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Corzine closing gap in New Jersey (and his opponent likes Springsteen, which the NY Times thinks is news)

9/30/09 1:36pm by Joe Sudbay 0

This is one of the most useless and inane articles I’ve ever seen in the NY Times. Today, on the front page of the Times, we learn that GOP candidate for Governor, Chris Christie, is a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen. Seriously? That’s news? A New Jersey politician likes The Boss. Stop the presses!!! Who cares? I don’t know Bruce, but I do know his politics and I doubt he’s a fan of Christie:

As to his rival’s admiration of Mr. Springsteen, Mr. Corzine said: “Last time I checked, Bruce Springsteen was for the working man, not giant corporations and the very wealthy.”

Fortunately, the polls in New Jersey have tightened up. Corzine has pulled to within four points: 43% – 39% in the Quinnipiac Poll. The margin of Christie’s lead was 10% points a month ago.

This is what people really need to know about Chris Christie: He erupted at a constituent, a cancer-survivor, who asked about health care, telling her she’s an “exception” because cancer happened in her 20s. Christie sides with insurance companies. Marcy Wheeler explained how she and Jane Hamsher were “exceptions,” too. My cousin, Mary Jo, was an “exception,” too. She died of breast cancer when she was 30. As Marcy put it, Christie is “a walking death panel for ‘exceptions’ like me and Jane..” Classy guy that Chris Christie:
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On October 27, 2010, Joe was one of five bloggers who interviewed President Obama. Joe is a DC-based political consultant with over twenty-five years of experience at both the state and federal level. Joe has managed political operations and legislative efforts for both candidates and issues-based organizations. For seven years, he was the Director of State Legislation at Handgun Control, Inc. He served as that organization's first Political Director during the 2000 cycle. Joe is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law. In addition, he has a Masters in Public Administration from Lehigh University and received his B.A. from the University of New Hampshire. Joe also has a fun dog, Petey, a worthy successor to Boomer, who got Joe through eight years of Bush and Cheney. Joe likes to think he is a world class athlete having finished the 2005 Chicago Marathon in the time of 4:10. He has completed six other marathons as well -- and is still determined to break the four hour mark.