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Democratic Analyst Pat Caddell on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s Republican Convention keynote speech.
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Wow wow I gotta tell you my hands on but that speak I wanna pay a couple things that are really important.
He never mentioned the word Obama.
He did not deliberate -- He no regrets.
Spoke to something much bigger than platitudes -- audience lines he's done this audience what he started talking about true.
This is about these values in a country where people.
Part terrified about what happens when -- what I talked about someone who would get up and talk about what America.
That -- -- the winter is coming up what we must do.
He spoke to that would they can fix it.
-- -- reminds me up the great -- this rivals the greatest.
Keynote address in my lifetime.
Burial well I'll tell you I was just stick your same thing -- if you're.
Thousands of Marty's view Mario Cuomo's.
Shining city on an -- -- comes back -- criticizes.
The rate get a roasted to downsize government would benefits.
But this within a different league in terms of taxes nobody -- from the -- guys the indictment here and that challenge to people to America.
That is something that that this may have more than nominee of the Republican Party right now this election revealed.
Because I don't know -- Bob -- -- says that's the question for Romney not only you have to match the speed.
If you look he deserves credit -- -- -- to do they know what speech he would give the night they know what part they have set for themselves.
What he.
This debate be on the PS -- what.
-- -- -- -- There were a couple of I always -- like -- great writer of the Euro right.
Simple lines.
Not not me yes me and other words.
Twisting the -- FKI that's not what your country to do you -- you -- to -- -- country he -- -- Jersey.
-- Even adults on his -- and I have to say it.
Our job is not to read -- the polls with the president.
Our job is to change the polls and what are we -- -- the -- we change the polls with our principles.
I mean it was like he was in two lines like that and the word I don't know how many times you.
Use the word currently but he did not deliver -- -- -- he did in his own way.
What he did is he framed the election.
The -- and -- choice which I've been saying for months this country is worried.
And don't either party's candidates have yet been able to get up into anything other in the running for office he -- -- -- now.
He did and a positive way because what you just said when he said it's about a us.
It's about our generation.
And we -- we will of what our children read in the history books about us soldier powerful powerful names and -- And you always remind me we -- -- ethnic nation we are and a question of many people's.
And and this is not certainly meant to be a slap against the Romney's.
But they don't seem as part of that as this Italian Irish kid from Jersey who this beats -- the simple -- of simple people.
Who speak very powerful.
And what he has done in Jersey -- what he's trying to do there.
Bust in some heads while he's added.
Speaks to our frustrate well yeah does speak to any talks about being affected.
Her and their people -- Jersey dispute cannot dispute with the government but.
And I'll likes what he does when he took -- -- about -- -- party teachers -- the party teachers unions and -- the party teachers.
Like that some see education that they you know that was very it is in because he drew a distinction I'm not -- -- -- he said this horrible crime without the unions in the state of new Jersey's New Jersey -- -- -- We're I have not against policemen firemen and I think -- features -- nothing against.
Transit workers I very big -- with the unions that represent them.
These free to different say I'm not -- -- -- the common man.
On the and I the alleged unions and supposedly represent your comment until they don't -- changes -- -- and I wanna take a political line that really.
But I've been preaching.
Polls lives and alienated when he said about political leaders.
Driving the car all the clip and all they care about is that they are behind the -- when the country goes.
-- -- there I have to go back and agreed to speak there are clearly powerful words in order to -- he delivered you know you talk about the speech awaits written.
There -- a lot of crisply written speeches I'm sure there will be some blunt lines in there but it's -- he delivered it was a passion he delivered.
This is a speech I don't want my I don't know -- included delighted that he certainly spearhead every word he was here.
It was it was an -- But also in a wonderful opportunity.
Without being -- in the into the world's here no we can do this he just given a new definition Republican Party was not up there.
Screaming we're the party you know.
He was saying we -- party obviously we could -- Listen I think this is a major event and I wanna go back to what I sort of -- -- not attacking Obama.
-- analysts say that it probably.
Is that it's not just a question -- his -- in your Mitt Romney.
-- you listened to speech.
At a called ground we don't know what he's gonna do you bomb tomorrow night and you think need be actually depict that kind.
-- -- Quiet and have always thought he'd lose a game and I think -- would have said yeah.
You know in some ways I don't know that he could be -- number two no way it is not a he's -- -- -- you know many times that I talked to him that he just said.
-- -- -- -- Like a number studio believes that won't last if they don't look like the number -- to make all of the people who wanted him to run tonight or are we think.
But he is carved out something more important.
He has carved out a definition for his party -- the first person American politics can speak to the urgency that I have been so.
Arguing they must deal.
