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2009-10-27 Home Front: Politix

New Jersey Governor: Christie 46%, Corzine 43%

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-27 12:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I grew up in Youngstown ("Little Chicago") and my dad was in politics. When I was a kid, the Dem primary vote tended to break on ethnic lines: the Irish voted for the Irish candidate, the Italians for the guy with a vowel on the end of his name, the "Slovaks" (East European) for the guy whose name ended in "-ski," and so on. If the party machine's preferred candidate was named, say, "Bubba Brewski," and he was facing a strong challenge from a guy named, for example, "Luigi Linguini," the machine would often recruit a "cutter" candidate of the same ethnicity as the challenger--in this example, he might be "Mike Macaroni." The cutter (Macaroni) would split the challenger's (Linguini's) ethnic vote bloc, and insure that the machine's guy won.

I suspect a lot of people in Jersey are starting to perceive Daggett as Corzine's "cutter." That's been Christie's argument of late, anyway.

Posted by Mike 2009-10-27 12:53|| 2009-10-27 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Given Corzine's nearly limitless access to funds, it's remarkable that the badly outspent Christie is doing so well. How many candidates could survive a $45m blitz of negative TV and still be in the race?

Posted by Iblis 2009-10-27 14:17|| 2009-10-27 14:17|| Front Page Top

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