"Where You Are The Celebrity"
President Barack Obama came to the heart of New Jersey Sunday, he arrived in both Camden & then Newark, New Jersey @ the Prudential Center were thousands of state & out of state residents came to bear witness to one of his historic, motivating & inspiring speeches which were themed around the fact that New Jersey Govenor Jon Corzine is critical to the White House Agenda & that he should continue to be the garden states Govenor for another term!
“He’s one of the best partners I have in the White House. We work together,” Obama said. “We know our work is far from over.”
Obama drew 6,500 people at the rally in Camden and another 11,000 later in Newark, according to White House estimates. He urged supporters to work hard to give Corzine another term in office so he can work with Washington to help repair a brittle economy. A Corzine loss would be seen as a political embarrassment for the White House.
Obama tagged Republican leadership and lax regulations for the economic crisis and dismissed GOP candidate Chris Christie’s criticism of Corzine. Their race is seen as a tossup, and a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll released Sunday found Christie backed by 43 percent of likely voters and Corzine by 42 percent.
In Newark, Obama kept the campaign personal: “I know this man. When I was running for the United States Senate, before anybody knew my name, Jon Corzine offered his support.”
Corzine, entering the final push of his close re-election bid, wrapped himself in Obama’s brand, calling him “our friend, our partner.” He took the stage to a Stevie Wonder tune, a staple from the Obama campaign soundtrack. Citing Obama’s win a year ago, he said a victory on Tuesday would help him support the White House’s agenda.
“I’m here to ask you a simple question: Are you ready to keep it going?” Corzine said. “Today I am standing with President Obama. That tells you everything you need to know.”
“It’s a tough time for New Jersey and it’s a tough time for America,” President Obama said in Newark. “We know how much has to be done.”
“It’s a tough time for New Jersey and it’s a tough time for America,” he said in Newark. “We know how much has to be done.”
