Free Republic

A highly emotional, intense political campaign is being kicked off in Jersey - with a "candidate" who isn't even human. The campaign is to convince Jersey residents to go along- at least somewhat - with Governor Corzine's plan to dramatically increase tolls in order to save the State from financial ruin. Dr. Brigid Harrison, a professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University, says when you're trying to sell this kind of an unappealing idea, "you attempt to convince voters to at least be neutral on this issue, or have some kind of benign, non-resistance to it…I don't...