welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the politics lead now. with all the talk of 2016 and the controversy swirling around chris christie, made a golf metaphor today at a town hall me meeting, an almost wistful one, one that's turning a lot of heads. >> i'm not worried about politics anymore, anybody. this is it. i'm on the back nine. and when you're on the back nine and you don't have to worry about playing another front nine, your only obligation is to tell people the truth. mm-hmm. >> christie's folks insisted he was only referring to his second term in the governor's office, not ruling anything else out. but if he sounded a little down, maybe it's because he saw this, a new poll from cbs news and "the new york times" showing that 41% of republicans do not want to see governor christie run for the white house. last night on "late night," seth meyers referenced another potentially troubling number for the governor. >> a new poll shows that half of new jersey residents believe