Chris Christie - Republican Future?

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6. Although I think Christie's straight talk express works on the local level, I don't think it would

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on a national level; because nobody righteously thinks the President (any President) is going to come off of his soap box and actually kick their behind. Sometimes I'm not so sure about Christie. Some days he's so over the top he looks like he is a half step away from going upside someone's head and that state of being out of 'control' just ain't cool.

I'm also tired of the Governors making the comparison between their job and that of the president.

What's always missed in the discussion is the fact that most states have a constitutional requirement to balance their budget, so when a governor balances his budget, it's because he's required to.

If the Dems and Repubs as state legislatures are obstructionists and don't do their jobs, than nothing gets done and there's usually an immediate impact or the evidence is usually apparent right away and the public can see that, unlike problems at the fed level most of which the impact won't be felt until the next decade or two.

The federal government is always the credit card of last resort. The states don't have to invest in expensive flood control infrastructure. The feds will bail out the stupidest of governors and they know that. The can just wait until the water overflows the banks and then stick their hand out to the feds.

The money spent at the local levels are smaller and you're responsible for far fewer people. Again, you can always count on the federal government as a last resort. So when Florida's governor kicks sick people off of medicaid, someone else will pick up the tab.

Look at how things work when one party dominates both state houses and the governorship. It's hell to pay for the party our of power. Same as at the federal level.

The President has to deal with wars, foreign leaders who may be idiots with a nuclear weapon, national disasters, man-made fiscal crisis, birthers, fake news channels, and the job that never ends. One wrong word can set off fundamental extremists in the middle east and people die, etc, etc, etc.

So while both may be leaders of their respective Executive Branches; I don't think anyone envies the job of the President. Sure everyone thinks they would like to be the President usually at the moment when it looks the most glamorous, in the final analysis, I'm sure most would not want the headache that comes with it for all the tea in china.