[Torie]

Why has New Jersey suddenly become the Louisiana of the north?

Suddenly? The place has been a cesspool from a governance standpoint for my entire polically aware sentient life, which is now pushing 45 years. Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose, except there hasn't even been any veneer of change at all. The odorifous wafts have never had any perfume to scent them; thus they have always stank. I remember when Senator Williams bit the dust, and was told by my dad that 10 years prior that he was bought and sold just like pigs at auction. I think Williams went to jail. In a kinder and gentler time, Toricelli just retired in disgrace. And there you have it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Is it any wonder that a state so tolerant of mass-scale corruption from the mayors to US Senators, to the entirety of the State Supreme Court, has failed to elect a Conservative Senator in over 50 years or Governor since Dem. Charles Edison in 1941 ? What is the difference between the 'Rat-RINO establishment criminal enterprise ? Time to clean up the state from High Point to Cape May, and Bret Schundler is the man to do it in '05 !

[jocon307]

"Suddenly? The place has been a cesspool from a governance standpoint for my entire polically aware sentient life, which is now pushing 45 years."

Oh yes, I didn't understand this either. New Jersey is infamous as a bed of corruption, and if you can remember 45 years, it's got to be more like 90, since Frank Hague was mayor of Jersey City for about 45 years, and he was out at least 35 years ago.

I'm only happy to see McGreevy self-destruct. I hope Schundler runs again, and wins!