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I must admit the party is on and the fight to the finished..this will be most interesting fight the State of New Jersey has ever had..

So bring on Corizine you have more supporters than you thought you had.. the true test against a "ON THE JOB TRAINING" Christie will be proven November 2009...he lack experience and is trying to learn the job "ON THE JOB TRAINING"

DID ANYONE PICK IT UP DURING HE SPEACH ON THAT PRIMARY DAY HIS SPEECH WAS SOUNDING LIKE AN UNSKILLED POLITICIAN.!!!

The trouble with California can be traced back to Reagan (see Reaganomics). The trouble with New Jersey can be traced back to Whitman. The current governors of these states did not create the mess. Sound familiar.

Corzine intrigues me....I don't know if he is good or not. I do believe polls can be wrong, look at the Virginia Governor's primary, Deeds had a very good distance from his opponents, and the Democratic Primaries, Obama supposedly had little to no chance of beating Clinton...

new jersey voters are not so smart, eh?

come to think of the intelligence of the voters,

californians are even worse: they dumped Grey Davis in a hurry in favor of Governator, only to find themselves in a much deeper hole, LOLOL.

new ideas ,new direction ,,, only money got this jerk where he is today... term limits ...vote him out !!!!

Polls are wrong just as they were in VA!

ABC, Anybody But Corzine. Corzine has not kept one promise he made in 2005. Our taxes are higher, we still pay high property taxes, and state spending is higher than ever. Corzine is a true blue socialist spending, spending, and borrowing to spend more.

How can anyone complain about Republicans spending tax monies when Corzine spends like a drunken sailor. NJ is almost as broke as California. Under Corzine things just kept getting worse.

Corzine had his chance and failed. It's time to take a different tack and reduce the size of the state payrolls and long term debt. Christie may not be perfect, but Corzine is (was) awful as Governor.

This is June and the election is in November. Many things could happen between now and then. I don't trust that Christie could actually close any budget gap by getting rid of corruption (real or perceived); besides, how could he do that if he were the governor. Christie would be chief executive and not prosecutor if he won the election.

Given I am not running, I would have to lean slightly toward Corzine since he has some experience in the office and has actually submitted a smaller budget this year than last. He's trying to undo decades of governors mistakes (from both parties).

I have this wierd feeling that Corzine is going to win......I've heard the other guys, speak on the GOP side, and I don't believe New Jersey will elect them as gov.......However we need to develop strong DEM runner some time soon......business guys from wall street aren't always the best to lead the government......serving in the treasury is more like it.

Maybe people are starting to realize you can't have a leach nation.

Corzine is finished. He's over-taxed NJ, looks to solve problems by either selling the NJTP to someone or by tolling other roads, butts into affairs he has no business being involved with and nearly dies doing it, and has had zero passion for this job....

...that is until it's time for him to be re-elected.

Some businessman you are, Corzine. No wonder Goldman threw you out!

Corzine's toast – the guy has bankrupted NJ. What a big surprise, he's another politican who just buys his way into the offices he's held.

Never ever in my lifetime from here on out will I vote for another GOP candidate. Their policies are meaningless and only geared towards helping the rich stay rich and get richer.

Jon Corzine! You have a STRONG supporter here. Ready to get out the vote! Theres no way a GOP candidate is taking NJ this year. No way, no how.
The party that subscribes to Newt, Rush and Dick... HELL NO!!!

Go down south where you all belong...

Just be a democrat. Promise everything and deliver nothing and you will be fine. So how is that DONT ASK, DONT TELL thing going? Not the first time Obama promised something and did something else. I see the war is ending quickly. Moderate repubs are as disgusting as democrats. They vote for the most popular and do not worry about what they value.

Just another crooked Democrat – nothing to see here, move along.

GREAT! Maybe Christie can do for NJ what Schwartzenager did for Calif.

Repubs dont love America, only money.

I don't understand why you are blaming Obama for this... DaBird. Perhaps a lack of knowledge...? You should understand the story before jumping to conclusions please.

DaBird Brain CA is Arnold's-R State. Not for long though. Watch Texas and Ca get Dem Gov's next time around.

Chris Christie is best for NJ. As a lifelong NJ resident this state needs a sincere shift from the financial struggles Corzine has gotten us into. Christie has a superb record of putting unlawful politicians behind bars. He has been a state employee for a number of years and a lifelong NJ resident as well.

Thanks, but no thanks!
Whitman *murdered* the NJ economy by taking state money and investing it in risky stock schemes. We are *still* recovering from that mess (and yes, McGreevey didn't help, but his nonsense wasn't even a rounding error compared to Whitman......plus at least we got some schools out of his deals).
Corzine was in office about 10 minutes when Republicans started complaining that he hadn't "fixed everything". These are the same folks that asked us for patience while Whitman flushed the state economy down the toilet.
Plus Chris Christie has close associations with George W. Bush. That's *all* we need!

These polls are way too early. If they were accurate, HRC would be the 1st female POTUS and Obama, possibly, her SOS. I'll watch the polls a year from now

Do any of you live in NJ?

I do. My house taxes went from $7500 a year to over $10,000 a year under Corzine!

I was really pulling for Steve Lonegan (a true conservative), but will vote Christie in the next election. I've had it with "Tax'em Corzine."

Corzine is in trouble because liberals are running the states that have financial problems. NJ, NY, MASS, CA are being run by liberals and people are tired of being taxed to death. Sounds like Obama.

Just when did name-calling become this fashionable in America? Can't people say something meaningful without getting aligned with the ones we claim to be superior to? How come an arsonist is complaining that the fire service is wasting too much water? Let's be civil.

NJ will be OK. Why is there no story about the "coup" in Albany, NY. This is serious. GOPers are planning to convene in a park if they are locked out of the senate.

this guy is no better then Christie Whitman. BEWARE!!!

South Jersey will not be tricked by this guy!

Corzine has to go! He is bipolar when it comes to taxes. You can't be for less taxes and adding ridiculous programs. Give the Republican a chance. Our State can't get much worse.

I would NEVER vore for this guy. Morderate or not. He work for George Bush. Nothing good came out of that. I dont trust him.

Corzine will do a better job then that nut could even try to do.

In politics the GOP , this party is in denial that the world has changed. All they have to offer is outdated memories similar to an aged person in a home in the U.K remembering the good old days of Empire in Britian. Speaking of " Where the sun never sets." The GOP in their worldview still insists that the sun goes around the earth.

I think its funny that people hate how Corzine is running NJ yet will not see past party lines to vote him out of office. Maybe they will when the state goes broke. Christie should just run as an Independent then maybe he would get a fair shot.

The guy is trouble to begin with.

So, a few Republican Governors win. Big Deal!! Do you really think the Dems are over and done with. I seriously doubt it. Not in the new world order. Never!!

I'm in Pennsylvania, what do I know about New Jersey, well I do knowy that no one can talk on their cell phones while driving, except with an ear piece, accidents do happen. I do know that the big rigs cannot idle for too long, polution.

They wrecked New Jersey when they took Atlantic City and changed it to a casino town, I remembered going to Atlantic City and walking the board walk, the steel pier and most of all Monopoly...YEAH>>>>

Christie Whitman also claimed to be a moderate republican: She made a mess with her privatization initiatives (none worked), borrowed exhorbitantly to finance tax cuts which benefited mostly the upper class, weakened the Department of Environmental Protection to the extent of disfunction (this in one of the most polluted states in the nation), raided the State Pension System, and finally went to washington to wreck havoc in the federal EPA.
Now, Chris Christie, a Bush appointee in the US Justice Department, arrives in our arena taking advantage of the economic crisis to target governor Corzine who is steering the state through the storm, in addition to revitalizing it after the troubled sequence of Whitman/Di Fracesco/McGreevy. If New Jersey voters want to jump from the frying pan into the fire, just elect Christie for governor and we'll see how much hotter it can get before we melt.

Hey dems ! Get used to this. It is a sign of things to come. : )

Your party had a great run for about 6 months, but now the people are seeing that you are nothing but a bunch of tax and spenders who are willing to sell out our great country in order to pad your wallets, and keep control of power.

P.S. To those 'professional" bloggers who troll the site to drop catch words and phrases like "George Bush" and "Insane GOP governors"; we see right through you. Your immature name calling and comparisons do not hold water. They are getting old. Stop thinking in the past. Think in the now. If you want to defend your party, then do it by defending their policies; not by name calling or blaming it on the the past. It really shows how mentally inferior you really are.

Christie is not a real republican but anyone is better than Mr Evil lib, well anyone but maybe his national socialist friends in DC.

I don't think Christie can win, this state is dominated with evil liberal Democrats who are completely rude, selfish, mean, dishonest, corrupt, morally bankrupt, and filled with hate. These libs have a total disregard for American human life on the roads when they drive, yet freak out over pouring a little water on a terrorist that ends up saving hundreds of thousands of American lives.

With people this liberal it will be almost impossible for Christie to win. As always if you promise to take from good people and give to these libs they will support you. However, if Christie does that then he is already a liberal Democrat anyway.

Well, it is NJ

Hope AND change on the way!

We cannot repeat the same failed policies of the past 6 month!

(Sorry, just trying it out. It seemed like it worked for Dems when they repeated that over and over again.)

you can smell it in the air. The tide is turning already.
thank you obummer, sorry, obama.

This would be the dumbest thing NJ ever did. It has taken us years and years to try to bail ourselves out of the mess Gov. Christie Whitman put us into when she cut the state tax 30%. NJ was, at least, in a better position when the national economy went into the dumper due to the fact that Gov. Corzine has spent his term trying to get the state into economic shape again. Otherwise we would have been in the same position as CA and that is what will happen if NJ votes in Mr. Christie. The last thing we need now is another Republican in office, just as we are seeing a tiny glint of light at the end of the tunnel. Mr Christie may be considered a "moderate Republican" but he is still against pro-choice and the environment. He is a Republican through and through.

This article answers the previous article. There are new up and coming Republicans who are going for Governorships and Senate seats who should and will become the new face of the Republican Party. A sitting Governor from a strong state like New Jersey, or a former Governor become Senator from a state like Florida (Charlie Christ) are strong contenders not only for party leadership, but for Presidential candidates. Charlie Christ, for instance, is very popular in Florida. His move to the Senate is to gain national experience but a jumping board for the White House. Republicans like that could challenge Obama. A lot of Moderate Democrats as well as Republicans would prefer someone like Christ or similar new face to Obama because he is giving himself too much power, not unlike Lyndon Johnson and he is likely to make horrible mistakes with that power, also like Johnson.

Candidate Corzine promised to cut taxes, Governor Corzine raised them.

Candidate Corzine promised to reign in government spending, Governor Corzine cut spending because he was required to by the state Constitution, and then, only after the bottom fell out of the revenue well causing it to run dry.

Candidate Corzine promised to fix New Jersey's revenue problems, Governor Corzine, after spending a few hundred thousand on studies offered only a badly flawed asset monetization plan, which went down in flames.

Candidate Corzine promised to end the bugetary 'gimmicks' of previous administrations, Governor Corzine is still using the postpone pension payments gimmick.

In Public and in the press, Governor Corzine puts on a show and talks tough when it comes to dealing with the State Workers unions, then caves in at the negotiating table and taxpayers lose again.

Governor Corzine, publicly declared that the population in New Jersey is growing as he stated " look at the demographics".

Perhaps Governor Corzine should do more than look at gross numbers, and instead look at the demographics that are growing. The numbers of wealthy residents are decreasing. The numbers of poor are increasing. This at a time when the Governor plans to raise taxes on the wealthy. Already, his revenue projections can be seen to come up short due to his lack of vision.

3 years plus into his term, Governor Corzine has displayed none of the promised "wizardry" he was supposed to bring to Trenton.

Instead, taxpayers have seen the kind of leadership that brought down the Wall Street giants. Left to his own devices, Governor Corzine will have us flat broke and looking for a bailout.

Governor Corzine wants another term, however, based on his performance, it is obvious that Mr Corzine has accomplished little to warrant re election.

We will see. New Jersey will not be fooled by the GOP. The election is months away. I still believe that Jon Corzine will win!

Don't be fooled New Jersey!

yesterday the NY house went Repub..now this................Dems will get hammered in the mid-terms..............Obummer bounced in '12.................1 and done

If the Republican wins and starts putting everyone out on the streets to fend for themselves, they'll only have themselves to blame, and as a Louisiana resident, I can tell you that's exactly what he's going to do. The GOP treats the struggling, the laid off, the destitute, like lepers.

NY-20! NY-20! Although from what I gather Corzine isn't well liked but in the world of politics five months is like 5 years. And when voters look at the alternative, the gap will definately close. Which way it goes, depends on who the voters choose in the privacy of their voting booth. It's popular to complain about the incumbent but once you weigh your oppositions and it comes down to the wire, a lot of people may pull the voting lever for Corzine (especially if President Obama comes to his defence). Let's the games begin...

Can't say I'm happy with Corzine. Not really sure I want to vote GOP (even if he says he is moderate). Any good Independents out there who want to run for guv?

With their obstruction, negativity, ineptness and lack of concern for our country and it's survival, do not know how anyone could vote a republican into office.
Do hope the voters are intelligent enough to see through their fear mongering, swiftboating, lack of any intelligent, acceptable solutions and support of big business over middle class America.
They need to become extinct.

I don't want Christie to win because he'll join the bunch of insane republican governors that already exist. I need not mention their names.

horse pockey

show us that you are a moderate Republican, don't just say you are

after 'W', I am genuinely afraid of that label

Corzine has systematically ruined New Jersey. He should be voted out of office then run out of the state.

'W' was sold to us as a moderate as well

see what he did to the U.S.

I don't believe the term moderate Republican means anything