He has provided changes in the NJ budget in meaningful ways and in incremental steps. He didn't slash and burn everything it his path. He doesn't play with social issues, either.
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 4, 2013 12:01 AM EST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 3, 2013 7:52 PM EST
George Will: 'Un-Romney' Christie has bright future (click here)
...His budget for 2013 calls for spending less than did the state's 2008 budget. He has vetoed a tax on millionaires three times. He has scrapped, exuberantly, with public employee unions. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, 41,000 families are still homeless. Nevertheless, 61 percent of his constituents think the state is on the right track, compared with 27 percent who thought so when he entered office three years ago. His 74 percent job approval includes 56 percent of Democrats and 78 percent of Independents. This in a state where only 29 percent view the Republican Party favorably. And New Jersey is one of just three states (with New York and Maryland) in which Barack Obama improved upon his 2008 margin of victory (18 points, up from 16)....
