New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blasts President Obama's failure to provide leadership to the supercommittee.
Calling Obama "a bystander in the Oval Office," Governor Christie said he was angry:
"I was angry this weekend, listening to the spin coming out of the administration, about the failure of the supercommittee, and that the president knew it was doomed for failure, so he didn’t get involved. Well then what the hell are we paying you for? It’s doomed for failure so I’m not getting involved? Well, what have you been doing, exactly?
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In New Jersey, the reason [problems got solved] is because I called people into the room and said we’re going to solve this problem and I had people of good will on the other side who said they believed it was their obligation, regardless of party, to get done things like pension and benefit reform.
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Why the president of the United States refuses to do this is astonishing to me.
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He’s the one in Washington and he’s got to get something done here. And it’s not good enough just to say, 'Well, I’ll get it done after the election.'"
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