New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie went after Florida Sen. Marco Rubio during the ABC News Republican Presidential Debate, saying that while he's a "smart person and a good guy," he's not ready to become president.
Christie compared Rubio to another one-term senator, President Obama, and said being a governor made him better prepared for the presidency. "Every morning when a United States senator wakes up they think about what kind of speech can I give or what kind of bill can I drop," he said. "Every morning when I wake up I think of what kind of problem can I solve for the people who actually elected me." Christie accused Rubio of never being involved in a "consequential decision where you had to be held accountable," and said he didn't even vote for the Hezbollah sanctions bill that "you list as one of your accomplishments. That's not leadership. That's truancy."
Rubio retorted that under Christie, New Jersey has been "downgraded nine times in their credit rating. This country already has a debt problem, we don't need to add to it by electing someone who has experience at running up and destroying the credit rating of a state."
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