As the GOP searches for the next big thing, some believe he may already be here in that most unlikely of places…New Jersey. Sure he may not be an Alaskan hottie or cleaning up the worst natural disaster in American history, but garden state governor Chris Christie has galvanized many on the right during his aggressive campaign against teacher’s unions. A new video posted online of Christie giving a speech at a town hall meeting on Tuesday features him enrapturing a group of elderly New Jerseyans while warning of the coming days of “judgement” and “reckoning.” Using vague Biblical terms during a stirring speech to a bunch of adoring old folks? Throw a cowboy hat on him and I think we’ve got an East Coast Reagan.

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While the video doesn’t include anything as entertaining as Christie shouting down angry teachers, everything about it is sure to build up Christie’s esteem amongst Republicans in New Jersey and — maybe more importantly depending on Christie’s plans for the future — around

the country. Judging by the comments over at Breitbart.tv, it already has.

“The day of reckoning is here. Whether you’re a Republican. Whether you’re a Democrat. Whether you’re an Independent. Whether you’re rich. Whether you’re poor. Whether you’re retired or still working. Or if you’re a young child who’s wondering what New Jersey or America is going to be like for me. The day of reckoning is here. And there is no more solid obligation, I believe, that we have, as human beings and especially as Americans, than to do everything we can to leave this place better for our children and our grandchildren than it was left to us.”

Of course, detractors of the polarizing governor will be quick to point out that New Jersey’s children and grandchildren will be in trouble if their school’s have no money, but that’s always been the question with Christie. Is he a union-busting hero and the savior of the nation or a teacher-hating villain who’s fixing the bottom line at the expense of New Jersey’s youth.

Watch the video and tell us what you think.

(via Breitbart.tv)
Tags: Chris Christie, GOP, New Jersey