Obama, Christie Go on Disaster Tour Together
Dear media: "Bipartisan" and "non-political" are not synonyms.
President Obama surveyed the devastation wreaked by the superstorm Sandy today with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in what both men said was a non-political event. But it was a powerful image of bipartisan cooperation just six days before the election.
Following a helicopter tour of the state's battered shoreline, Obama expressed his sympathies and promised the full weight of his office and the federal government in providing aid.
"We are here for you, and we will not forget," Obama said. "We will follow up to make sure you get all the help you need until you rebuild.
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I saw a picture of Christie and Obama standing together. I half-expected Obama to get caught in that fatboy's gravitational field and start revolving around him.