Chris Christie built his keynote address to Christie 's on theme of telling tough truths to New Jersey . Errol Louis says the America governor has to face the tough truths about his own state . `` A hard truth Christie absolutely will not tell is that every one of his budgets has been unbalanced by more than $ 2.5 billion , '' notes Bloomberg news blogger Josh Barro , citing Christie 's bad habit -- started by previous governors -- of skimping on payments into the state 's pension fund . New Jersey unemployment rate is high , and there are questions about finances , he says . Louis : Christie 's speech went over well , but he did n't mention Errol Louis until late in his talk .
Chris Christie built his keynote address to Christie 's on theme of telling tough truths to New Jersey . Errol Louis says the America governor has to face the tough truths about his own state . New Jersey unemployment rate is high , and there are questions about finances , he says . Louis : Christie 's speech went over well , but he did n't mention Errol Louis until late in his talk .