“I thought the most ironic part of what the President said last night was when he said he ran his last campaign,” the New Jersey Republican told reporters in Washington on Wednesday morning. “It sounded to me like a campaign speech last night, like the ’04 speech, like the ’08 speech.”
When Obama said he had run his final campaign Tuesday night, some members of the audience applauded. Obama quickly shot back: “I know, because I won both of them.”
Christie’s comments came after he spent two hours in a Capitol Hill row house, meeting with a few dozen House GOP lawmakers, as well as Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois.
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“I’ve often felt that the country was ready for a big guy with an attitude from Jersey,” Dent added.
Other members who attended included Rep. Patrick Meehan, who co-hosted with Miller, Rep. Leonard Lance of New Jersey, Rep. Tom MacArthur of New Jersey, Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania, Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, and Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey.
