To get the job done and as long as im governor that job will always, always be finished. [applause] i think tonight i think tonight most particularly, and i know my dad and my brother and sister who are here tonight with me share this same view, i think tonight, most particularly about my mother. All of you who have heard me over the last four years know that she was and still is the dominant influence in my life. As i said on the video [applause] as i said on the video, my mom used to say to me all the time, christopher, be yourself. Because then tomorrow, you dont have to worry about trying to remember who you pretended to be yesterday. Powerful words from a woman who i miss every day, but tonight, tonight, i know that my mom is looking down on new jersey and saying to me, i can feel it, she is saying to me, chris, the job is not done yet. Get back to work and finish the job for the people of new jersey. Thats exactly what ill do. I love you, new jersey. Thank you very much. [applaus
Needed to achieve to move our state forward. Now listen, i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d. C. Should tune in their tvs right now. [applause] see how its done. [applause] listen, were new jersey. We still fight. We still yell. But when we fight, we fight for those things that really matter in peoples lives. And while we may not always agree, we show up. We show up everywhere. We dont show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. We dont just show up in the places where were comfortable, we show up in the places where were uncomfortable. Because when you lead you need to be there. You need to show up. You need to listen and then you need to act. You dont just show up six months before an election. You show up four years before one. [applause] and you dont just take no for an answer the first time no happens. You keep going back and trying more because when i was elected four years
Virginia want to make virginia a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly to job creation. A model for strong schools that prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow. The model for welcoming the best and brightest scientists and innovators, no matter your race, gender, religion, or who you love. And a model for an official Transportation System that reduces grid lock for our families and our business. When all of this is only possible, if virginia is also the model for bipartisan cooperation, and thats a view i their with the next lieutenant governor, the commonwealth of virginia, ralph northland. While there are a lot of proud democrats here, and arent we proud tonight, folks . Im also particularly proud to welcome all of the republicans who are here tonight. Give them a great round of applause. The truth is that this election was never a choice between democrats and republicans. It was a choice about whether virginia would continue the main stream bipartisan tradition that
They try to fight, especially on regulation, are actually an attempt to help businesses thrive. I will give you a local example in washington, dc which i just wrote about. I am a huge fan u ofber car service where you can use your smart phone, order a car, they have gps so they know where you are. They have had a really difficult time in the Nations Capital because the taxi companies, the dc taxi commission, stands to lose. It becomes a political fight. You have this innovation that i think is a smart and fun i do it benefits the consumer you have incumbent companies who want to stifle it. This goes back to the whole theory of creative destruction. It used to be their workforces and buggies and that the automobile automobile came along and put them out of business. It used to be horses and buggies and the Automobile Industry came along and put them out of business. Now there is a better service. Sometimes what liberal policies do is try to prop up and save failing ideas. They do it und
Gerri well have all that and more but, first, our top story, where is the accountability when it comes to obamacare . Where does the buck stop, w hhs secretary Kathleen Sebelius again today refusing to take responsibility for what has been a disastrous web site rollout. Instead, she said to look forward, not backward. The problem is, shes part of the problem, and no amount of looking forward will fix something that was destined to fail from the get go. With more on this, steve moore, Editorial Board member for the wall street journal. Steve, it is great to have you here. To get started, i want you to hear what Kathleen Sebelius had to say when she was asked directly about this issue, accountability. Here she is. I think the most important thing is fix it, and thats certainly what the president expects, its what i expect, and thats what were really in the process of doing. We have had new talent in Technology Come in, we have new management talent, and we want it to be a smoothlyoperati