Budget balancing won’t solve what ails New Jersey. Their taxes are way too high and business climate way too low. I don’t see how Christie could get that Dim legislature to do anything really constructive about those problems.
There have many previous GOP governors in decidedly Blue Northeastern states. None of them gets much done. In these leftist strongholds the gubernatorial election is a meaningless exercise.
Yup, New Jersey is an interesting state—its really many states in one. It ranges from dung-heaps like Newark and Camden, so some really beautiful areas, especially in the North and West. Which is kind of surprising because its so small. But, apparently not much gets done there without some kind of bribe or payoff.