Finally! Despite the last-minute Air Force One shuttles between Washington, D.C. and Trenton, President Obama’s luster simply was not transferable to Jon Corzine. Nor was the third-person candidacy of Chris Daggett which, in the end, was unable to siphon off enough votes to prevent Chris Christie from snatching the golden ring of the New Jersey governorship.
I extend our newly elected governor the best of fortune in his new job. Nonetheless, I remain optimistically skeptical: Not because I don’t trust the man and his backers, but because, in the 33 years that I’ve been in Bridgewater, I’ve seen elected officials come and go into and out of Trenton, with no relief to the tax burden which continues to grow and to weigh down the common person.
Yesterday, CNN reported a poll which showed the top concerns of NJ citizens:
• 31%, The economy and jobs
• 26%, Property taxes
• 20%, Corruption
• 18%, Healthcare
Governor-elect Christopher Christie was outstanding in demonstrating how good he is at addressing corruption. He now needs to show us how good he is at fixing the first two concerns.
Showing posts with label Chris Daggett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Daggett. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Chris Daggett: Corzine’s AMEX Card
In a six-poll average appearing on the Real Clear Politics web site as of Friday afternoon, Chris Christie and Jon Corzine are in a statistical dead heat. One of those six polls, Quinnipiac, shows Christie trailing Corzine by five points, while the Rasmussen poll has him ahead of Corzine by three. This could be a stunning turnaround for New Jersey’s incumbent governor.
Should it become a last-minute trend that holds through to Election Day, it won’t be due only to the personal purchasing power that previously helped Corzine gain a U.S. Senate seat and his first term as NJ governor.
If Jon Corzine wins a second term, there will be another even more compelling reason for victory: It will be the impact of Chris Daggett’s insertion into this race that could be the favorable tipping point for Corzine.
Chris Daggett never stood a chance at the golden ring from the beginning of his candidacy, but he has apparently struck a chord with enough voters so that he became a major distraction to Christie and a significant boost for Corzine, the only two contenders with any realistic chance of success.
Daggett’s promise to reduce property taxes by increasing the sales tax base is a 1977-style, Byrne-like, smoke-and-mirrors proposal presented to gullible voters: It is identical to the old thinking that establishing a New Jersey income tax would reduce property taxes.
If those protest voters don’t wake up, their fantasy will be replaced with the reality of another four years of the same.
When Jon Corzine left Goldman Sachs after a fabulously successful career, he took with him the enormous purchasing power of a seemingly unlimited AMEX card. But his second term, if he makes it, will have come not solely from his financial resources: It will have resulted in large measure from something that he could never buy: the dilutive effect of a third-person spoiler, Chris Daggett.
Should it become a last-minute trend that holds through to Election Day, it won’t be due only to the personal purchasing power that previously helped Corzine gain a U.S. Senate seat and his first term as NJ governor.
If Jon Corzine wins a second term, there will be another even more compelling reason for victory: It will be the impact of Chris Daggett’s insertion into this race that could be the favorable tipping point for Corzine.
Chris Daggett never stood a chance at the golden ring from the beginning of his candidacy, but he has apparently struck a chord with enough voters so that he became a major distraction to Christie and a significant boost for Corzine, the only two contenders with any realistic chance of success.
Daggett’s promise to reduce property taxes by increasing the sales tax base is a 1977-style, Byrne-like, smoke-and-mirrors proposal presented to gullible voters: It is identical to the old thinking that establishing a New Jersey income tax would reduce property taxes.
If those protest voters don’t wake up, their fantasy will be replaced with the reality of another four years of the same.
When Jon Corzine left Goldman Sachs after a fabulously successful career, he took with him the enormous purchasing power of a seemingly unlimited AMEX card. But his second term, if he makes it, will have come not solely from his financial resources: It will have resulted in large measure from something that he could never buy: the dilutive effect of a third-person spoiler, Chris Daggett.
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