believe this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life. then we ll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. that s new jersey s governor chris christie. he s endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech he used to lay out his economic agenda at the end of last year. listen. for most americans the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. long before the recession hit, hard work topped paying off for too many people. fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefited from that success. now, the president is referring to the wealthy when he