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Money is what made it possible for Jon Corzine, the bearded, bespectacled and besweatered former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, running on an unabashed liberal platform, to go from near anonymity to beat former Governor Jim Florio in last week's New Jersey primary. His open wallet opened the minds of many Democratic bosses to his novice candidacy--he even put spouses of party officials and a county chair on the payroll. Spending about $140 per vote cast, sprinkling more than $2 million in get-out-the-vote money around the state, he might as well have ferried each voter...
...there were many alternative late night hosts waiting in the wings: Tom Snyder, Jon Stewart, Greg Kinnear...
...Finally, the last stop: The lovebirds hiked on to find a champagne bottle--filled with Mountain Dew--and shared a toast as Jon's brother, hidden in the bushes, snapped pictures...
...Plans. Jon will work at Harvard Business School for two years as a research associate, preparation for a possible career in business. Jill will teach at an elementary school in the Boston area...
Steve Forbes, Ross Perot, Ron Lauder, Michael Huffington: Millionaire political novices running self-financed campaigns tend to stir up more chuckles than consternation - as long as they lose. But ex-Goldman Sachs honcho Jon Corzine put $34 million of his own money into all the right pockets. He greased New Jersey Democrat "party-builders" and got out the vote instead of blowing it all on advertising (though he did plenty of that too - $34 million allows you a certain flexibility). He broke all records for Senate campaign spending, and the main event is yet to come...