john ha john harris here with the morning playbook. a first look this morning at new jersey governor chris christie s first ad for re-election and take a look and then tell me what you re seeing, john. four years ago, new jersey was broken, run-away spending the nation highest taxes and unemployment on the rise. then we elected chris christie. he got taxes cut and spending cut and government made smaller and smarter. a real property tax camp working with democrats and republicans. believing that as long as you stick to your principles, compromise isn t a dirty word. the result? four balanced budgets in a row with no new taxes for anyone. the best job growth in 12 years. nearly 130,000 new private sector jobs. merit pay to reward new jersey s best teachers and the most education funding ever. but the most important thing he did has little to do with
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reach their peak and delayed by a cold snap. that might spell doom. they will fall off. they there were for joe s birthday. they were absolutely beautiful! you know who is beautiful? a beautiful man, the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen. you re a blossom, mike! he is here with the morning playbook. the fbi is looking into claims by senator mitchell mcconnell that his closed door campaign discussions were secretly taped and leaked to jones. the topic of the conversation included possible senate opponent ashley judd and everything from her politics to mental health. here is part of the recording and mitch mcconnell s reaction. ashley judd hay stack of needles because there is
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call. jim vandehei, mike allen and senior political reporter maggie haberman are here to reveal the morning playbook. jim, what s driving our day? bill, thanks. you know, mikey gets up at 4:30 in the morning, hits send on playbook, he s read all the papers so no one at home has to. you have a scoop on immigration and marco rubio. yeah. if marco rubio gets a deal, if the gang of eight can come out with something, he s only halfway home. he has to sell this to conservatives. and you and i have talked about what it s going to be like when he goes out there and conservatives say this is the obama/schumer/rubio amnesty bill. right. so, he s got a plan. one, he has to hope john mccain puts a sock on it. they know that republicans know that if john mccain is the face of it, that that s like waving a red cape of conservatives. right, and we had justice alito, one of the most powerful conservatives in town, and he said listen, everyone thinks immigration reform is going to happen.