What men may do, we have done.
The polls are opening; it’s up to the voters now.
It’s been a hell of a year, but in many ways it was nothing more than the prologue to the all-out political war that we can expect in 2010. Nonetheless: today is the day that we start to take back that which was ours.
Moe Lane
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Crossposted to Moe Lane.
NJ-GOV: Corzine Smears Christie
NJ Democrats in the last throes of their campaign.
Gov. Jon Corzine’s (D) campaign is launching a new attack on Republican Christopher Christie’s ethics, heralding news that Christie spoke with former White House political strategist Karl Rove about a possible governor’s race while he was the U.S. Attorney for Newark.
Asked about Christie during a July 7 appearance before the committee, Rove said he never spoke with Christie about his investigations or other actions as the state’s top federal prosecutor. They did discuss the possibility Christie might run for governor, Rove testified.
“I talked to him twice in the last couple of years, perhaps one time while I was at the White House and once or twice since I left the White House, but not regarding his duties as U.S. Attorney, but regarding his interest in running for governor, and he asked me questions about who — who were good people that knew about running for Governor that he could talk to,” Rove said in the testimony.
In an act that stinks of political desperation, the Corzine campaign is attempting to use Rove’s testimony as a basis for calling Christie’s entire extremely successful seven-year stint as U.S. Attorney for Newark into question.
NJ GOV: Christie Will ‘Get Back to Basics’
Christie shows he is well prepared to take out Jon Corzine.
New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie appeared on Hannity alongside former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a possible candidate for Governor of New York himself, and pledged to lead a resurgence of the Republican Party in the northeast. His prescription is an approach that emphasizes traditional conservative ideas of low taxes and spending cuts.
We’ve got to get back to basics as a party. [When] we put good candidates up to talk about our core principles…that’s a winning argument. And especially in a place like New Jersey where people are suffocating. There suffocating from the taxation.”
Giuliani agreed, saying that Christie’s core conservative message, coupled with a strong effort in the Virginia governor’s race, will set the table for a Republican comeback in the 2010 Congressional elections. “We did it in 1994. This is how a political party comes back, with good candidates that can win.” Christie seems to be making good on that promise. The most recent polling shows him maintaining a nine point advantage over incumbent Governor Jon Corzine (D).
