Christie: Obama 'kept every promise' on Sandy recovery

David Jackson | USATODAY

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upset some fellow Republicans last fall when he praised President Obama for his immediate response to the damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy.

Six months later, Christie isn't taking it back.

"The president has kept every promise he's made," Christie told MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday, during a program on the six-month anniversary of the destructive storm. "I think he's done a good job. He kept his word."

Christie, who may pursue the Republican nomination for president in 2016, said he has a "95% level of disagreement" with Obama when it comes to political philosophy, but that doesn't matter in the midst of crisis.

"I've got a job to do," said the New Jersey governor. "You wake up and 7 million of your 8.8 million citizens are out of power, you're not thinking about presidential politics."

Of Obama, Christie said: "We saw suffering together. Everything the president promised me they'd do, they've done. I don't have any complaint this morning on the issue of disaster relief."







