(CNN) -- A couple of hours before President Obama's prime-time speech on ISIS, Republicans Mitt Romney and Chris Christie took the opportunity of the New Jersey governor's birthday party to blast the President on his foreign policy. "The foreign policy he's had has not been good for America, has not been good for our safety, has not been good for our friends around the world," Romney said. Obama outlines strategy to fight ISIS: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. troops The 2012 GOP presidential nominee argued Obama should have intervened earlier in Syria and aided moderate rebels. He also painted the President as being weak in his handling of Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
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Their criticism came just hours before Obama's speech on ISIS
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The two Republicans were speaking at a birthday event for Christie
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Christie's birthday bash with Romney had all the appearances of a potential campaign rally in 2016, that is if @placeholder runs for President:
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While they sang each others' praises Wednesday night, it was less than two years ago when many of Romney's supporters were saying that Christie cost @placeholder the election.
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Critics argued that Christie's warm reception of @placeholder gave the President some bipartisan sway.
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And he has frequently mentioned @placeholder on his list of potential 2016 Republican candidates.