2. Christie's dismal performance in the 2016 GOP primaries shows how little traction a candidate from New Jersey has in a nationwide race. Nobody takes this state seriously, which is why there hasn't been anyone from New Jersey in a position of substance in Washington (president, vice president, House speaker, Senate majority leader, etc.) since the automobile was invented.
The only one is Woodrow Wilson (governor), whose non-flattering but open mission was to rip up the US Constitution