Key Note

I think Chris Christie just kicked off his own presidential campaign.  Of course the announcers are saying he "literally brought the crowd to its feet."  He ordered them, several times, to stand up, and they did.  I guess that's a sure way to get a standing ovation.  Christie, son of a man who worked at Breyers Ice Cream plant (who'd have guessed), opened by taking credit for union busting, not of the teamsters, but of teachers.  Does anyone really think that  teachers can be expected to be as enthusiastic and dynamic in their twentieth year in the classroom as when they first started, and if they wind down a little and are no longer at their absolute peak performance, are they to be put out to pasture with no benefits to be replaced by a younger crop.
   Christie got one of the most enthusiastic reactions to his saying,   " Real leaders don't follow polls.  They change polls."  I don't understand what this means, in effect.  Any more than his references to America's "second generation."  (Or was it "second Century"?)  The audience seemed to get it, but what the heck does it mean, either way?  I think that's what he said. 
    After Christie finished citing his long-dead mother, who instilled the importance of respect over love, thereby  contradicting Mrs. Romney's message of love, he praised his own efforts at bringing those snotty teachers' unions under control. He then listed two columns with all the good beliefs held by Republicans, and all the negative qualities held by Democrats.  Them vs Us.  I can't see how he knows what "we" all think.    Oh, yes, his family had also been very poor.  The audience seemed to contain an inordinate number of elderly folk, and the camera kept homing in on the same few young people who then cheered vociferously.  I would say educators should beware.
  P.S.    I wonder when Charley Rose sleeps.