In article ostensibly about how few people in England have ever heard of Chris Christie, we learn that at least one Londoner would like just one thing from him. To tell that lady in Alaska to shut up.

So this New York Times article was supposed to demonstrate how few people overseas had ever heard of Chris Christie. It does that, but then it also reveals just who IS well know over there, and what the prevailing opinion is of that person.

Courtesy of the New York Times: 

“I’ve vaguely heard of him,” said Michael Rabbett, 67, as he sipped red wine from a plastic cup (“wine beer,” he noted). He paused to let the name roll around in his head. “He’s in the background of my head. But not really,” he concluded. 

Alerted to Mr. Christie’s reputation for voluble candor as well as his party affiliation, Mr. Rabbett asked his own question. “Has he told that lady from Alaska to shut up?” 

No, he was informed. Mr. Christie had not tried to silence the former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. “Well why not?” he inquired.

Well I think we have stumbled across the key to increasing Chris Cristie's visibility and improving his overall reputation.

All he has to do is to tell Sarah Palin to "Shut the hell up!"

After all it's not like telling people to shut up is not in Christie's wheelhouse, he does it all of the time.

And it's not like Palin has not criticized him in the past, giving him every reason to tell her off.

I think he should go for it.

I mean he will still NEVER be President of the United States, but it COULD increase his popularity within his own party and force other potential nominees to follow suit.

Could you just imagine if 2016 were the year that Republican candidates for the GOP nomination all told Sarah Palin to shut up?

I think that might be my version of heaven.