Romney campaign heads explode: Governor Christie tweets to President Obama

[Playinghardball]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Must resist.....

"President Obama called at 2:15pm this afternoon and asked if we had everything we needed."

Response from Governor Christie: "A box of two dozen donuts."

Sorry, sorry....

[Segami]

15. LOL!

[cheezmaka]

42. LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

51. Done.

[PD Turk]

58. Hey now, that's just wrong

but for some reason I cant stop

[Horse with no Name]

2. "I appreciated that LEADERSHIP"

oh the burn....

[gateley]

5. Ha! Of all the words....

[Cha]

47. I know, huh? Of all the words in all the world!

Like the freeper reaction thread where they were pissing and moaning.. asking why o why couldn't Christie have just said. "..the federal gov is doing everything they can"..

I guess the same could be asked by freepers about Christie's reaction to mitt touring with him..

Fox News co-host Steve Doocy wondered when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was going to get some of the same benefits from the hurricane with a photo op in disaster-stricken New Jersey towns.

“Over the last couple of months, you have appeared throughout the country, Governor, on behalf of Mitt Romney,” Doocy remarked to Christie. “[W]e hear that perhaps Mr. Romney may do some storm-related events. Is there any possibility that Gov. Romney may go to New Jersey to tour some of the damage with you?”

“I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested,” Christie replied, immediately shutting down the idea. “I’ve got a job to do here in New Jersey that’s much bigger than presidential politics and I could [sic] care less about any of that stuff.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/30/christie-praises-obama-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-romney-photo-op/

[LisaL]

3. So much love for President Obama.

[freshwest]

54. +1

[reformist2]

4. It ain't over 'til the fat guy tweets!

[bigregg4838]

41. Priceless!!!

And I'm a fat guy! Good sh!T

[flamingdem]

6. Gotta love this picture, Christie holding Obama's hand so tight! Aww

[madaboutharry]

9. When was this photo taken?

[flamingdem]

11. Today perhaps, it was on Rev. Al's Facebook page along with the story

but I don't know if Obama visited New Jersey, good point it might be old

[George II]

32. Obama hasn't been out of Washington since Sunday

[Cha]

48. It's from Hurricane Irene Sept 28, 2011.. here's another one, flamingem

[flamingdem]

50. So they had this good experience before, and Christie didn't change much!

Obama has gained a little weight since then and looks older!

[tavalon]

57. The good ones always do

The Presidency, done right, is an age accelerator, unfortunately.

[flamingdem]

12. Checked and it is from 2011 - Hurricane Irene photos

[monmouth]

19. I think it was last year when they had that freak storm. Christie is being sort of a wise-ass and

the President knows it.

[RichGirl]

13. Christie's no fool...

He knows where to hitch his wagon!!!

Either Christie is really fat....or our pres is very skinny!

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

24. Norton, tell Alice that Trixie says 'Hello'.

Now, let's go get something to eat.

[WCGreen]

38. That's America when it works the best..

Partisan is there for the election. Governing is for the rest...

[cheezmaka]

43. Well Put!

[tblue37]

44. I have read that CC really likes the prez. nt

[Ilsa]

7. "President RMoney called this morning and

told us to call the privatized disaster recovery group, TaggYurIt, a subsidiary of Bain Capital. After three years of premium payments, we got a recording telling us they've filed Ch 7 and the money is in the Caymans."

[TwilightGardener]

14. "TaggYurIt"--

[renate]

18. very good! n/t

[beac]

22. "TaggYurIt"

[calimary]

28. DUzy!

[magical thyme]

29. TaggYurIt!!!!! DUzy is right!!!!!

[George II]

33. And the emergency equipment was shipped to China

[Ilsa]

56. Yep,

...the money is in the Caymans and the equipment is in China where we trained the Responders!
You're so right: the China deal has to be part of it.

[LukeFL]

49. Hahaha

:applaus

[freshwest]

55. You know it!

[gateley]

8. I heard Romney called all the Republican Governors in affected States -- Any Christie tweet

about Romney's leadership?

[Ilsa]

52. So, why didn't RMoney speak with Cuomo?

And other Dem governors?
We know.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Methinks Christie isn't a Romney fan and sees the writing on the wall

For Christie, a week from now Romney will be just an unpleasant memory like that last batch of fifty chili dogs while Christie will still have a job.

[Motown_Johnny]

16. I just had to retweet that Leadership one

link is here : https://twitter.com/GovChristie


time stamp as of now is ~18 hours

[Jennicut]

17. You know Christie is a straight talking kind of guy.

I disagree with many of his posistions but I think he knows BS when he sees it and Mitt Romney is full of BS.

Obama is the real deal. He is getting praise from all the Govs during this crisis, both Dem and Repub.

Honestly, Govs Malloy and Christie both handled this hurricane well. They implied a sense of urgency and gave very stern warnings to evacuate.

[ecstatic]

20. Love it! For now. I'm going to wait and see

though. He could be trying to set up a hail mary pass to robme.

[flamingdem]

21. Good point, he could do some damage now that he's gained respectability

,, wouldn't put it past him

[Arugula Latte]

23. "One request, Mr. President -- Beat this freak Romney so I've got a shot in 2016."

[matt819]

26. That's all well and good

But if he were truly had integrity he would acknowledge publicly that President Obama's leadership is what we need and endorse him for President, rather than slavishly following the RW extremists off the cliff.

[MannyGoldstein]

27. The election must be over, then

Christie knows Obama will win.

[fozzieferocious]

30. Agreed

I don't think he is buying the idiocy from the right about how Mitt has a real chance at winning, much less potentially has it in the bag. He's getting first in line for the Federal gravy train. You know he's used to getting first in that line... :-D Ah, so easy.

I check this site several times a day: http://election.princeton.edu/ I think Sam has the best analysis of ANY (he's a biophysics and neuroscience prof at Princeton who has a passion for statistics - nuff said) and in the past few days it's been trending stronger and stronger for Obama.

[Texin]

31. I don't think that's true,

but I'd like to believe it is. It does appear that Christie is hoping for an opening and he's taking care of business to place this high on his resume of credentials for his run in 2016 (he might consider a little Weight Watchers while he's at it but I wouldn't want to give up the linuine con vongole myself, either!).

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. Pre-Clinton, this wouldn't even be a story

So a Republican Governor gives a mild compliment of appreciation to a Democratic President. Basically just being polite.

Nowadays though this will set every daytime talk hate radio jock's hair on fire.

He's hedging his bets. Of course if, between voter suppression, machine manipulation, misleading phone calls, and an increasing avalanche of lies....Mitt actually steals the victory...all will be forgiven.

[bunnies]

35. "romney campaign heads explode"

I didnt see a link. Is this just a supposition?

[JackBoik]

59. There are several threads on the topic,

on freakrepublic; this is one of them

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952237/posts

[OmahaBlueDog]

36. Christie knows he's a major player in the 2016 Campaign.

He's also not a moron - he'll do a better job to position himself as an economic centrist who will work with Dems. Note also that he hasn't asked for anything, so he can still credibly take anti-federal assistance positions.

[AverageJoe90]

37. Christie might be an asshole but he ain't all bad, I suppose.

Finally! Thank you Gov., you did something really good for once.

[underoath]

39. just trying to make himself look good

[loyalsister]

46. He's desperately trying to get on the Boss' good side

[Tx4obama]

40. I was only half-listening to TV earlier but I think Christie said Obama called him at midnight too

[cheezmaka]

45. That's why...

He's the President!

[Honeycombe8]

53. Christie's doing his job...Letter his constituents know he's got help @ the top, calming them.

Good job.