Democrat Jon Corzine has run a ruthless Alinsky type campaign against his Republican challenger, Chris Christie. Christie however has fallen into the common Republican trap and decided to run the typical “country club” style Republican campaign of refusing to fight back. The result of this decision has not been surprising: he is presently losing.
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine leads Republican challenger Christopher Christie for the first time in their five-month slugfest, on top 43 – 38 percent among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Independent candidate Christopher Daggett has 13 percent, with 5 percent undecided.
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Despite the common wisdom, this is what Republicans can expect when they refuse to fight back. They will continue to get stomped on by The Progressives. Jon Corzine is a lousy governor who has raised taxes, and otherwise ruined New Jersey. He should be getting trampled by his opponent. But he isn’t because unlike most Republicans, he is fighting back – and hard. The American public respect fighters, and despise political eunuchs like Christie. The proof of this can be seen in Virginia, where Republican McDonnell has been fighting ruthlessly against the Democrat Deeds and showing him no mercy. The result? He is in the lead!
Let this be a lesson to Republicans that the McCain-Bush “country club” tactics of civility don’t work in the age of Alinsky-Styn-Corzine-Chris Christiele style politics. Whether you like it or not, the facts prove that only ruthlessness gets results.
I despise Corzine, but have much more respect for him than I do Christie. Corzine fights, while Christie cries like a chump!
Tags: Chris Christie, John Corzine, NJ Govenor
