Christie: US Fails to Live Up to 'Tradition of Exceptionalism’

From NewsMax.com - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a much-anticipated speech at the Reagan Library slammed President Barack Obama for being a “bystander in the Oval Office,” and said the Washington gridlock is ineffective and embarrassing to the rest of the country.Christie addressed domestic and international issues important to Americans, but did not do what many supporters had hoped announce a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.“We watch a president who once talked about the courage of his convictions, but still has yet found the courage to lead,” Christie said. “We watch a Congress at war with itself because they are unwilling to leave campaign style politics at the Capitol’s door.” The address at the Reagan Library gives Christie, who has urged Republican presidential candidates to take a harder line on entitlement spending and debt, an opportunity to expand his influence in national politics and shape the race, according to political observers. Still, supporters were not letting it go. In a brief question-and-answer session after his speech, it was the number two question asked by a supporter. Christie joked that he had expected the "are you running" question to be the first. Again, Christie was pressed by another audience member; he directed people to go to a website that compiled a video version of all his no answers back-to-back. "Click on it, those are the answers," Christie said. Read more

Christie: US Fails to Live Up to 'Tradition of Exceptionalism’