Jon Corzine is going to be re-elected Governor of New Jersey. He always was going to be re-elected. Those of us who understand what “Money is the mother milk of politics” actually means have always understood that.
Now that the race has tightened and the inevitable has become evident to the uneducated, we will hear the excuses, the recriminations and the lamentations.
The experts will opine that:
If Chris Christie had come forward with a property tax plan …
If Chris Christie had been more specific about state budget cuts …
If Chris Christie had made a better case about the failures of Corzine’s first four years …
If Chris Daggett had not been in the race …
(And my very favorite)
If Republicans had only nominated a “true” conservative …
But none of that mattered.
It was never a fair race. It was never going to be a fair race.
It was more like a three-on-one basketball game or an eleven-on-three football game.
Arguing that Christie’s strategy or the tactics used to implement that strategy were flawed is kind of like arguing in the basketball analogy that he should have tried more three-point shots or in the football analogy that he should have ran the ball more.
None of that matters.
Forty to sixty million dollars to twelve millions dollars is ALWAYS going to win. But those are just the latest estimates and they are meaningless. Like Michael Bloomberg, Jon Corzine will spend “whatever it takes” to win. That makes them different. It distinguishes them from Doug Forrester and the others who came before him who were willing to spend a lot, but NOT “whatever it takes.”
The “whatever-it-takes” guys are ALWAYS going to win.
Message is secondary (by a long, long shot). If I am shouting and you are whispering, I will win.
Think of it this way:
McDonald’s sells a lot of hamburgers despite the fact that there are six or seven better burgers within a few mile radius of each and every one of their restaurants. That’s because you – the consumer – are “lovin’ it.”
Listen, “You deserve a break today” so stop trying to figure out why on November 4th you will wake up to the same Governor you had on November 3rd.
The only issue yet to be decided is whether our Governor will try to “Super Size” his career into a Presidential run some day.
I don't understand why Jon Corzine wants the job so badly. If he really wanted to be a hero, he'd use his considerable wealth to help the less fortunate instead of himself - or maybe he could help pay down the national debt!!
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