Thursday, July 16, 2009

As Corzine Slips, Obama Steps In

New Jersey Jon Corzine has been called corrupt and incompetent during his tenure in the Garden State. He has presided over an untenable budget. He has recently raised taxes, attempting to balance the budget, but it appears that his move has come too late.

In exchange, the people of New Jersey appear ready to kick him out. A recent Quinnipiac poll places him behind likely Republican challenger Chris Christie 53-41. Also, Corzine's disapproval rating has hit 60%.

New Jersey, though, has a history of liking Republican candidates at first glance, then not voting for them. Take the 2006 election when corrupt incumbent Senator Robert Menendez (appointed by Corzine) beat Tom Kean, Jr., the son of a former three-term governor.

So the latest news is that the President is going to travel to the Garden State to help his ally.

So will it be enough? I don't believe that the President will have a huge impact, although it is definitely possible that many of the newly registered voters could be convinced to come out on election day, giving Corzine an "artificial" victory. By artificial, I mean that the number of informed voters would go for Christie, but a large group of uninformed new voters could vote D for the sake of it. Christie may also not show much prowess in electioneering, just as Tom Kean, Jr. did in 2006.

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