I remember being so proud of Whitman when she knocked off Florio. I was working in Trenton at the time (actually, Mercer County) and I remember listening to John and Ken on the radio every day and following the whole "Hands Across New Jersey" demonstration to protest Florio's massive tax hikes. Those were great times for New Jersey, and you got the impression there was hope for the place (LOL, so much for that notion!).
Whitman's two terms as governor came and went, but it seems that all that happened was that New Jersey's infamous education mafia was able to tighten its grip on the state to the point where the place is now utterly hopeless. What a shame. Oh well....
It certainly comes as no surprise that Whitman has now turned out to be a disgrace to her former party and an enemy of the nation.