There is something very different about how Governor Christie is running the job of Governor in New Jersey.
I think the reason for that is very straightforward: The lack of linkage between what so many elected officials say while campaigning and after being installed in office – either for the first time or when running for re-election – has caused Americans to lose confidence in the credibility of their elected and appointed officials.
That is clearly not the case for all office holders either nationally, regionally, or locally, but it applies to enough of them to cast serious doubt upon the integrity of the political process – a phenomenon which any observer can plainly see.
Maybe the disconnect between what politicians say and do and the lack of such a disconnect in the Christie administration is what makes his governance – at least up to this point – so unique and such a fresh breeze in the Public Square.
I don’t concur with each of his initiatives, but the Governor is on point with enough of them to the extent that New Jersey may be able to pull itself out of its fiscal hole. The lack of financial discipline has been a hallmark of administrations dating back at least to the introduction of the New Jersey sales tax by then-Governor Brendan Byrne in 1976.
Now, if only Governor Christie can succeed in implementing a discerning, much-needed change on the bench of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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