I'm not sure what to say about the New Jersey race, where Chris Christie defeated incumbent Governor Jon Corzine by about 49-44, with independent candidate Chris Daggett pulling down a disappointing 5% of the vote. The Star-Ledger's Paul Mulshine has an interesting column that argues Christie, because of his unwillingness to offer specifics during the campaign, will take office without any real mandate and face a hostile legislature, but as for the campaign itself, I guess the real lesson here is that if the electorate already hates your guts and wants you gone it doesn't matter how many times you remind it that your opponent is a gigantic steel drum of adipose tissue. Put that one in the books with the incumbent rule.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Corzine waited way too long to call him fat.
On the radio this morning, he said the first thing he was going to do today was go to breakfast with his kids.
I heard Christie's acceptance speech was "I can lose weight. He'll always be bald."
That pretty much sums up my dating philosophy--
How's that working for ya'?
I'm usually warm at night.
On the bright side, Corzine is a huge douchebag. So, good riddance and all that.
Amen. One less plutocrat running a government.
Christie won by an ample margin.
I had never actually heard Christie speak before (outside of commercials) until the victory speech last night. Dude is a charisma vacuum.