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Originally Posted by 33girl
I think Nixon and Reagan were so well known on their own (for good or bad) by the time that they won that you can't compare them to Christie.
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This sort of moves toward my point. Nixon as California (Sen?) and Reagan as Gov had national introductions, even in defeat, which aided the electorate's "comfortability" with them. I think that had to help their subsequent successes.
I'd never heard of Christie before his election as NJ governor and his media flirtation with running for president.