>>> new jersey's governor chris christie campaigned for mitt romney in iowa and new hampshire. he's with us this morning exclusively.
>> good to be back, matt.
>> you're a full disclosure guy. you like it when politicians reveal their financial situations and tax returns . is mitt romney missing the boat?
>> i don't think he's going to. i think he'll release the taxes.
>> why wait?
>> the most relevant information is the most recent. he'll release when he files in april. that's going to be up to him. my practice all along is i release my tax returns every year as soon as they are filed.
>> the appearance here is you wait until april, the nomination would be secured by that time and you don't have to worry about fallout in the primaries.
>> he already started to speak yesterday about the rate he pays. i would say if you have tax returns to put out, you know, you should put them out sooner rather than later because it's always better in my view to have complete disclosure, especially as the front-runner.
>> for five years he's been talking about his trump card which he says is his business resum?, his ability to turn around companies to handle the economy. as you know his opponents are using what he sees as the trump card and making his achilles heel , attacking his days at bain capital . is it fair?
>> no. they're missing the boat. at the end of the day what governor romney did as the head of bain capital was help create jobs and turn around businesses. it's stunning to me somebody like newt gingrich would come out with the attacks he did. somebody who says he's in favor of american capitalism would come out with those attacks he's come out with.
>> to separate mitt romney and say he's part of the 11 1%, a wall street guy, a financial tycoon you think is unfair.
>> from a guy with a half million credit line at tiffany? that's a problem.
>> in 2009 you ran for governor against then governor john corzine with ads that labeled him a gordon gecco guy during his days at goldman sachs . isn't that a play out of your playbook?
>> no. he spent money to buy -- police call office. this is attacking the core of the way we try to build and turn around companies in a capitalist system . if the other candidates are so desperate they have no other message other than to attack somebody who created over 100,000 jobs in his career, their campaigns are bankrupt.
>> let's go to your state of the state address . you borrowed a phrase from mitt romney . you said, quote, the politics of envy have overtaken the imperative of opportunity. talk to me about that word "envy." i asked governor romney as well. why choose that word?
>> i chose that word because i have been using another word for a long time which is the politics of division. yesterday i used the politics of envy. the reason i did it is because what we are setting up is people don't want to feel badly about other people who are successful. they want the same success themselves. we need to set up a system like we are in new jersey where people can be just as successful as people already are.
>> why envy as opposed to unfairness?
>> this is what the president is setting up. he's saying the american pie is finite. if you don't like the size of the piece you have, only government can take more pie away from somebody else and give you a little bit and government keeps the rest.
>> as people raise questions about wall street , financial institutions and practices and the division of power and money in this country, you do not think it's about envy. you think it's about fairness?
>> if they raise questions about practices under the law which i spent a lot of time as u.s. attorney going after people in corporate america not acting within the law that's fair. that's not what you are talking about with mitt romney . the attack with mitt romney is somehow his concept of capitalism at bain was wrong and destructive when the facts show he created jobs at bain capital .
>> at your state of the state in new jersey you said, together we have done something trenton hasn't seen in a long time. we work together. we achieved compromise. talking about compromise and achieving it are two different things. we are in a climate where congress is as politically divided as it ever has been. americans seem to want people to get their act together. what you accomplish in new jersey, how can it be accomplished nationally?
>> only through presidential leadership. in the end what i have done as governor is bring the democrats into the room and say, they are not leaving until we come to a solution. there is a boulevard between getting what you want and compromising your principles. no one should compromise principles. but you will never get everything you want.
>> you don't think president obama tried to compromise?
>> listen, i don't think the president has showed leadership. simpson-bowles, he put it on the shelf. stimulus plan, turned it over to congress. the super committee, never got involved to make shg something happen. that's the tough part of leadership. giving speeches in the oval office is easy. getting in a room with mitch mcconnell , john boehner and other leaders of congress and saying, we are not leaving here until we get solutions. that's leadership and the president hasn't done it.
>> i hate to get into this subject because you're a good dancer and you danced over the presidential thing on the other of whether you would run as a vice president yal candidate to mitt romney , will you tell me now it is out of the question, it will not happen?
>> no. no, i won't. no matter how much you want me to. stop, matt. i have said all along i want to be governor of new jersey . if you're a betting guy, bet on me being governor of new jersey after 2012 . i think it is rude and wrong to say you wouldn't do something you haven't been asked to do.
>> have you had discussions with governor romney about it?
>> zero. my job is to help him become president of the united states . i don't want anything in return except for a better country.
>> if you can be part of achieving that as a running mate for mitt romney you would do it?
>> i could be a better part of doing it by leading new jersey to a rejuvenation of america. that's what we are trying to do. cut income taxes , reform education and bring people together. what we have done in new jersey more than anything else is you have seen the divided government can work. republicans and democrats can work together if there is strong executive leadership.
>> chris christie , always good to see you here.
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