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Gov. Christie: Obama deserves "great credit" for storm response
CBS News ^ | October 30th, 2012 | CBS News

Posted on 10/30/2012 6:14:40 AM PDT by KantianBurke

CBS News) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke to "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall near Atlantic City, N.J. and wreaked havoc statewide.

"The state of New Jersey took it in the neck worse than any other state," Christie said of the storm's effects. "It's going to take us a while to dig out from under it, but we will dig out from under it," he added.

Christie called the level of cooperation between the local, state and federal governments "excellent" and praised President Obama's involvement. "I was on the phone for the third time yesterday, last night, with the president of the United States. He called me at midnight last night as he was seeing reports," he said before adding that President Obama accelerated the designation of New Jersey as a major disaster area "without the usual red tape."

"The cooperation has been great with FEMA here on the ground and the cooperation from the president of the United States has been outstanding. He deserves great credit," Christie added.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: christie; hurricanesandy; newjersey; obama
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2016 GOP nominee anyone?
1 posted on 10/30/2012 6:14:44 AM PDT by KantianBurke
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To: KantianBurke

CBS playing politics....see see Odungo is great, Bush bad bad


2 posted on 10/30/2012 6:16:32 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: KantianBurke

I’m a big Christie fan, but if Romney wins Tuesday, he’ll be the nominee.


3 posted on 10/30/2012 6:17:06 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.")
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To: KantianBurke

Can we make it through the next election before readying the 2016 circular firing squad?


4 posted on 10/30/2012 6:17:19 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: KantianBurke

“Credit” would have been fine for Christie to say...”great credit” was way over the line.


5 posted on 10/30/2012 6:18:58 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: KantianBurke

2016 GOP nominee anyone?
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How about “Bozo of the Year”? Helping us lose two in the bag Senate races and now promoting O. What is he thinking? Surely not 2016. That’s laughable.


6 posted on 10/30/2012 6:19:19 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: KantianBurke

And this was the guy that Coulter said we couldn’t win without.


7 posted on 10/30/2012 6:19:35 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 1rudeboy

Its never too early to expose RINOs as much as that troubles bots like you.


8 posted on 10/30/2012 6:19:46 AM PDT by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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To: KantianBurke

He has to pass reelection next year first anyway.


9 posted on 10/30/2012 6:20:13 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: KantianBurke
Gov. Christie: Obama deserves "great credit" for storm response

For making a few phone calls? Too bad he couldn't have done the same with Benghazi?

Christie has a tendency to over-exaggerate.

10 posted on 10/30/2012 6:21:19 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ( For AMERICA's sake: Vote for the Mormon, NOT the muslim; The Capitalist, NOT the Communist! FUBO!)
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To: KantianBurke
Even funnier is your implication that Christie's disapproval of Obama's hurricane response would somehow "qualify" him for the 2016 nomination. Breathtakingly stupid, even by your standards.
11 posted on 10/30/2012 6:21:38 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Gay State Conservative

I disagree. He is known nationally as a Romney spokesman. He cannot be perceived to be playing politics with the storm. He is going out of his way to be nice so the MSM cannot portray him as a Romney attack dog damning the President with faint praise.


12 posted on 10/30/2012 6:21:43 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: KantianBurke

Obama’s only motivation is his image for the election. Sorry...but that is how I see it.

At this point, I do not know what motivated Christie’s “GREAT credit” remark about the present inhabitant of the White House.


13 posted on 10/30/2012 6:22:34 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: Gay State Conservative

His demeanor in Fox & Friends this AM was troubling. Christie was absolutely pissed when they asked if Romney might come tour the damage but then waxed poetic about how wonderful Obama had been, and how he’d called him three times yesterday.

If this narrative of Obama = great leader in tough times continues (and you better believe Romney will now either be silenced or ignored or painted as insincere), it could very well affect this election. Thanks, Chris!


14 posted on 10/30/2012 6:23:28 AM PDT by LittleSpotBlog
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To: wideawake

What storm? It’s bad enough the press overhyped Sandy, let’s not do it here. I mean, this hurricane fizzled. There is no disaster.


15 posted on 10/30/2012 6:23:49 AM PDT by Outraged At FLA
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To: KantianBurke
2016 GOP nominee anyone?

No, thanks. For starters, loudmouth, fat guy, Jersey/NYC attitude doesn't go over well with a lot of people.

16 posted on 10/30/2012 6:24:00 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: KantianBurke
2016 GOP nominee anyone?

NO!

Great Christie let FEMA into his state to do its job unlike the dem gov. of Louisiana when Bush was president....Yes, Christie deserves credit for not playing politics with a state disaster...rah, rah Christie....OK I am done.

17 posted on 10/30/2012 6:24:33 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: KantianBurke

Christie was on with the Friends as well...they asked if Mitt or Barry were visiting and he slammed them with—I don’t give a DAMN about presidential politics right now, there are lives at stake, etc. He then concluded that Barry called him three times to offer whatever he needed and for that he will commend him.


18 posted on 10/30/2012 6:24:37 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: 1rudeboy

awww don’t worry bot. Even if the RNC cuts off your allowance you’ll always have Dubya’s “Daily Dose” threads to oogle.


19 posted on 10/30/2012 6:25:09 AM PDT by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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To: KantianBurke

Diplomatic-speak for “Give me money!”.


20 posted on 10/30/2012 6:25:28 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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