It’s a long way to Nov. 5 but New Jersey’s Republican-held governor’s seat has been declared a safe Republican hold in this year elections by the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, with analysts last week saying polls clearly show that Gov. Chris Christie’s opponent, Democrat Barbara Buono, “has become something of an afterthought for Garden State Democrats.” But as for Christie’s expected push for the White House in 2016, the center’s director, Larry Sabato, said the recent history of presidential politics demonstrates that succ...