or is his model tied to him personally and not widely duplicatable, nationally or in other states? would anyone like to try their hand at that one? >> i will jump into that, and i will make a bold prediction right now, which is that chris christie will not be the republican nominee in 2016. i would not say it is impossible, but i think it would take an unusual set of circumstances, where you have a very divided and weak field of candidates to his right that was splitting the vote, although we have seen that play out in republican primaries. in 2016 -- and to be fair, christie is not another giuliani. i see him as somewhat like rudy giuliani in terms of his appeal, and he was the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2007. given where the republican party is now, or having to run the gauntlet of the republican primaries in 2016, first of all, he is going to have to reposition himself, just as john mccain and mitt romney did. secondly, i do not think he is going to be able to do it sufficiently or successfully enough. it is hard to predict what is going to happen

or is his model tied to him personally and not widely duplicatable, nationally or in other states? would anyone like to try their hand at that one? >> i will jump into that, and i will make a bold prediction right now, which is that chris christie will not be the republican nominee in 2016. i would not say it is impossible, but i think it would take an unusual set of circumstances, where you have a very divided and weak field of candidates to his right that was splitting the vote, although we have seen that play out in republican primaries. in 2016 -- and to be fair, christie is not another giuliani. i see him as somewhat like rudy giuliani in terms of his appeal, and he was the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2007. given where the republican party is now, or having to run the gauntlet of the republican primaries in 2016, first of all, he is going to have to reposition himself, just as john mccain and mitt romney did. secondly, i do not think he is going to be able to do it sufficiently or successfully enough. it is hard to predict what is going to happen