facts are going to turn this into an issue. >> juan? >> e don't think it's the democrats who have the ultimate say here. i think it's republicans. i think it's the republican primaries that are going to come up and in those republican primaries you're going to see a lot of tea party kind of grass roots people who don't like chris christie, don't like the fact that he expanded medicaid in new jersey, don't like his attitude in welcoming immigrants and in state tuition, and really don't like the fact he embraced president obama for the help the president gave after hurricane sandy. that element of the party doubts chris christie's conservative credentials. i think in the battle between establishment republicans and grass roots republicans, you have a major fight. and chris christie has opened the door to his conservative critics. you said he's the leading republican right now in the polls for 2016. well, he's got to get through those republican primaries, john. right now it looks like there's a blockage on the long bridge to 2016 for chris christie. >> bob, i know you'd be champing