NJ Gov. Christie, In Philly, Says Leaders Must Make Tough Calls

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – New Jersey governor Chris Christie was the keynote speaker on Tuesday morning at the Committee of Seventy’s annual breakfast in the grand ballroom of the Bellevue Hotel, in center city Philadelphia.

Christie was nearly an hour late for the breakfast sponsored by the political watchdog group, forcing some tap dancing from organizers and some jokes from fellow politicians like Congressman-elect Pat Meehan (R-Pa.):

“The DRPA’s not letting Christie across the bridge, that’s the problem.”

The Delaware River Port Authority has been a frequent target of Christie’s austerity efforts.

With Pennsylvania’s governor-elect, Tom Corbett, saying he’ll follow Christie’s leads in governing, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter had this special message for Christie:

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