Huffington Magazine Issue 22 | Page 7

Enter 2 POINTERS CHRISTIE REJECTS ROMNEY Maybe he had more important things going on at home, but N.J. Gov. Chris Christie turned down a request from the Romney campaign to appear at a rally Sunday night in Pennsylvania, just 20 minutes from Trenton. Christie, who is up for reelection next year, had been an outspoken Romney surrogate but didn’t hold back praising President Obama for his response to Hurricane Sandy. Romney offered his accolades to Christie for helping the people of New Jersey in the storm’s aftermath. “They’re in a hard way, and we appreciate his hard work,” he said Sunday. FROM TOP: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; WSMV; AP PHOTO/MATT ROURKE 3 DEATHBED CONFESSION GOES AWRY 4 HUFFINGTON 11.11.12 Facing what he thought were his final moments, a Nashville man confessed to murder—then survived. James Washington was serving time for another crime when he suffered a heart attack and admitted to killing Joyce Goodener in 1995. “He kind of got as best as he could, motioned, and said, ‘I have something to tell you. I have to get something off my conscience and you need to hear this.’ He said, ‘I killed somebody. I beat her to death,’” prison guard James Tomlinson said in court. Washington tried to take back the confession after he recovered, but he was found guilty and faces life in prison. BIDEN TEASES 2016 RUN When Vice President Joe Biden cast his vote Tuesday morning in Greenville, Del., he told reporters it was the eighth time he’s been on the statewide ballot—and counting. When asked if he thought it would be the last time he voted for himself, he replied, “No, I don’t think so.” Biden also urged Americans to “stand in line as long as you have to” and exercise their right to vote.