Whitman: Corzine 'quietly' helping Daggett in bid to split independent vote

Daggetts numbers are steady because he has benefited from the arrogance shown by Chrisite to Steve Lonegan and his 140,000 supporters.

Corzine had to do nothing! Christie is the one who has driven loyal conservative Republicans ,who voted for Lonegan,into the Daggett camp.

Christie acted like he did not need them throughout the summer and early fall.Now he needs them and he says"who else you going to support?"

WHAT ARROGANCE!!!!!

He will not be seen with Lonegan. He will not give Lonegan and his supporters the chance to be part of the campaign. But now he wants the "loyal" Republicans to come home.

The answer is simple .About 140,000 "guaranteed" Republican voters will now stay at hoem or vote Daggett.

..and their new mantra? " Ignore me will you!!!"

Lonegan lost. Get over it.

How much is Corzine paying for this propaganda?

Who knew that Lonegan supporters were so shallow?
They have taken the Daggett mantra to heart," It is never wrong to vote for the right person."

So it's about slogans and not principles? You know what---I think you're wrong. I think Lonegan supporters will back christie because they know he is the only candidate for smaller govt and less taxes.
I think you and some other posters, are just bitter jackasses with a wharped agenda.

Time will tell....

And 99% are voting for Christie.

Lonegan even endorsed Christie.

Nice try Corzine supporters pretending to be Lonegan backers.

every Lonegan voter I know(and a few of them are Ron Paul voters too) are supporting Christie, enthusiastically!  They know the stakes of this election, redistricting come up again next year and they know with Corzine in power we(conservatives) WILL get the short end of the stick. 

Here, READ THIS!:

The gubernatorial race is tied, according to a new Monmouth University/Gannett poll.

The poll shows Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie each getting 39%, while independent Christopher Daggett gets 14%.

A Monmouth poll from the beginning of this month showed Christie ahead of Corzine by three points - 43% to 40% -- with Daggett taking 8% of the vote.

Today's poll found that once reluctant Democrats are sticking with Corzine, but there may be some base trouble for Christie with the Republican base. Christie had 86% of Republicans' support in the poll released early in the month and has 81% of the base in todays. Corzine, who in July had 71% of Democrats' support, now has 76%.

THATS RIGHT ,CHRISITE WENT FROM 86% TO 81% !

LONEGAN SUPPORTERS HAVE HAD IT WITH HIS ARROGANCE. CHRISTIE HAS REFUSED TO CAMPAIGN WITH LONEGAN AND HE HAS REFUSED TO HAVE HIS SUPPORTERS AS PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN .

BY ELECTION DAY THAT 81% WILL BE DOWN EVEN FURTHER!

Chris Daggett is a spoiler, pure and simple.  Jon Corzine may not be able to win this race on his own.  Too many people are on to him.  They have not only witnessed, but have sadly experienced the utter failure of his Administration.

And, at this point, there in no possibility at all that Daggett can be elected.  People who were saying that weeks and even months ago, have been proven correct.  But Chris Daggett hangs on in spite of the fact that he is out of the running.  One, therefore, begins to suspect that there may be a "deal" of some sort between Corzine and Daggett to keep him in the race.

Whatever it may (or may not) be, in my opinion what we do know for certain is that Jon Corzine is a corruptor.  He freely buys loyalty, sometimes with his own cash, and sometimes with ours.  Chris Daggett, however, insists that Jon Corzine is not corrupt.

Personally, he has garnered loyalty with obscenely generous "break-up" gifts for his state-worker union moll (and in at least one instance included a hefty mortgage forgiveness for girl friend's family member -- the one who was accused of abusing access to confidential tax records at his state job); he has personally given boodles of tax-free "bonuses" of cash to the state employees who work in his office; and he has personally loaded the coffers of certain support groups, with loans that subsequently just go away.  And the endorsements appear. 

Not for nothing, Corzine has also used and abused our public money, even exercising his own special contribution to the wrecking of the State's pension system by appointing obscene double dippers, who are tacking on years and years of pension-boosting credits, and simultaneously receiving full medical benefits, while only holding down part-time positions.

One of them was even brought in as a top dog in Corzine's re-election campaign.  He was reappointed to the part-time position at the Local Finance Board by Corzine, where he makes about $12,000 a year, but receives FULL MEDICAL BENEFITS.  Each of the five years he has been there (that perk job was originally part of the golden parachute he received from former Governor McGreevey) is tacked on to his pension total, which will be calculated as a percentage of his three highest years of salary -- those as as McGreevey's Chief of Staff.  And, because that part-time job has full medical coverage, he will ultimately be able to retire from that position, with such benefits.

Oh, one more thing.  The Local Finance Board oversees ethics laws that apply to local governments!  Now, isn't that special?

His is literally and figuratively a case of a Fox being in charge of the chicken coop! 

by Trochilus

Daggett Breaks 20% in latest Poll. He will have a Major impact on an election.

The 20% threshold represents a psychological barrier and breaking that barrier gives Daggett a chance to win the election.

http://njelection.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/daggett-breaks-20-in-latest-p...

Once the voters who want Corzine out of office realize that Chris Christie’s ship is sinking faster than the Titanic we are likely to see a mass migration of voters from the Christie camp to the Daggett camp. Recent news about Christie includes a possible Christie Affair with Michele Brown, Christie’s family is connected to the Mob, accusations of several multi-million dollar extortion scandals, and even a petition to the DOJ by a NJ Senator to have Christie investigated for abusing his power as US Attorney General for political purposes.

Within the Republican Party there is a large group of Lonegan supporters that absolutely despise Chris Christie. The news that Daggett is polling at 20% could become the tipping point for these voters to jump ship and get on board with Chris Daggett.

On the flip side, there a majority of Democratic voters who would rather not vote for Corzine. These Democratic party voters feel that as bad as Corzine has been Christie would be much worse. And Christie’s recent steady drip of corruption scandals are help convincing them otherwise. For this group of voters the news of Daggett Breaking 20% in the latest poll is likely to sway a large portion of these voters to vote for Daggett Come election day.

Trochilus is that you. I thought maybe you left for....whereever it is movement conservatives are still in charge. Anyway, good to know your still breathing.

I can't argue the points here, no time. But I did want to say Hello.

AND Goodbye;)

Got Kids II,

Hey, I remember you too!  So sorry you can't stay to chat.  I know it's a tough job defending the enabler.

Now, as I recall, you used to be able to write coherent sentences.

"I thought maybe you left for....whereever [sic] it is movement conservatives are still in charge."

Hurry back! And get some rest, too.

by Trochilus

Maybe I was raised on a steady stream of Fab but its better than secretly wishing the the state would go broke like I know many GOP supporters really feel inside.

I support hope not destruction....

new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll showing another surge for Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Daggett. The polls showed incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine at 39%, Republican challenger Chris Christie at 36% and Independent Chris Daggett at 20%. That means five percent of people of are still either undecided or voting for another candidate.

That is a six percent jump for Daggett over the Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll. It appears at this point it appears the rallying cry of Chirs Christie “A vote for Daggett is a vote for Corzine” may be turned around to “A vote for Christie is a vote for Corzine”.

The biggest issues is that it appears about 40% of New Jersey voters lack the ability to vote for anybody other than a Democrat. If Cozine falls to 35% in polling, Daggett very likely will win.

So hmmmm... 5% undecided and 4% margin of error... just maybe...

20+5 for Daggett= 25%
36-4= 32% for Christie.

Also in the Ventura Race, he polled at 27% in the final poll and actually pulled 37% of the vote the margin of error was way off.

I smell an upset.

A vote for Christie is a vote for Corzine.

Christie's ship is sinking. Get off while you can. If you want Corzine out of office spread the word about Daggett