Christie said what he said and the media carried the ball making people like my wife say that Christie was endorsing Obama for re-election.
I don’t think Christie supported Obama (he was for Romney) but the impression was left and uncorrected by the governor.
There were better words to have been said in a number of situations by Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock but Christie’s
comments were FUBAR.
He should have said that “in this time of crisis, I am working together with the president in spite of our partisan political differences, I support Mitt Romney for president, to work for the common good of the people of New Jersey....”
Anybody need me as a speechwriter, I’ll consider your offer.
I won’t pretend to know what Christie’s motives were. As a seasoned politician, he should know the power of narrative. The disaster was an opportunity for a Benghazi’ed Obama, who does not know the meaning of bipartisan, to look presidential. A Republican governor handed him the most important news conference of his re-election.