The right wing machine that is trying every dirty trick in the book to malign Obama and get the democrats out of power has made Jersey it's next battleground. Every radio host is unilaterally raving against Corzine and how he brought ruin to the state. They talk of corruption in Jersey politics and how voting for a democrat again will be a vote for continuation of dirty politics in Jersey. The words 'dirty politics' sounds funny coming out of republican mouths, who have fallen to new depths in their blatantly duplicitous campaigns (and gimmicks like tea parties) against Obama, screaming on a bed of falsehoods. The truth is that Corzine is not like every other corrupt politician and has tried many times to take the unions and political class head-on, even shutting down state government and casino functions till they agreed to his demands. He has many commendable accomplishments to his record like his historic investements in NJ schools and his determined efforts to fight the deficit, which is mainly the result of the economic downturn. The republicans, like at the centre, have tried to paint him responsible for all the job losses and deficits, but the truth is that the republicans know that there is no other path other then what Corzine is following. They cannot dig out of the deficits through tax cuts though Christie is falsely proclaiming that he'll cut taxes when he comes to power. If you ask him how, he will give a run-around that will make Palin proud.
The advantages of choosing Corzine are many, and one of them is that he has nothing to lose in a second term as he will not be fighting for re-election again, so that gives him a better chance at pushing harder to fulfill his cost-cutting agenda. He is not corrupt and is not interested in the money, as he has lots of it, so his sole focus is on development. Christie does not offer anything specific that would make us choose him, and the risks are too high as both he and his deputy are connected to law enforcement, both have right-wing views about immigrants, and would probably make NJ a police state. Anybody who pushes for police officers to be immigration enforcers, who doesn't understand the terrifying plight it creates for immigrants (legal!!), subjecting legal residents of the state to live in an atmosphere of 'guilty until proven innocent' and make them live in constant fear of being asked to prove their status....even to the point that they might think of carrying passports if they go out to throw the trash, is not an American and does not deserve any office. Real Americans know that their country is about freedom, liberty and hope and creating an atmosphere of terror (especially for our newest arrivals) is not exactly what the founding fathers had in mind. Of course, they will always fall back on the Cheney/Rove trump card of 'protection against terrorism' for all the steps that they would like to take and gullible people still fall for it even after the bitter lesson of the Iraq war (talk about knuckleheads). Finally, they do not have the expertise or the qualification to be govern the state and fix the state economy. The only thing that I may excuse them for is their social views, as I'm not a big fan of abortion either. But, most important is if the person is good human being and anybody who is insensitive enough to snatch basic freedom from people's lives and makes them live in terror, cannot be a good human being.