[FlipWilson]

His 2009 campaign was great. To bad he governed like an absentee RINO. For all his reaching across the aisle he drew back a stump.

[Alberta's Child]

In his defense, it is almost impossible for a Republican to govern a heavily Democratic state where both houses of the state legislature are controlled by Democrats.

The only reason the Republican Party has any presence in New Jersey at all is that it is a "home rule" state where a lot of power is vested in municipal governments. That's how you end up with some heavily Republican areas even in a state as "blue" as New Jersey.