Word: governors
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...applause from the mostly African-American and Hispanic audience. Squinting into the blinding, setting sun entering through the church's plain-glass windows, Christie stepped down into the aisle. "How do you think those politicians are going to react if you send me to go and sit in the governor's chair after we sent all of them to prison the last seven years? There's going to be a whole different atmosphere down there when there's a new hall monitor in the halls of the State House." (Read "Jersey Corruption Scandal: The Israeli Connection...
...aftermath of the corruption arrests, Corzine was forced to do some damage control. He quickly switched gears on his choice of lieutenant governor - moving from an insider closely connected to one of the mayors who was arrested to a reformer, 74-year-old state senator Loretta Weinberg, known for her attempts to bring transparency to New Jersey's government. But corruption probably won't decide the race, even though Corzine has tried to turn the tables by running (oft criticized) attack ads that question whether Christie doled out jobs to friends during his tenure as U.S. Attorney. "We've been...
...While it may seem counterintuitive, the governor is doing his best to keep voters' focus on the economy; with New Jersey's unemployment rate nearing 10% and more people unemployed since the state started recording it in 1976, he is pegging his re-election bid to the success of stimulus programs passed by President Barack Obama and by Corzine himself in New Jersey. On July 28 in Philadelphia, about seven miles west of Pennsauken, Corzine stood with Vice President Joe Biden, proudly announcing $1 billion in stimulus funds being allocated to state law-enforcement agencies. "I think that...
...nearly $3 million, and he's also been through an expensive divorce rumored to have cost him tens of millions). Christie, by contrast, has elected to stay in the public-financing system, limiting the amount he can spend to $11 million, though the Republican National Committee and Republican Governor's Association are already investing heavily in the race. New Jersey, usually a solidly Democratic state, has not elected a Republican statewide in 12 years, when Christine Todd Whitman won her second term. Obama took the state with 57% of the vote in 2008, and Corzine was elected governor with...
...think," says pollster Murray. "And perception is reality in this case. The President's people understand that." Which is why, despite the fact that Corzine was one of Hillary Clinton's strongest supporters in the primaries, Obama last week went to Holmdel, N.J., for a Corzine fundraiser, helping the governor raise $1 million, and later that night campaigned with Corzine before a crowd of 17,000. Obama also has tapped the 165,000 New Jersey supporters who signed up for his presidential campaign to help Corzine...