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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. ....
You know what? it passed anyway. it didn t go anywhere in the senate, but republicans control the house. and in the republican-controlled house, they passed this thing. by lots. look. by a big margin. 234-192. a party line vote. they passed their version, the house version of the jim inhofe stop law enforcement from buying bullets conspiracy theory bill. they passed it as an amendment to the funding for homeland security. so when we lament that six months after newtown, congress cannot get anything done about guns or ammunition, or our country s massive and worsening problem with mass shootings, it is wrong to lament that because the republican-controlled house of representatives can get something done on this issue. they can feed the apocalyptic paranoid from my cold dead hands war against the government conspiratorial gun nut base that they thrive on. they can feed that. that s what they can get done. and in totally unrelated news, the gallup polling organization today reported that ....
So this crazy idea of his, you know, brought to us by people who believe president obama decides where tornadoes go, that crazy idea of james inhofe is not going anywhere in the united states senate and that s true. you know what? it passed anyway. it didn t go anywhere in the senate, but republicans control the house. and in the republican-controlled house, they passed this thing. by lots. look. by a big margin. 234-192. a party line vote. they passed their version, the house version of the jim inhofe stop law enforcement from buying bullets conspiracy theory bill. they passed it as an amendment to the funding for homeland security. so when we lament that six months after newtown, congress cannot get anything done about guns or ammunition, or our country s massive and worsening problem with mass shootings, it is wrong to lament that because the republican-controlled house of representatives can get something done on this issue. they can feed the apocalyptic paranoid from my cold dead ....
up next, with the paul ryan mean when he blamed barack obama s victory on the urban vote. do you like that word? is heblying that dog whistle again? there is more of this dog whistle crap. here s paul ryan expressing his surprise at the pro-obama turnout in an interview, monday, two days ago, well after the election. let s listen to ryan. i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the tushout, especially in urban area, which definitely gave president obam at big margin. he is talking about getting rid of the work requirement as dishonest. you are playing that ethnic card there. you keep saying chicago, by the way, you noticed that is a defensive message. he is helping poor people in the bad neighborhoods. there is a lot of black people in chicago. a dogle is a dog whistle, clarence. chuck and jive has a particularly ethnic ....
Put a thrill up his leg. up next, with the paul ryan mean when he blamed barack obama s victory on the urban vote. do you like that word? is heblying that dog whistle again? there is more of this dog whistle crap. here s paul ryan expressing his surprise at the pro-obama turnout in an interview, monday, two days ago, well after the election. let s listen to ryan. i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the tushout, especially in urban area, which definitely gave president obam at big margin. he is talking about getting rid of the work requirement as dishonest. you are playing that ethnic card there. you keep saying chicago, by the way, you noticed that is a defensive message. he is helping poor people in the bad neighborhoods. there is a lot of black people in chicago. a dogle is a dog whistle, clarence. chuck and jive has a particularly ethnic ....