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[udoswald.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'd call Christie a "moderate". He was one of the US Attorneys who didn't run afoul of Karl Rove and get fired (he launched several politically motivated investigations against Dems including one against Bob Menendez right before the election that mysteriously disappeared after said election). He also opposes Choice, would allow insurance companies to cut coverage for mammograms, would refuse stimulus money and would most likely opt out of the public option if given such an opportunity. He's no Governator.

I do get your point though. Deeds lost because he's a moron and ran from the Democratic Party, Corzine lost because of constant media attacks against him due to the NJ media's love affair with Christie. Neither can be blamed on Obama in the least.

[aasin.livejournal.com]

I live in New Jersey, and never before have I heard of a man winning an election where his platform for winning is not having one. Christie has hardly stated any plans he has for the state.

Corzine on the other hand, despite his flaws, laid down what needed to be done. People didn't like that and booted him out.

Honesty can get you nothing here in New Jersey.

[udoswald.livejournal.com]

I agree completely. I live in the state too and it seems to me Christie's entire campaign was saying he's not Corzine.

The people in the state unfortunately seemed to blame Corzine for everything that went wrong whether it was his fault or not. I don't see how Christie could make the claim that Corzine was responsible for the national economic crisis (caused by Bush) or the job loss tied to the Wall Street collapse (caused by Wall Street and Bush). I also can't understand why everyone seems to have expected Corzine to fix the decades of bad management committed by his predecessors in a matter of a few months.