It is very clear that Christie is planning for 2016 run.
His speech at GOP and now this.
He has no intention of helping Romney and our country, he is OK with Obama for next 4 years.
It is his fat a..s he is concern and his presidential run in 2016.

The President is doing a reasonable job for once. It would be churlish to say otherwise.

If Mr. Obama's whole Presidency were this good, I wouldn't be a broken glass voter this time.

In a courtroom, such a question is known as argumentative, i.e. it is asked not for whatever answer it elicits, but in order to remind the jury of the circumstance underlying the question. That it was asked is simply more evidence of the highly partisan nature of the press.

Sorry, I have hard feelings. Chris is grandstanding and being obsequious to the dear leader for cash. Pandering to a politician who is facing an election in 5 days is a disgusting site to see. The stakes are too high for me to ever forgive the bloated churlish governor.

I am sure that the Obama campaign will include a "pals" picture of Obama and Christie to show how well he can work with the other party.

But, if Christie chooses to run for president in the future, that ad will be helpful to his opponents in the GOP primary.

Then again, he might run as a democrat.

Chris Christie is first and foremost governor of New Jersey. His number one priority is the welfare of the citizens of NJ. Cooperating and working with the President, no matter what the party, is his job in this type of emergency. Christie's a grown up. It doesn't mean he supports Obama.

Ann Coulter would assure Christie of one vote. His head is as inflated as his body and basically all he is, is a loud mouth.

He shouldn't. I dare someone to hold that against CC in 2016.

Narrator: "Chris Christie worked with a sitting Democrat President to help the people of his hurricane tricken state. How dare he put people and his responsibility as governor over politics! Is this the kind of man we want leading this country? A week earlier, he was very critical of that same president!"

Exactly WHAT has Obama offered for victims of the hurricane that would not be available had he NOT been President? Is he personally helping with the cleanup and restoration of power, or is he on his way to Las Vegas again? This is a state effort when all is said and done.

Mitt shouldn't touch it. As for 2016, hopefully Christie isn't stupid enough to think he could pull off what McCain couldn't. In today's poisoned political climate, if a Republican is going to "reach across the aisle," he'd better have a .45 in his hand. Bipartisanship is deader than Ted Kennedy.

Christie is not to be trusted. Giving him, and not Rubio, the "keynote" assignment was a huge mistake.

Christie didn't have to provide the photo ops for Obama. Christie didn't have to lavish praise on Obama. Christie didn't have to stand in front of the cameras with Obama and provide sound bites that are sure to find their way into Obama campaign commercials that will run in key states. There was no reason for it. He didn't have to do any of it. The money would have come without it.

Mitt's people may profess to have no hard feelings. That's fine. I'm furious at Christie, and will nurse this grudge for a decade. And I guarantee you there are plenty of others out there who are just as angry at him as I am. Bye Chris. Might as well switch parties now.

Some people have pretty short memories. Remember Texas got stiffed by Obama after their natural disaster and the media was blind deaf and dumb to it. If Obama did the same to NJ and their Republican governor it would be the same.

Call me churlish. What has Obama DONE? He's made promises. He' talked about helping people. He's going to send money. What is so special about that? Obama is being praised for showing up. The bar is awfully low.

I think his adjectives are bit hyperbolic. Governor Perry, Texas, wouldn't say anything like what Christie says. Neither would Mary Fallin, Oklahoma. Oh...wait...red states. They wouldn't have the opportunity.

Agree with #4.

Christie is over the top. I know he is NJ governor and all that, but it makes him look hypocritical.

Yet again, Romney shows true class.

What #14 said. IMHO, If all obama has to do is throw OUR Taxpayer money at States like N.J., because of hurricanes to make "someone" still vote for him, I'd have to wonder how deep the "Conservative" vote of that person is. Personally, obama could walk on the proverbial water and turn the water into wine and I STILL wouldn't vote for him and neither would anyone else I know. Chris Christie is an ingrate, and it doesn't matter how it is spun. Why would we expect anything different from a "Republican" in New Jersey? He's never claimed to be a "conservative".

#12 agree. All done for the photo op and to show 'bipartisanship'. Come Nov. 7 the money will suddenly go missing. Tough luck NJ!

Governor Christie did what any responsible governor would and should do. Now is not the time for politics. Thanking and praising the President for doing something to help the state is in keeping with his duties as governor. That doesn't mean he supports the President...it is very well known that he is one of Romney's biggest supporters. As to his wanting to run for office in 2016...I'm not holding my breath on that one. I think he is exactly where he wants to be. And in the future will most likely look to represent the NJ in the senate or accept a cabinent position.

Not everything is about politics...sometimes the elected representative has to do what is best for his people. Christie has done that.

Not a fan of Christie but I think gov just squandered a day of BOs time in a state that he was going to win anyway. In addition, the hurricane victims whose tempers are already flaring will recall that Obama was the titular head seen in all the photo ops - that's the man to blame when everything isn't back to normal in days.

No hard feelings? The Drive-By Media jackals are having a gleeful field day festival with all this hugging and kissing going on between the RNC Keynoter and America's highest ranking Dark Sider!

I'm with #12. I'm annoyed, actually very angry.

I'm surprised that any helicopter carrying (1) Christie's butt, and (2) Obama's ego could even lift off. Both egos, actually.

I knew Christie was not really pro-life, but the fact that he's willing to praise to the highest the most infanticidal person ever to hold elective office here is shocking to me. Has he no shame whatsoever? Maybe Obama could invite him to the Oval Orifice and present him with a gold curette, with Christie's initials and Obama's engraved and lovingly intertwined on it. There comes a time, Gov. Romney, when we do not make nice with those who would defeat the respectable campaigns we have run. This is all so disgusting.

Disagree with Gov Christie's actions all you like, but I recommend you lay off the cracks about his weight. It's not relevant and it makes us sound like democrats.

I think Christie is a genius! He appears to have put politics aside while formally draping responsibility for Sandy around The Won's neck!!!! Like Rush said, nothing will be fixed or appreciably better by 11/6, and in fact as we wait on long lines for expensive gas, we find ourselves despising The Won even more!!!!

#20 that would be really heartwarming if it were true. Christie has had his face on any news show that would have him since before the storm hit. Obama left NJ today after an hour and a half the same way he found it but with another campaign event under his belt. I am certainly no Bloomberg fan but at least he had the stones to tell Obama to butt out rather than put up with the drama of an Air Force One photo-op. Christie is looking out for Christie so let's tell it like it is.

OK, fatso, I get the picture. It's all about you. Another backstabbing East Coast establishment Rockefeller Republican. Shoulda known, he's from New Jersey.

To everyone saying Christie did what he had to do, I say this:

For every .52$ that is sent to NJ by the Feds, it costs NJ residents $1.00.

He did not have to kowtow to the Wan.
But he IS addicted to Federal Dollars.
CC is NOT a conservative.