bobby jindal, rick perry. christie has stepped away from acting as governor and talking about being a law enforcer and that s helped. chris christie doesn t really know anything about national security. this isn t a john mccain kind of figure who s had experience in the military or overseeing the military. chris christie had some terrorism bust but he focused more on political corruption. a senator on the foreign relations committee might be able to make an equal set of claims about capacity relative to national security? i guess the guy with the most experience is lindsey graham but lindsey graham is not going to be president, vice-president, secretary of the treasury. wow. what these things really come down to ultimately, especially in our age, is a certain kind of charisma. the reason obama beat hillary