Jon Corzine

Sam Tyler | November 18, 2009   With Jon Corzine back from the Tropics and a lame-duck session about to begin the real question at hand for the Governor is: what will he be doing when his term ends? We here at Save Jersey HQ have thought long and hard about the options that Mr. Moneybags has available to him. He’s been linked to Bank of America (anyone catch the irony that the Bank of America was bailed out by America?), a position on The One’s cabinet, and professional retirement. But we know The Wizard of Wall Street too well – he’s a smart ... Read Full Story

Declaring a fiscal emergency in New Jersey is one option open to Gov.-elect Chris Christie as he searches for a way out of the state's deep financial deficit, the head of his transition team said. Jeff Chiesa, executive director of Christie's transition team, said an emergency declaration like the one Gov. Jon Corzine used after budget talks with the Legislature collapsed in 2006 is one of many ideas raised during a recent meeting. "It would be premature to suggest it is anything more at this point in time," Chiesa said Tuesday in an e-mail. Christie, who defeated Gov. Jon Corzine last week to become ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of President Barack Obama's influence. Democrats were bracing for the unhappy possibility they could go down to defeat not just in those two states but in a congressional district in upstate New York where a conservative candidate was leading. The election outcome could give some clues as to the national mood a year after Obama was elected president and a year before 2010 congressional elections that will represent the first clear referendum on Obama's time ... Read Full Story

Chris Christie thought his political career was over 12 years ago when he was bounced from a primary election for a county board. Christie, practically a born politician who campaigned as a teenager with future Gov. Tom Kean Sr., was president of his class at Livingston High School and of the student body at the University of Delaware. He was a one-term incumbent on the Morris County Board of Freeholders when he lost the primary. But his political career was revived through an unlikely chain of events. He became the lawyer for George W. Bush's presidential campaign in New Jersey. And after Bush won, ... Read Full Story

President Barack Obama is making a last-minute campaign appearance for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election bid. Obama's scheduled to appear Sunday at a pair of rallies for the only incumbent governor seeking re-election. Just one of two governors' offices on the ballot for Tuesday's elections, the White House is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama. The results could also foreshadow next year's elections, when 37 governorships come up for grabs. The president plans to appear with Corzine at two New Jersey campaign stops, in Camden and Newark, before returning to the White House. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS ... Read Full Story