Jim McGreevey

Newly-elected Governors of New Jersey historically enter office with an increased number of seats for their political party in the State Assembly. Under the current State Constitution, 1993 was the only year when the party of a new Governor (Christine Todd Whitman) lost seats (five) in the Assembly. Democrats picked up nine seats in 2001, when James E. McGreevey won election, and five seats in 1989 when James Florio won. The GOP gained one seat in 1981 when Tom Kean was elected, Democrats added 26 seats in the 1973 election won by Brendan Byrne, and when William Cahill was elected in 1969, the Republicans gained one seat. Democrats picked up four seats with Richard Hughes' 1961 victory and three seats with the 1953 election of Robert Meyner. When Republican Alfred Driscoll was elected Governor in 1946, his party gained six seats.

Corzine Wants Ghosts of McGreevey to Haunt Statehouse for Four More Years

Another frightening judgment lapse moves Corzine to promise
McGreevey appointees will have jobs in his administration

In another scary but true tale from the Democrat machine, Jon Corzine told the Gloucester County Times that if elected he would appoint to his cabinet former Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Susan Bass Levin who played a key role in the administration of disgraced former Governor Jim McGreevey.

Three More Days 'Til Halloween - But Corzine is Already Scaring New Jerseyans with Promise of an Income Tax Hike

Today's Star-Ledger includes latest Report

Forrester: Petty's Island More Proof Corzine is Bossed by Norcross

Calls New Evidence of Pay-to-Play Deplorable

On Petty's Island today, gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester stood with environmental leaders to discuss recent developments and reiterate his call for the preservation of Petty's Island.

More 'Disingenuous' Corzine Continues to say what's politically expedient instead of what's true

Jon Corzine acknowledged a week ago that we cannot trust his words in a 'political forum,' calling into question the veracity of every statement he makes [NJ101.5 Gubernatorial Debate, 10/11/2005]. Since Corzine's confession, press reports have already questioned Corzine's comments regarding disgraced former Governor Jim McGreevey, George Norcross-bossed State Senator John Adler - and now, disgraced former Senator Bob Torricelli.

REILLY, DOHERTY AND THE DEMOCRAT MACHINE: $$$$$ PERFECT TOGETHER $$$$$SELF-PROCLAIMED 'REFORMERS' DOHERTY AND REILLY GET BIG BUCKS FROM DEMOCRAT MACHINE

'Disingenuous' Jon Corzine
Corzine finally criticizes McGreevey; admits he doesn't always mean what he says

In last night's New Jersey 101.5 Gubernatorial Debate, Jon Corzine finally got around to criticizing the administration of disgraced former Governor Jim McGreevey[1] - and Corzine admitted that he doesn't always mean what he says.

PoliticsNJ.com's Top Ten Swing Towns might be the real battleground in the race for Governor: Clifton, Egg Harbor Township, Evesham, Hamilton Township, Manalapan, Marlboro, Old Bridge, Paramus, Sayreville and Washington Township.

George W. Bush carried six of these towns in 2004, while Frank Lautenberg won nine of them in his 2002 U.S. Senate race against this year's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Doug Forrester.

In 2000, Al Gore won all ten towns against Bush, but GOP Senate candidate Bob Franks won six of the towns against Jon Corzine.

James E. McGreevey won all ten towns against Bret Schundler in 2001, but only four of them against Christie Whitman in 1997.

Washington Township backed George Geist against Fred Madden in 2003, 54%-46%. In Clifton, McGreevey won 56% of the vote while Republican State Senator Norman Robertson won 58% in his unsuccessful 2001 re-election campaign against Democrat Nia Gill. Bill Gormley and Martha Bark took 61% in Egg Harbor Township and Evesham, respectively, in 2003. Peter Inverso won 60% of the vote against Skip Cimino in Hamilton, where both candidates reside.

Manalapan and Marlboro played a key role in the defeat of Co-Senate President John Bennett in 2003; Ellen Karcher won each town with more than 60% of the vote. In 2001, Bennett won them both. Joseph Kyrillos lost Old Bridge in 2003 to Bill Flynn, a former Old Bridge Mayor and Assemblyman. Two years earlier, Kyrillos won Old Bridge by over 2,000 votes -- about the same showing as McGreevey.

New Jersey's Top Ten Swing Towns

It's not unusual for campaigns to recruit their supporters to call in questions on a live radio debate -- here are the questions Doug Forrester's campaign wants their backers to ask Jon Corzine:

Thank you for volunteering to call the 101.5 FM gubernatorial debate tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11th.

All the questions for the debate are going to come from callers, so your participation is vital!

Here are few important instructions:

Please remember to listen to the entire debate, between 7:30 and 9pm.

It's important to listen so you don't call and repeat a question that has already been asked. Have your question prepared beforehand so it doesn't sound like you're reading from a piece of paper. Please call from home or from your cell phone.

Below are potential questions for you to ask; please be hard-hitting in your questions to Mr. Corzine. He is wrong for New Jersey and this is our opportunity to show the voters of New Jersey!

Debate Questions

1) Mr. Corzine, I've heard you were upset that McGreevey didn't raise the gas tax, how can you even consider that given how high gas prices are?

2) Mr. Corzine, how can you claim that your gift to your union leader girlfriend Carla Katz is not a conflict of interest?

3) Mr. Corzine, I'm from South Jersey, why won’t you call for Petty's Island to be preserved? It's a win-win for the state, for South Jersey, and for the environment, not to mention the bald eagles. How can you claim to be an environmentalist?

4) Mr. Corzine, how can you expect us to accept your rebate plan when there's no guarantee we're going to get anything and they're always different every year?

5) How could we possibly believe your plan will be any different from the same empty property tax rebate promises Democrats have given us for years?

6) Mr. Corzine, how can you talk about pay to play when you have given so much money to party bosses?

7) Mr. Corzine, have you paid for endorsements like the unions?

8) Mr. Corzine, I read in the Star-Ledger that you don’t pay property taxes, is that true? So you're a rich guy and yet you don't share our property tax burden?

9) Mr. Corzine, did you really say you were proud of Jim McGreevey as our governor? How can you say that after all that he did?

10) Mr. Corzine, what’s your opinion of the Newark Hockey Arena? I don’t want another arena that we have to pay for, why can’t the team owners pay for it?

11) The notorious South Jersey political boss George Norcross said that you "are going to be with" him "because you have no choice." He clearly thinks he controls you and looks like it’s true since you gave him $1 million. How can we fight the pay-to-play corruption of political bosses when you give them millions of dollars to fund their activities?

12) Senator, why did you vote to give yourself a tax break in a banking treaty with Japan?

13) Senator, do you think it’s OK for felons to be allowed to vote? Would you sign a bill into law allowing criminals to vote?

14) Senator, you say New Jersey can’t afford a 30% property tax cut. But from where I sit, there’s tons of waste. Are you kidding me?

15) Mr. Corzine, you said you were a White Sox fan – so are you rooting for the White Sox or the Yankees?
16) Senator Corzine, why did you vote to tax social security benefits?

17) I read in the paper that you’re going to provide health care for less than $20 per person. Are you joking?

Albio Sires, the 1986 Republican candidate for Congress, became Jim McGreevey's choice for Assembly Speaker just four years after backing Governor Christie Whitman against McGreevey. Sires' would-be successor, Joseph Roberts, became Democratic State Chairman the year after he led a walk-out of seven South Jersey legislators from the Assembly Democratic Caucus that caused other Democrats to protest his election to the Democratic National Committee.