This isn't exactly comforting:
In an era of wrenching economic and social change, voters bet their hopes on a little-tested leader who a) echoed their disillusionment, b) pledged to end polarization, c) defied his party's extremists, d) embraced the task of tackling big problems, and e) seemed authentic.
And so it happened in 1992, 2000, and 2008 that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama became president. Judging by his rhetoric after a landslide reelection Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hopes to package himself as the "Perfect Candidate for Troubled Times," version 4.0.
The "erfect candidate for troubled times" who wants to deny the "extremists" to "tackle big problems" = more and bigger and more insane government. Been there, done that. Send in the rodeo clowns, the bull riders have blown it.
