There are some recurring theme in all of these endorsements for the two Major Candidtes

1. Our candidate sucks, but he is better than the other guy

We have no faith our candidate can do what he says he can, but we'll be better off than with what we get from the other

3. They praise Chris Daggett and after reading you walk away the feeling that they really wanted to endorse Chris Daggett but some behind the scenes forces wouldn't allow it to be.

For example in this endorsement

Independent candidate Chris Daggett's campaign for governor has sparkled with candor, sense and substance. He's offered thoughtful solutions, has impressive experience running government agencies and doesn't appear beholden to special interests.

But the odds against Daggett are almost impossibly long - made even longer by his nearly invisible spot on the ballot. He has a specific and sensible plan for property-tax relief that involves extending the sales tax to certain services. But the question is how effective this engaging policy specialist would be in getting this and other tough proposals through an obstinate and bare-knuckled Legislature. Moreover, Daggett, alone among the three, would keep the door open to expanded gambling in the state.

Still, Daggett has shined in this campaign - and Christie would be smart, if elected, to find a place in his Cabinet for someone with so much to contribute.

So here's a tally of ALL newspaper endorsements so far, because this site seems content in not publishing all of Daggett's endorsements

Corzine:

1. The Record
2. NY Times (New York)
3. Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
4. Courier Post

Christie:

1. Home News Tribune
2. Courier News
3. Press of Atlantic City

Daggett:

1. The Star Ledger
2. The Bernardsville News
3. Cedar Grove Observer Grove
4. Verona Observers
5. Chatham Courier
6. The Citizen
7. Echoes-Sentinel
8. Florham Park Eagle
9. Hanover Eagle
10. Hunterdon Review
11. Madison Eagle
12. Morris NewsBee
13. Mt. Olive Chronicle
14. Observer-Tribune
15. The Progress
16. The Randolph Reporter

So for NJ newspapers Corzine 2,Christie 3 and Daggett 16.

I would just like to say that the must have missed the news flash, because 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

Daggett doesn't have the support of 16 papers. He has the support of one major daily paper and one weekly publishing company. The list you supplied are all small weekly papers under the the same publishing company, Recorder Publishing Inc. They are not independent papers owned under different management.

In reality, Daggett has the endoresments from the major daily paper The Star-Ledger and the parent company for the weekly papers you listed, Recorder Publishing Inc.  Which I bet you already knew. That makes 2 for Daggett, not 16. 

By they way, Madison/Chatham/Florham is really only one paper that gets distributed to those three towns.

Daggett is a "stalking horse" for Corzine and any newspaper endorsing him is simply too ashamed to endorse Corzine and too liberal to endorse Christie. The ones who have endorsed Corzine are so far to the left these days, they may believe Obama will bail them out of bankruptcy. As far as the Bergen Record is concerned, one can only hope their endorsement of Corzine brings him the same results as it brought Forrester and Franks in their elections. Many believe the Record endorsement is the "kiss of death" because they are no longer credible.

All the Following are the same newspapers

Asbury Park Press
Courier News, Somerville
Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
Home News Tribune, East Brunswick
Daily Record, Parsippany
The Daily Journal, Vineland

Good try though...

And as @FormerlyAnonymous pointed out Christie's endorsements are from Gannett, the Fox News of New Jersey. They are so in the tank for the GOP it's pathetic.

Apples to apples, please. If you're going to include weekly newspaper endorsements, then list ALL weeklies who have endorsed, not just the ones endorsing your candidate, Chris Daggett. He did get the biggest daily in the state to endorse him, the Star Ledger, but is there MOMENTUM going into the last week for Daggett or not? That's the big question mark. The flipping of the A.C.Press is definitely noteworthy -- why has Christie's hometown daily, the Daily Record, not yet endorsed its preferred candidate?

Owned by the same person---who happened to grow up with Daggett. You people are sad....Next thing Daggett will take credit for is the sun rising.

The Vineland Daily Journal issued its endorsement on Friday and flipped from Corzine to Daggett:

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20091023/OPINION01/910230329/1016...

that so far, only two of the four papers that have endorsed Corzine are NJ papers? The Bergen Record and the Trenton Times.

Just keep the interesting topic coming and keep in mind which topic will other love,then I think you can keep up it.

Acai Force Max

Wrong Alex. Gannett's ownership and managment of it's major daily papers is a far different ball game then how weeklies with parent companies are run. You will never see weekly newspapers owned by the same parent company endorse different candidates. Weekly newspapers are micro-managed in accordance with how the parent company wants the paper to be represented.

Even on Daggett's own site you will notice that they don't say "16 papers" have endorsed Daggett! They say that Recorder Publishing, the parent company to group weeklies, has endorsed Daggett. They then go on to list the papers that make up that newspaper group. You didn't even make any mention of the parent company in your posting. You are misrepresenting the information.

Link provided to assist in your confusion:

http://daggettforgovernor.com/wordpress/2009/10/21/recorder-newspapers-e...

Daggett isn't going to win. And it's people like you that are going to get Corzine re-elected. And why in the world would we want Daggett to win? He wants to just take money out of one pocket and put it in another. Lower property tax but tax everything else under the sun. That's not a good plan.

Go figure - Alex is taking out of his a$$ again...

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/christie_for_nj_governor...

Figured I would ad my two cents. The editoral content of muti-press newspapers (Ganeet for example) is rarely out of step with the flagship paper. It is usually that simple. Therefore of the three major papers that serve this state : The Times, the Inquirer, and the Star-ledger-Corzine wins out. However, Newspaper endorsements are increasingly irrelevant. The Star Ledger made this quite clear when they endorsed a rather mediocre 3rd party candidate to generate headlines about the paper itself. Media is a business and Newpapers are the lowest on that business model chain now. The Press of AC is barely a paper anymore, its an AP news rag, and even then the paper is barely readable.

I noticed how conveniently alexhiggins732 neglected to mention the Asbury Park Press since it is the largest newspaper is Central and Southern New Jersey with a circulation greater than all the weekly newspapers he quoted.I wonder how he will feel if his boy Daggett causes Corzine to get reelected? But, then again he probably is quietly working for the Corzine campaign. A vote for Daggett is a vote to reelect Jon Corzine.

Manalapan Mall Pennysaver endorses Daggett!!!

...yippie.

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