he wouldn t be very happy. he would have a lot to say. we re going to have a good conversation with reverend al and martin luther king iii later. joining us with the politico playbook john harris. good morning. lead story, good morning, the question are democrats missing an opportunity by giving the new jersey governor an easy road to re-election? yeah. there s this kind of interesting debate going on within democratic circles. some democrats who think the party s blowing an opportunity. there s no way governor christie on his current path will not roll to election with a big, big margin. but the fact is, some democrats think they could reduce that margin, basically rough up christie, raise his negatives, put a couple dents in his fender and he would be a less formidable candidate into 2016 when everybody thinks he s going to run for president. effectively the party s top strategist has decided that s money not well spent. giving christie a pass.