It's not just an NJ problem. Where are the good governors? Who were they? (Leave Reagan out of it!) I'd say Chris Christie was probably a better governor than at least 90% of the State Governors who held office during the past 50 years.
ML/NJ
No, not just a NJ problem. But that area of the country has sent a disproportionate number of horrors to office, and it has been on the rise since the 1990s.
I never trusted Stay Puft from the get-go. He was anti-2A, pro-illegal and just a lot of sturm und drang with little substance underneath. His cuddles with Zero and the establishment solidified him as a genuine phony.