citizens to force you to vote Republican.