The man who thought that he could take over the Corzine campaign and drive it to victory.
Have a nice night.
Moe Lane
PS: Some theme music: http://blip.fm/profile/MoeLane/blip/26597007/Berliner_Philharmoniker_Orchestra-Mars_the_Bringer_of_War
Crossposted to RedState.
Via Election Journal, somebody tried to steal this guy’s vote.
In fact, as EJ noted earlier, they still might – thanks to the Democratic party’s attempt to keep the rules for absentee ballots as loose as possible. If the absentee ballot is deemed the valid one…
Moe Lane
PS: Final question: how many people who didn’t go out to vote today ended up voting in NJ, after all?
Crossposted to RedState.
Via Libertarian Republican, who also has a mug shot) Remember: the Corzine campaign has no idea who this Jason Shih is. The quote is “…the campaign doesn’t know who he is.” So he has no connection at all with the campaign, right?
No connection whatsoever.
Shih also reportedly had 10 paychecks from the Middlesex County Democratic Committee in his possession. One paycheck for $1,500 was payable to Shih from the MCDC, according to reports.
“Mr. Shih stated the vehicle he was operating was rented for him by the ‘Corzine for Governor’ camp to distribute tickets and paychecks for the Middlesex County Democratic Committee,” stated Cece.
[snip]
Calls to Corzine’s campaign office and MCDC were not returned as of press time.
No. Really. Do tell.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
From Corzine +5 to Christie +2 in less than a week. I’m not prepared to announce DOOM just quite yet, but it’s going to be a nail biter any which way.
Moe Lane
PS: Chris Christie for Governor. Stay on target.
Crossposted to RedState.
47/41 Christie/Corzine, according to PPP.
If true… well, hell.
Moe Lane
PS: Chris Christie for Governor.
Crossposted to RedState.
On allegations that she requested that unofficial Jon Corzine ally Chris Daggett drop out of the New Jersey race, the former governor replied:
So, to the good people of New Jersey, please know that Daggett’s claims are false. I’ve never even suggested he should drop out of the race.
…wait for it, wait for it…
But, come to think of it…
Ouch. You want to keep playing, Daggett?
Moe Lane
(H/T: Hot Air Headlines.)
Crossposted to RedState.
As in, how to shout out a warning without… actually shouting out a warning. In this case, he’s getting just a little worried about his fellow Democrats turning out. To put his findings in handy table form:
| Voters | Percent | ||||||||
| Estimated | % R | % D | R 2009 | R 2008 | D 2009 | D 2008 | R | D | |
| VA | 2.000 | 48% | 44% | 0.960 | 1.725 | 0.880 | 1.960 | 56% | 45% |
| NJ | 2.200 | 44% | 51% | 0.970 | 1.610 | 1.120 | 2.220 | 60% | 50% |
The voter numbers are in millions, and the percentage at the end represents the percentage of McCain/Obama voters of 2008 that PPP expects to vote in the 2009 elections. While this is not-precisely-horrible news for Corzine*, it’s not good news at all for the Democrats next year:
Maybe those numbers will improve some over the weekend- and Creigh Deeds and Jon Corzine certainly aren’t the best candidates- but if that pattern continues on into next year Republicans will win back the House.
The reason why is because there are a lot more Democrats in Congressional Districts that McCain won than vice versa: and there quite a few Democrats in districts that Obama didn’t actually win by all that much. It’s going to be interesting to see how the state legislature races in NJ and VA play out this year; the results might possibly be even more of a harbinger than those of the governors races…
Moe Lane
*It would be good news, if more people actually liked Jon Corzine. Or at least didn’t despise him.
Crossposted to RedState.
…regarding the Jason Shih drug bust: the fact that a Jason Shih of Paramus was on the Democrats’ payroll in 2006 (H/T: JammieWearingFool). Complete coincidence. Couldn’t possibly be the same person. There must be thousands of Jason Shihs in New Jersey.
Actually, no, deja vu isn’t really the right reaction to this.
Crossposted to RedState.
“I’m pretty fat, Don… 550 pounds.”
Via Hot Air comes this Neil Cavuto piece on Don Imus’ interview with Chris Christie, where Chris addresses the two central issues of the Corzine campaign: Christie’s weight, and Corzine’s inability to even face that forthrightly.
“Hey listen: if you’re gonna do it, at least man up and say I’m fat.”
The phrase ‘wusses out’ was then used – accurately – followed by a couple of good lines about the need to keep stimulating the donut/restaurant industries. Give it a listen: like Allahpundit, I think that this is good retail politics, and it really does hammer home just how empty the Corzine campaign has been. I recognize that any Democratic campaign these days is going to revolve around trying to scare voters about the evvvvvil Republicans, but Corzine is being especially stereotypical about his response to what has essentially become a vanity campaign for him at this point. Which, given the way that he was fired from Goldman-Sachs and was more or less irrelevant as a Senator, is probably not too surprising. Depressing – why does the state of NJ have to pay for his therapy? – but not too surprising.
Moe Lane
PS: Chris Christie for Governor.
Crossposted to RedState.
Three out of four, at least, as CA-10 is not mentioned (to be fair, a GOP win there is the dark horse in this particular race). Short version: Virginia is at how-far-the-rubble-bounces; NJ is too close to call, but the breaks favor Christie; and NY-23 is between the Democratic and the Conservative candidate, with the NRCC contenting itself with publicly whaling on the former*. His conclusion:
Democrats could win two out of the three races, but only because multicandidate contests might allow Corzine and Owens to sneak through with a minority of the vote. A win is a win, but even if that happens, it’s not great news for Democrats for 2010.
In a sort-of-related aside, may I offer some suggestions? If you’re a member of the grassroots, stop complaining about the national party from the outside. If you’re a member of the national party organization, do a better job about being open and forthright about what you’re doing next time.
And, for both groups: life is not fair.
Moe Lane
*Yes, I’ve seen reports otherwise.
Crossposted to RedState.
