Quote of the Day: @GovChristie on Obama wanting another four years (VIDEO)

Via Mediaite:

Over the weekend, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, during a speech in Richmond, Virginia, took aim at President Barack Obamaβ€˜s comment about how he’s learned he can’t change Washington from the inside. If the president believes that, Christie said, β€œwhat the hell is he doing asking for another four years?”

β€œYou may not know this, but the president loves me,” Christie said, eliciting laughter from the audience. β€œSo since he loves me, I want to help the president.”

Thus, Christie noted president’s remark. β€œYou can’t change Washington from the inside,” Obama said back in September. β€œYou can only change it from the outside.”

β€œIf you don’t think you can change Washington from inside the White House, then let’s give you the plane ticket back to Chicago you have earned,” Christie said, asking, β€œI mean that is a scary thing for the President of the United States to say, isn’t it?”

Christie continued: β€œIt shows his arrogance. If he really believes that, if he believes that, then what the hell is he doing asking for another four years?”

Video below:

You can watch the full Christie speech at C-SPAN (via Charlie Spiering).

The point Christie is hammering is a variation of one I’ve said before that Mitt Romney and his campaign and surrogates need to hammer home from now until election day: “You’ve had four years, Mr. President, and things haven’t gotten better – in fact, they’ve gotten worse. Why should you be given another four? Answer: You shouldn’t.”

With the two weeks left before the election, and the polls still remaining tight in some areas but appearing to give Mitt Romney a bit of an edge in others, now is the time to ramp up that message that four years was and is ENOUGH. Mitt laid a zinger of sorts on Obama with this argument in the first debate on the issue of the deficit. I hope to see him do it again tonight in the foreign policy debate which is – thankfully – the last presidential debate of this election cycle. I’m sure Romney has the desire to leave voters with a lasting positive impression and image of him, and tonight will be the night to do it. Let’s hope he does, even in the face of yet another biased moderator – CBS’s Bob Schieffer.