Christie: "Intellectually Dishonest"

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Oct 12, 2011 at 04:58:56 PM EDT

Christie made his announcement, standing in front of a beaming Romney, before last night's GOP debate in the Granite State. Better to make Romney look inevitable, with GOP establishment figures like Denny Hastert jumping in for Romney today, and a jolt of Christie  glitter to brighten up Romney's dull veneer. Seemed to work; Romney's performance last night, by GOP standards, worked for him. He did have Christie in-house, cheering. Though, as Chuck Todd pointed out this AM on msnbc, somebody forgot to tell the electorate Romney's a sure thing.

Christie wasted no time helping out. But helping who, is the question. In yesterday's endorsement, the Gov also endorsed a state's right to enact an individual health mandate. But, invoking the term meant to spook members of his own party - Obamacare - Christie said any comparison between Ronmey's health care program in Massachusetts and Obama's federally was "intellectually dishonest".

That's either a deliberate attempt to misinform voters and paste over a stumbling block for right-wing voters (that Romney has thusfar avoided by skirting around it). Or, maybe Chris Christie just needs to read ThinkProgress. Back in April ThinkProgress did a side-by-side comparison of both plans:

Left out of Christie's endorsement and criticism of "Obamacare" is the fact that Romneycare" is financed with federal dollars, and higher taxes on people who won't buy coverage. Or that advisers and consultants who worked on his program in Massachusetts went on to advise the federal government on the dreaded "Obamacare". But seriously, why bring that up, Gov. Christie?