The only reason he landed on the radar as a Presidential Candidate was because of a natural disaster, where Obama visited his State to survey the damage (new jersey) during a time when there were high contentions between Democrats/Republicans (because of ObamaCare/Affordable Care Act), and Chris Christie (a Republican) shook Obama's hand (oooh ahhh) and overall did not give Obama a shit attitude during Obama's visit, making people believe that as a Republican, Chris Christie had potential for being good as a moderate Republican. If not for that natural disaster and Obama visiting, pretty sure Chris Christie would never have been put up to running for President as 1) no one would know who he was and 2) he wouldn't have as much attention as he does today.