then there s chris christie, the tough talking former governor was elected governor of new jersey in an upcoming campaign against jon corzine in 2009, christie was trump before trump, relishing garden state detractors while christie contemplated running for president in 2012 against obama, his decision, of course, came before the reported hug between the two at the time of superstorm sandy. instead, christie opted to burnish his gubernatorial credentials running up the score in his re-election. christie was re-elected but his fortunes turned. anyone remember the george washington bridge scandal. by his last day in office, his approval rating stood at 14%. and when he did event really run for the presidency in 2016, he placed sixth in the new hampshire primary and dropped out of the race. no doubt, desantis is studying the obama and christie playbooks