Interesting turn of events

What exactly is a presidential candidate supposed to do during a natural disaster? He doesn't really have an office or resources for things other than campaigning.

I think people are seeing too much politics in this.  Plain and simple:

Mitt Romney is running for president and he has campaigning to do in these last few hours.  He'll try to take advantage of anyone popular (Christy) to win additional votes.  Nothing wrong with this - it's what's expected.  And he waited until very late (Sunday night).

Chris Christy's state is a freakin' MESS!  Power outages, still flooding, people homeless, cold weather, a new storm coming in tomorrow, the election today...  He's just trying to keep his fellow Jerseyites alive.  He has no time for politics or campaigning.  I'll bet he fills his spare 2 hours a day with what he needs - sleep.

Simple as that.

And as for "Where has Mitt been during this crisis?"  Doing what he should've been doing.  He shut down the negative Obama attacks during the storm (sure the cronies on both sides kept it up, but not him), kept doing some tame campaigning, and even turned a couple campaign events into donation collections for those in need.  It would've been a cheesy political stunt to visit NJ or NY during the crisis.  Not his job.  That's what the President did - his job.  I think Obama, Christy and yes, Romney ALL did the right moves and actions during the storm crisis and recovery.

There.  I said it!  Mr. "Vote for Obama" just praised Romney.  But credit is due where it's due.  he and his advisers made the right call.  This past week has been handled as well as they could've on all sides both politically and directly.  I've got no complaints.

While Mitt may have limited power, at the very least should have offered a helping hand. A simple, "what can I do to help?" would have gone a long way in my book. (not that my book really matters).  His lack of involvement makes me question if he would have the wherewithal to handle a catastrophe of this size if he were elected president.  As far as I can tell he simply turned a blind eye and shrugged it off.

Yes this state is a mess, Christie is doing a fantastic job (that is very hard for me to say and this is probably the only time during his reign that I feel he did something for the people), but there is no question in my mind that he has done everything he can to keep this state from falling apart at the seams. 

at at least one of his rallies this weekend, he collected food and supplies to send into communities hit by the storm.  i'm no mitt fan, but he really doesn't have the power/position to help out any more directly. 

Was he the ball?