Rand Paul to Chris Christie: Talk to More Americans

Thinks N.J. governor is out of touch about how public views surveillance

Republican rivals Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky are escalating their feud over national security policy and liberty.

In comments at a forum of Republican governors in Aspen, Col. Thursday, Mr. Christie said the libertarian strain championed by Mr. Paul currently coursing through the veins of political parties — as evidenced by broad, although ultimately unsuccessful, lobbying in the  House of Representatives against NSA surveillance programs this week — is dangerous.

"This strain of libertarianism that's going through parties right now and making big headlines I think is a very dangerous thought," Mr. Christie said Thursday in Aspen, Colo. on at a forum of Republican governors. "You can name any number of people and [Mr. Paul is] one of them.

Comments

[amagi1776]

Sounds like someone is a little scared of the big bad libertarians and their revolutionary ideas about free societies.

[Curtisls87]

Christie's figured out that his "bipartisanship" is trouble for his political aspirations, so he's now in attack mode, hoping to regain ground he lost in the core leadership of the party by chumming up with the president.
I thought the line that he needs to talk to more Americans was superb!