The Governor of New Jersey, the Republican, won for Obama a plush bear

US President Barack Obama visited the state of New Jersey, most severely affected in October last year from the Sandy Hurricane, which was falling on the eastern coast.

The head of the White House went on Tuesday, May 28, into several shops and restaurants on the coast, to inspect how restoration work is underway, and also managed to leave the ball with the new-jersey Governor Chris Christie, ITAR-TASS reports.

Passing along the planed embankment of the town of Pint-Perezant, Obama and Christie stopped at the attraction, offering everyone who wanted to try to throw a football ball through a suspended tire for a small fee.

The president from five attempts failed to do this. The governor, meanwhile, was more successful: he got into the "ring" on the first attempt.

As the journalists who were nearby told, Christie did not violently rejoice at the victory, but invited Obama to pick up a prize for him - a plush bear in the T -shirt of the Chicago Bears football club. That the president did it with joy.

Turning to the inhabitants of the state, Obama noted that they "turned out to be stronger than a hurricane" and did a huge work to eliminate the consequences of Sandy.

The damage caused by New Jersey with a hurricane is estimated at $ 37 billion. As a result of the impact of the elements, about 360 thousand houses were injured.

Last time, the head of the White House visited New Jersey immediately after the hurricane, seven months ago to get acquainted with the scale of damage. Then Christie, a convinced Republican, said that Democrat Obama in critical conditions behaved like a real leader.

These statements, according to experts, served Obama a good political service and even probably helped to re -elect for a second term.

It is possible that now Obama decided to make a “response gesture”: Christy will soon have to compete for a new governor's term, and the president’s support will not be superfluous for him.