[Darkwolf377]

That was the first time I've been truly impressed by a politician in a long time.

THIS is what we need in our next president, our governors, our representatives. Not celebrity, not emotion, not feeling, not good looks, not any of the CRAP that people feed off of emotionally. We need someone who will say what he means and be unafraid to talk honestly and with facts and logic at the ready.

I see no one like this running for president so far.

[algernonpj]

That was the first time I've been truly impressed by a politician in a long time.

While Christie is better than Corzine, that's not saying much.

I'd be a lot more impressed if he recognized the problems caused in NJ by the infestation of illegal aliens, if in his budget school districts in which students perform well were not penalized more than they already were regarding state aid, school districts in which students perform poorly were not rewarded more than they already were with state aid, if entitlement programs were not expanded, if he vetoed NJ's version of cap and trade, if he dismantled some of the new state departments started under Corzine. FYI, Illegal aliens cost NJ $3.7 billion per year (up from 2.1 billion and rising), have resulted in many hospitals closing, etc.

[Alberta's Child]

This guy does his job with all the self-confidence and abandon of someone who knows his organization is in such desperate financial straits that nothing is off the table when it comes to money-saving measures.

The applause you hear for the governor in the background in that video is very telling. I never thought I'd see the day, but over the course of the first eight months of the Christie administration we have seen public school teachers fall to a low level of public esteem that is usually reserved for lawyers.

[ichabod1]

The reason for euphemism is the following: Sometimes the reality seems too brutal to say out loud. For example, the case can be clearly made for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nag but it sounds too awful to say we’re going to kill 200000 people with two bombs. Trouble is, it’s gotten to the point where ANYTHING can be used against the speaker so they say NOTHING.

[submarinerswife]

That was the first time I've been truly impressed by a politician in a long time.

Me too, but you need to pay attention to him when he is interviewed or when he is speaking to a crowd. He is incredibly smart, knows his facts (without referring to a TelePrompTer or written remarks) and he tells it like it is, unafraid of hurting people with the truth.

I wish he were a national political leader but when he says he will not run for President, he will not run for President.

I actually trust what he says. THAT is amazing!

[concerned about politics]

THIS is what we need in our next president, our governors, our representatives. Not celebrity, not emotion, not feeling, not good looks, not any of the CRAP that people feed off of emotionally. We need someone who will say what he means and be unafraid to talk honestly and with facts and logic at the ready.

In other words - we want the truth.

[carton253]

Because, so far, no one is running for president. We can assume they are, but until they announce, they are not.

[Lmo56]

That was the first time I've been truly impressed by a politician in a long time.

Me too ...

I am sick and tired of politicians saying something one day - then coming out the next day to say that its not what they meant or that their words were "taken out of context".

Thats what I liked about Reagan - didn't always agree with him, but he meant what he said and he said what he meant ... he told you what he believed - 100% !!!

So, agree with him or not - you always knew where he stood ...