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President Christie…? Works for me.

What a brilliant move. It would have been reasonable to expect the people of NJ, even supporters of Christie, after receiving the bad news to just shake there heads and say, "See loudmouth, you just cost us a lot of money. They're gonna take it out on you, by taking it out on us.."

But he didn't go there. I mean, he called out the administration's name, but that's it.

Any normal person can identify with his point. If he makes it, of course. And he sure as hell did.

I think he knows there are more normal people out here than the King thinks there are.

Oh, forget Rick Perry!

Clone him. All three-hundred pounds of him! Now!

A politician taking responsibility? He should definitely be careful the progressives don't "take him out".

The best thing for the country is for Gov. Christie to stay in New Jersey another term. Maybe two. Reagan was out in the political wilds for years, honing his skills and preparing himself.

But most of all, you don't stage a revolution by first storming the palace. You build up forces and leaders in the countryside first.

Can't agree, Pappy. 2010 is a crucial referendum on the direction of the country, but 2012 is ALL if we ever hope to turn this ship around.

Post should be titled, "5 Minutes with the man who SHOULD be president" IMHO

It sounds as if the Feds were grasping at straws to Avoid paying out the funds to N.J.

They're all critical, WC.

But you don't put a Christie in enemy territory without support or seasoning. New Jersey is not D.C., or even the country. He'd be, at best, rendered ineffective.

"the man who SHOULD be president"? Yes. But not yet.

I love this guy! I hope Ohio can get it right this time, like New Jersey did with Christie.

We can only hope and pray.

I also admire Christie, but he just showed me he will not be the one to be turning this thing around--because the thought has not occurred to him.

The answer is that the Federal Government has no money to give New Jersey, rather it is giving New Jersey back its own money, or not, through decisions made in another huge department that should never have existed.

All federal agencies that should never have been formed are doing exactly what is natural to them. It falls to Republicans to see to it that they are not so dysfunctional that there is a rebellion.

Really? Pappy and jw - you don't believe the country would be better off *right now* if Christie were president? What great, let alone decent, president had a load of DC experience before assuming office? I'm in total agreement about the Fed not having any money to give and the DoEd being a misuse of government authority, but Christie is running NJ right now, not the federal government. I think he has perspective on his role and authority and I'd really like to see such a man in the WH today - 'cause what we have right now is the opposite!

Perfection is the enemy of the good.

That's a good honest leader you've got there, New Jersey.

No one around here is rejecting Christie, Chauvinist. We're in the water and the man is throwing us a rope--back to the same ride.

We don't want to know how to make this work, we want to know how to make it stop.

...and now for the rest of the story...

After this speech, a video surfaced showing our Ed Dept being asked in the interview if they could produce the requested data. They could not. Even after a few appeals and plenty of time to get on the phone, they were unable to do so. Whether Schundler actually did provide them with the info later or not, it cost him his job because he was not truthful with the Governor. Another quality I appreciate in Christie is his ability to understand what offense is worth firing someone over.

Unfortunately, Christie's point is still valid but being drowned out from the morass of this mess. Calling out the beauracracy was correct, but he needs to learn how to get his ducks all in a row before he starts shooting. He's learning as he's hitting our government hard.

...and now for the rest of the story...

After this speech, a video surfaced showing our Ed Dept being asked in the interview if they could produce the requested data. They could not. Even after a few appeals and plenty of time to get on the phone, they were unable to do so. Whether Schundler actually did provide them with the info later or not, it cost him his job because he was not truthful with the Governor. Another quality I appreciate in Christie is his ability to understand what offense is worth firing someone over.

Unfortunately, Christie's point is still valid but being drowned out from the morass of this mess. Calling out the beauracracy was correct, but he needs to learn how to get his ducks all in a row before he starts shooting. He's learning as he's hitting our government hard.