Vice President Biden campaigned today with Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), with a clear message of hitching Corzine to the Obama administration and the national Democratic brand — and tying Republican nominee Chris Christie to the unpopular Bush Republicans.
Biden said that the Obama administration relied on Corzine’s advice while crafting the stimulus package. “I literally picked up the phone and called Jon Corzine and said ‘Jon, what do you think we should do?'” said Biden. “The reason we called Jon is because we knew he knew about the economy, about world markets, about how we needed to respond.”
Biden ridiculed Christie for saying he would turn down some stimulus money. “Where do these guys live?,” Biden said of Christie. “They are talking about lowering property taxes while turning away stimulus money.”
Also at the event, Rep. Rush Holt attacked Christie, a former U.S. Attorney, as a Bush appointee: “He wants to continue their ideas. He wants to work with people who are no longer there, and thank goodness.”
