August 14, 2009 - 5:47pm
Inside Edge

Corzine heading to Pittsburgh to speak on 'building a 21st century economy'

Gov. Jon Corzine will be in Pittsburgh tomorrow to speak at the Netroots Nation '09 conference.  The topic of his speech, "Building a 21st Century Economy," caught the attention of Bill Stepien, the campaign manager for Corzine's GOP opponent, Christopher Christie:  "I heard event organizers sent Corzine a rush invitation after receiving his campaign's twitter message this week in which he boasted of his financial wizardry PREVENTING our economic downturn (their caps, not mine).  I was actually able to track down an advance copy of his speech.  Topics included ‘How to Lose 200,000 Jobs in Four Years' and ‘How to Increase Home Foreclosures 32% in the Last Year.'"

Tickets to Corzine's speech are $275 each.

Wally Edge can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.