Someone has been using the screen name "assisi" and been saying bad things. this is me Joe A and I support Christie and all the Republicans 100%. Thanks Joe A

This is a throwaway endorsement, because it will not accomplish what the SL says it wants -- a break on the hold of the Ds and Rs on the state of New Jersey.

If you want to break that hold you need to pass a few other things.

1) Publicly fund elections;
2) Have elections run on instant runoff, with ballot position and funding going to parties that pass certain first ballot thresholds;
3) Allow multiple party endorsements, so that a 3rd party can endorse a D or R and have votes for that candidate accrue to their party.
4) Remove the two major parties from the state constitution, or allow other parties in. It's a shame that we publicly fund the primaries of the two major parties, and that committee seats are official positions.

There are lots of other things to do if you want to break the hold, but those are a few of them. Any other ideas?

What a sigh of relief from the paper. Thank god it did not endorse, Jon "it's Bush's fault" Corzine or Chris "I'm not Corzine" Christie.

Christie is going nowhere, and his brother Todd Christie who helps funnel money through other states illegally as reported to the Christie campaign can stop posting on here as GoredNJ.

No wonder that this paper is bankrupt, barely keeping its nose over the water. I have not seen the more detached newspaper from its readership except The New York Times, which is going bankrupt pretty soon too. I do not get the following “Republican mandarins on the governor's office.” Who are they and where do they live? “Independent” Daggett is Corzine’s stooge designed to take away votes away from Chris Christie so Corzine can squeeze in. Will voters of New Jersey be fooled by this kindergarten strategy? I doubt it. However, the Star-Ledger proved to be on this level.

I do support Christie. He is the ONLY candidate who has a chance at getting Corzine out of office. We NEED Corzine out! Daggett cannot win. Period. He doesn't have the money, nor the support. He does have a 'few' good ideas, but nothing I would say is the golden ticket. The people of this state are suffering. My own family is suffering from the high taxes. I drive through the urban areas and feel terrible that people have to live under those conditions of garbage thrown everywhere, crime, AND high taxes. Daggett should quit immediately if he wants any type of change in NJ.

The Star Ledger is just trying to manipulate a good fight that will sell papers. If it is over like most of us expect, then no one will care to read the dribble of the Ledger.

Finally main stream organizations are coming to agreement with the consensus: The broken two-party system has brought a plague of scandal and corruption upon our state.

The only way to save our state from this plight is two break the monopolistic strange old these corrupt self serving parties have on our government.

I Agree with the ledger and

I AM VOTING DAGGETT

I Encourage all readers to help spread the word about this endorsement and Chris Daggett and visit http://njelection.wordpress.com

Daggett is a SPOILER for the Norcross, Corzine, Sweeney Team to get Christie out. Norcross wants to control the state.

The newspapers were not doing well and this was an opportunity for someone to help them out. The deal comes with endorsements and special media stories to make the democratic candidates look like heros. All this for a few bucks. Thanks newspapers for screwing the people of New Jersey

The Associated Press had 3 independent economists review each candidates plan and independent economists agree the Daggett tax plan is best

Of Corzine's plan they said by raising sales tax, income tax and reducing property tax rebates Corzine has created a climate that has caused many businesses to leave the state.

On Christie's plan those economists said it is unrealistic, would create a huge budget deficit and would create a second sales tax.

Vote Daggett!! Say no more to politics as usual. Break the Cycle.

If you're afraid that a vote for Daggett is a Vote for Corzine, don't be because the polls show Daggett is hurting Corzine and putting Christie ahead.

See this Daggett Hurts Corzine and Helps Christie

You can be sure that you don't waste your vote by making the I'll vote for Dagget pledge.

The Daggett pledge is based on a simple premise, if enough people pledge their vote then you will vote for Daggett

Pledge your vote for Daggett at DaggettPledge.com

AND HERE'S HOW

Mark Blumenthal over at the National Journal Polling site points out that Chris Daggett can win.

He finished the articles stating that voters should feel comfortable that there vote is not a wasted vote if Daggett breaks 25% in the polls. As the Washington Post has reported at 20% Path Exists For Daggett to Win Race. For those who haven't heard, Daggett has already passed 20% in latest polls."

Mark Blumenthal lays out all of the intriguing parallels between the Daggett Campaign and the Ventura Campaign and asks the question "Can Daggett Pull a Ventura?"

He says that "In almost every case, three dynamics facilitate the also-ran"s rise: Strong performances in campaign debates and endorsements from prominent newspapers boost their name recognition, while a last-minute surge in the polls helps convince voters that the long shot really can win."

For those who haven't been following the campaign, all three of these factors exist. Daggett has won all three of the Gubernatorial Debates. Every main stream media organization reported Daggett won the first debate hands down.

Winning that debate on Daggett nation wide media coverage and praises from out of state papers like the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The media buzz helped Daggett win an endorsement from NJ's largest Newspaper, The Star Ledger and caused the NY Times to give a reluctant endorsement to Jon Corzine while once again praising Daggett. That news helped kick up the rumor that Mayor Bloomberg is considering a Chris Daggett endorsement

Mark Blumenthal's report also doesn't considered the Recorder News Paper group, which consists of about a dozen NJ papers, to rescind their endorsement of Christ Christie. Instead the 12 New Jersey Newspapers reconsidered their endorsement of Christie and chose to endorse Daggett instead stating that Christie"s lack of a plan and their opinion that only an Independent who is not the slave of special interest can fix the "pirate ship" of "corruption" that exist in NJ.

Daggett went on to win the 2nd Gubernatorial Debate and the the 3rd. In the 3rd NJ Gubernatorial debate here Chris Daggett handed it to both Christie and Corzine for corruption saying to fight corruption you need to lead by example."

Daggett then cited specific corrupt activities that Christie and Corzine had engaged in, including illegal campaign finance and pay to play, and neither Corzine or Christie could defend themselves.

According to the Washington Post and Mark Blumenthal of the National Journal and a growing number of political analysts the answer is yes. It will be, however, they both note a hard battle. But the key thing here is analysts opinion is shifting from it is impossible for Dagget to Win to Daggett Can Win"

Mark Blumenthal says if Daggett breaks 25% voters should feel comfortable that a vote for Daggett is not a wasted voted. He points out that Ventura only polled at 27% and was also being called a spoiler.

Mark states:

Those who follow politics are familiar with a pattern, evident mostly in primary elections, in which two front-running candidates will battle for months, often with an acrimonious exchange of negative advertising, only to be overtaken by a little-known third candidate who surges from single digits in the campaign's final weeks.

He also points out that even though Ventura was only polling at 27% in the final poll and Ventura won the election by pulling in 37% of the vote.

Mark ends his article with "I'd only vote for him," he said, "if I got more info on him and he was at 25 and they were at 35."