Days after giving his State of the State address, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has continued making the rounds doing media interviews to promote his ideas.
On ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday, Christie praised President Obama’s Tucson speech for bringing people together and keeping politics out of it.
He also tells GMA host George Stephanopoulos that he thinks Sarah Palin could have chosen her words more carefully in a video in which she used the phrase “blood libel” to defend herself and rebuke her critics.
Christie, a GOP rising star, says he doesn’t think anybody believes that Palin was trying “bring violence on.”
Christie says, “she should have just said that and left it at that.”
This morning, Christie was expected to pitch his education and pension reform agenda to voters at a town hall meeting in Paramus, N.J.
Christie laid out the main points Tuesday in his first State of the State address.
They include eliminating teacher tenure, closing poor-performing schools and shoring up the teetering state pension system by requiring employees to work longer and contribute more to their retirement.
Christie also emphasized the need to continue to hold the line on spending.
Democrats say the Republican governor has cut too much, including an income tax credit for poor working families and $820 million in school aid.