Which candidate should be the Republican nominee?

[TonyB06]

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.

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.