between Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie and'... whom exactly?

I have to admire the Corzine campaign. They're trying REALLY hard to make this sound like a bigger controversy then it actually is.

I love how these democrats are furious and 'troubled" by Christie's 46k loan to a friend, but are completely cool with Corzine paying out a 470K "loan" to a union leader and then fighting for the right to hide the e-mail's between him and her.

they are complaining that the procees is taking too long and then demanding that manpower be pulled off the project?

This is political grandstanding at its worst.  The fact that the Corzine campaign continually tries to sinisterize this non-issue is a telling sign of how truly desperate and concerned they are.

The man loaned money to a friend in need at a time when they were colleagues.

This criticism is coming from the guy who made a personal gift of almost half a million dollars to the head of the largest state employee union, refuses to release his commnications with her at a time when the union contract was being re-negotiated, and also gave her brother a state job and some spending money.

I believe the appropriate term is PULLEEEZE

Only in "Corzine World" could an 17 year career prosecutor with a spotless reputation be dragged through the mud for Corzines political gain. Michelle Brown is public servant of the highest caliber...I guess it's no stunner that Corzine is attacking one of the "good guys" but defended scum like Sharpe James and Wayne Bryant. It's still amazing that he was silent as they both sat in the Senate and collected state paychecks while under indictment.

Loretta is proving herself to be a bitter old woman willing to be a puppet for her runningmate. It's not Browns fault that Weinberg was one of the greedy ones who believed that Bernie Madoff's 20% returns could possibly be real. Then again, she believes that the other Wizard of Wall Streets numbers are real too.

If transparency is what Corzine/Weinberg seek then lets have them release:

1. Katz e-mails

2. Corzine's FULL Tax returns----so the public can see all monetary "gifts", loans( amazing how the same people seem to get loans every year, probably a coincidence).

3. ALL charitable contributions----Corzine's money has been thrown everywhere...to buy votes and keep unhappy old friends/girlfriends quiet/employed.

4. All papers, phone records, etc dealing with the latest settlement with the CWA---when he gave away any furlough concessions by giving them personal days and a locked in raise for 2011--all so VP Joe Biden would appear with him---incredible.

5. ALL papers detailing the amount of time that Dick Codey has been Acting Gov while Jon was out of state vacationing, promoting himself for that Washington job he didn't get, etc.   Corzine has spent more time out of state than ANY Governor in NJ's history.

Lets start there Mr Transparency.... 

 "Don't let facts get in the way"....Corzine '09

Brown should remove herself from this situation because there is a chance of a conflict of interest. However, unlike Loretta, I would like to see full disclosure of Corzine's expenses, his schedules, his tax returns. Let's start from his first year in the Senate and work our way up.

Are you all insane? this type of loan is called "corruption" and is illegal. furthermore, to "forget" to include it on his disclosures is almost as basd if not worse than anything he prosecuted anyone else on. This is Dick Cheney and Karl Rove all over again. Enough is enough!!!

your post makes no logical sense....enjoy your higher taxes for less services?

Brown needs to recuse and to come clean on all of the matters in question.

Brown should have to testify under oath before a congressional panel (at the minimum) as to any discussions she may have ever had with Chris Christie relating to his candidacy.

The loan and the interest are peanuts.  The real issue here is the nature and extent of Christie's relationship with Brown.

Frankly, it strains credulity to believe that they never colluded in any way or never discussed his political ambitions.

Obviously, neither Christie nor Brown will simply confess to having violated the Hatch act....but there sure is a lot of smoke here and a full investigation is warranted, especially given that he's running for governor.

Even if there isn't enough proof to obtain indictments and/or convictions; no one can dispute that there is an extremely strong APPEARANCE of impropriety here.

So these two are either both corrupt or both have had the same total collapse in good judgment; either way Brown should recuse and Christie should lose.