Poll: Corzine opens up 9 point lead in NJ (Gov) race

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – With eight days left until voters go to the polls, a new survey suggests that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has opened up a 9 point lead over his Republican challenger, former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie.

Most polls in New Jersey over the past month have indicated that the race between Corzine and Christie was tied or within the margin of error, with Independent candidate Chris Daggett polling in the low double digits.

But according to a Suffolk University poll released Monday, 42 percent of likely Garden State voters back Corzine, while 33 percent support Christie and 7 percent back Daggett. Fourteen percent of those questioned said they are undecided.

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The poll also suggests that regardless of how whom they support, nearly six in ten voters believe Corzine will win - double the amount of people who think Christie will come out on top.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/26/poll-corzine-opens-up-9-point-lead-in-nj-race/

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Will someone have an opportunity to ask Christie if, as Governor, he'll "opt-out" of the Public Option in the Health Care bill; or is he meeting only with his base voters?

[WriteDown]

1. I guess this sealed the deal for Corzine?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=al5.EHL9NEBQ

New Jersey is screwed no matter what it does.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. You want Christie to win?

:wow:

[WriteDown]

3. Its like picking between death by fire or ebola....

:shrug:

[Kahuna]

4. The worst Dem is better than the best Repuke. Corzine is a good Dem..

who has inherited problems from repuke administrations.

[WriteDown]

5. Corzine is a good dem?

He ranks about as high as Bernie Madoff on my dem list. He's another fatcat who loves power.

[Kahuna]

10. Really? You need to concern yourself with your TX politicians..

You might actually know something about them.

[WriteDown]

12. As a native New Yorker.....

New Jersey has always been laughable when its comes to corruption and that is saying something! Corzine is just another Bilderberger. No other good options though.

[Kahuna]

20. Oh brother!

:eyes:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

28. As a Native and present NJ resident...

I can say with great, almost smug assurance that Corzine is a good man who inherited a goddamned mess, one left by both Whitman and , yes, that world-class moron, McGreevey.

Admittedly, the post-accident Corzine has not been all that thrilling. Some, in the know, say he has had some strange metaphysical change in his worldview.

Christie is as crooked as they come and a political failure who could not last more than one term as a Republican freeholder in Morris County. Now, THAT'S an idiot. A bad ham sandwich usually lasts two terms as a freeholder in that bastion of terminally-privileged wastreldom.

Daggett? Who?

What we need to do is clean up the political machines and cronyism that exists in the Lege and the senate. Corzine signed the bill that strikes the first blow on that, the one that is giving county political machines hysterical diarrhea. Gotta start somewhere.

Now, do regale us on the pristine political climate in Tejas. We await in rapt and breathless fascination.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. If only Ralph Nader was running!

:wow:

[quiller4]

7. You have got to be kidding. n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. yes, I'm obviously kidding

The previous poster seems to be of the same asinine opinion as many Naderites were in 2000. Christie, Corzine, whatever. Christie is the worst of the worst.

[WriteDown]

8. Ugh, death by flesh eating bacteria. nt

[HughMoran]

11. Oh c'mon

You don't really want to hear the Repukes boasting about how they took a Democratic state from the Dems and that Dems and Obama are "weak" now, do you?

[WriteDown]

13. No....

Like I said NO GOOD OPTIONS.

[HughMoran]

14. Since I don't have to live in that state

I guess a bad Dem from a distance is not so painful :)

[WriteDown]

15. Haha...

Agreed.

[mvd]

16. I'm happy because Christie is a Bush-type Repuke and..

Daggett is Paul-like weird. Corzine isn't our best Dem, but he's the clear choice here.

[TommyO]

18. For somebody who lives in the state, I'll take Corzine over the Rove shill any day.

[laughingliberal]

22. I don't live there but I have to think any Dem would trump a Rove shill nt

[HughMoran]

23. Glad to hear it

:)

[ronnie624]

29. Too late. You already said you *could* vote for a Republican over a Democrat.

Though it isn't much of a revelation.

[WriteDown]

30. What color is the sky in your world? nt

[AllentownJake]

17. New Jersey is the Republican's white whale

They try so hard and they always get sooo close only to have their hopes dashed most of the time.

[cosmicone]

21. Christie is a white whale -- throwing his weight around n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

24. Pound for pound, he's one of the best Pukes in the business.

[Jefferson23]

19. Christie would have been worse, but I do wish all of New Jersey folks an excellent Governor some day

They deserve one!

[ooglymoogly]

25. Just another good ol' boy from a good ol' boy state.

[saltpoint]

26. Corzine is not perfect but Christie would be terrible. Go, blue team.

[defendandprotect]

27. k i c k

[rocktivity]

31. I wasn't that worried

Corzine pulled an Obama on him--let Christie shoot his wad both politically and financially. New Jersey is the unpretension capital of the world, and I've always had every confidence that that Corzine would be seen as the lesser of two evils.

:headbang:
rocktivity