He should have postponed it until Tuesday!

"I hereby order Wednesday to become Friday, and for Friday to become Thursday. I have spoken, now go and do my bidding."

/s off/

Who IS this guy?

That's good news. My slutty secretary of state costume is still at the tailor.

You want kids walking over downed trees and power lines on streets with no lights? Right decision.

Christie did in fact joke about postponing it till election day, according to the article.

This is a good move. I wouldn't want my kids running around flooded streets with downed live power lines.

I didn't realize Halloween was a federal or state holiday... It should be up to mayors and neighborhood associations to do this. While I agree that trick or treating around floodwaters etc probably isn't the best idea, how is this any business of the governor?

This guy is a hair's breadth from being a RINO.

How about letting parents, families, communities, decide such things?

Oh yeah, and Springsteen sucks.

#4 - that is precisely why I, as a parent, am capable of making the decision. An edict from the Governor is unncessary.

From the governor who made it a point to compliment the President for DOING HIS JOB.
Obviously Christie was shocked that the president actually did ANYTHING. Signing a piece of paper for each State that is mandated a disaster area was quite a feat for a President who cannot make up his mind about
which song to listen to on his Ipod. Today he will do a celebrity tour in NJ with his normal retinue of vehicles and agents just so that no recovery work can be accomplished.

Do the kids even have to go trick or treating this year? It would not hurt them to miss one year. I did not realize it was a mandatory national function.

Gov Christie forgot the word CANCEL. Unless he knows when all recovery work will be completed, the Holiday should be CANCELLED. Obviously he is too excited that he is getting exposure with the President.

What a Maroon!!

We don't need Billy's and Marys tripping over branches and suing home owners and munipalities. In rare instances, I don't have a problem with the government making a decision for the "greater good" postponing a night of free candy isn't going to hurt anyone.

As #11 said. BTW, are most of these Halloween revelers "orphans"? Where are the parents? We need a Governor to tell them what to do and what not?

14 - some parents, yes. As my mom would have said, they haven't the brains God gave a billy goat.

If your neighborhood is relatively undamaged and mom/dad aren't otherwise occupied with pumping out the basement, why can't the neighbors organize a kid's party? Take all the candy to one site - do a trunk trick or treat. There's ways around most anything. Or - wonder of wonders - just don't do it this year!!!

Too bad Christie can't order Halloween postponed permanently and in all 50 states. Fake "holiday." Mindless, godless,soulless, hedonistic. It really gives me a lot of confidence that my money is being handled professionally when I walk into a bank and the teller is in some idiotic costume.

Thank you, #7 -- especially the springsteen observation.

He's always been a noisy, obnoxious self-absorbed phony. Clarence was cool, though.

Poster 16's post is very funny. I agree. Halloween is one of the most useless events. Parents need to do better at teaching protocol too. I don't turn on my outside lights and I don't have any goblins, skeletons, or skulls in my yard, yet I still get knocks on my door by middle school age children. Happens every single year.

They could've held a nice big Halloween party for the kids at a hall that was easy to get to or a school gym. Have all the parents take the candy they would've given out and set up tables around and let the kids have at it. Oh well, Gov. Christie loves making big decisions and this was just another one of 'em.

Ah, Halloween, the liberals' favorite holiday because you can dress up as someone you're not and go door to door looking for a handout

This guy Christie is turning into one big ass. Oh wait...

Great decision, thinking of the safety of the children of his state first. To most children Halloween is a holiday as important as Christmas and Easter. I hope they have much of the power back on in New Jersey by Monday.

This might just set a bad precedent. Now Obama will say postponing the election, for any reason he can think of, is justifiable as big Chris did it to Halloween.

Pointing fingers is fair game for Obama Inc., just change out the names from Bush to Christie and the highly adaptable blame game is accomplished.

Obama: "The new date of the election will be announced, just as soon as the polls get back to acceptable ratios of ie Obama 52, Romney 47(hint hint citizens and Rasmussen, et)". In other words, NEVER!

we have Trunk or Treats. Everyone pulls into a parking lot and opens the trunks. Some decorate...some hang out.

The kids have a great time and we don't have to fear the "neighbors"

A child whose parents were stopped from letting their child trick or treat down flooded or powerline-strewn streets, only by the declaration of big daddy government, were probably going to lose their child anyway under the rules of the Darwin Award.

Little kids shouldn't be deprived of this, and they can't go out trick or treating in this vile weather with floods and downed power lines.

Christie made the right call.

Will Christie and Obama personally arrest and lock up parents in FEMA camps if they go outside tonight with their children dressed in funny attire? Exactly how do they plan to enforce this?