Hurricane Christie

Memo to conservatives: These images of President Obama and Gov. Christie did not lose you the 2012 Presidential Election.

President Obama is touring the Jersey shore with Gov. Christie later today.  Like an approaching hurricane far off in the distance, the conservative criticism of Gov. Christie that is about to reappear is both predictable and ludicrous.  Before the “conservative intelligencia” restart the anti-Christie movement, let’s take a moment and set the story straight.

The president’s visit is sure to remind conservatives of Gov. Christie’s post-Hurricane Sandy comments, comments they viewed as tantamount to treason. 

Six days before the election on NBC’s Today, Gov. Christie was asked about the federal response to Hurricane Sandy to which he replied, “The federal government response has been great. I was on the phone at midnight again last night with the president personally. The president has been outstanding in this. The folks at FEMA … have been excellent.”

President Obama and Gov. Christie brief the press after touring New Jersey and seeing the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

Matters, in the eyes of conservatives were made worse when Gov. Christie was photographed showing President Obama the decimated Jersey shoreline.  Too some in the conservative movement, including many Romney aides, Gov. Christie’s comments were what helped sway the 2012 election towards President Obama.

To that I say, get real!  Is it any reason you lost?

Chris Christie did not lose the 2012 race for Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney did that for himself.  And furthermore I counter by asking what should Gov. Christie have done?

President Obama and Gov. Christie tour the Jersey Shore via Marine One after Hurricane Sandy.

Hurricane Sandy, in New Jersey alone, killed 37 people, damaged 346,000 homes and caused $30 billion in damage.  Gov. Christie, did what good public servants do.  He put service ahead of party and went to bat for his state.

The real act of treason is that the conservative movement still views the anti-Christie sentiment as acceptable.  So before the conservative movement re-ignites the debate, this conservative want to get out ahead of the storm and set a course-correction.