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People need to heed the message of Chris Christie and get the job done. We don't want the last century, America's century, to be a historical accident.

Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction.

I know Gov. Christie. We've met a couple of times.

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

We live in a nation where, when New Jersey figures out how to do something and does it well, and shows progress, it affects other states.

Whether you're talking about Chris Christie, or you're talking about Rick Perry or Scott Walker or John Kasich, there's more interesting evolution at the state level than there is in Washington.

My view is that we should not be taxing at the Federal level for the things that New Jersey can do for itself.

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.

Candidates ignore New Hampshire at their own peril. You all remember President Giuliani? He's done a great job in the White House.