reag reaganesque terms that era of big government is over. and, really did at the end of the day do more to make it a performina permanent reality. in 1992 margaret thatcher left. the end of a very long era and how ironic that thatcher left soon after the soviet union collapsed on christmas day 19191. moving towards a public diagnosis of having alzheimer s. the two cold warriors that stole and by the time they left office, they could look back at the collapse of the evil empire, as ronald reagan called the soviet union. and see just how much they had
working papers out and actually have a foreign policy, domestic policy, economic policy. christie would be starting that much later and that isn t something you can make up on the fly. he doesn t have detailed policies on chinese currency manipulation. he could get them. i m not saying he wouldn t, he couldn t be credible. but he starts very late in process. you think about bill clinton in 92. he started in october of 19191 officially but had spent three the better part of a year and a half giving important policy speeches at big universities. and he spent 20 years in elective office. 20 years. this is the thing, the bottom line. that s where he would be behind i think. this is where chris christie understands that i think even i forget sometimes because he is so damn good on the stump, so great on his feet, so much better than any political candidate i think in america on his feet right now, in debates. the legal background.