Chris Christie Speech: Gets Heat For Not Talking About Romney Enough In Keynote At Republican Convention
New Jersey Govenor Chris Christie has gotten heat from some Republicans who think he didn't talk enough about Mitt Romney during his keynote address at the Republican National Convention on Aug. 28.
Christie focused more on the broader themes of Republican policy than the personal attributes of his party's presidential nominee. However, he told delegates from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania at a breakfast on Wednesday morning that he was free to do so because Ann Romney's speech was meant to take the personal angle.
"I really felt that my job last night was to lay out the stakes in this election and the choice in this election," Christie said. "And as it turned out, with Mrs. Romney going first it freed me up - remember she was supposed to be going Monday night and because of the hurricane it was canceled - so instead both of us were on the same night."
Some pundits didn't find Christie's approach fitting for the occasion. He mentioned Romney's name only a handful of times in the speech, which MSNBC's Rachel Maddow called "an act of political selfishness."
But Christie said Wednesday that he was satisfied with letting Ann Romney focus more on Mitt Romney, the person.
"It actually freed me up to put the choice into more general terms. It allowed me to be able to let Ann Romney talk about Mitt Romney the person. And I thought she did an extraordinary job last night," he said.
