Leadership is something you can’t be taught or learn, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said in his press conference Tuesday announcing he would not reverse his decision not to run for president. “Leadership today in America has to be about doing the big things and being courageous.”

No one doubts that Christie has shown this kind of leadership in New Jersey. Call him bombastic, call him confrontational, but don’t call him wobbly. He leads, and even with a Democratic-majority legislature, the state is moving in his direction.