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Obama is worried Corzine might lose in November

President Obama is worried that incumbent Democratic governor Jon Corzine might lose this November's election to Republican challenger Chris Christie. Might lose? Corzine is going to go down in flames and they know it.

With recent polls showing Gov. Jon Corzine falling behind Republican challenger Chris Christie, top operatives at the White House and at the Democratic National Committee are worried a loss could hurt the momentum of President Obama's young administration and are committing resources to help Corzine pull out a victory.

Translation — they don't give a rats ass about Corzine; they're worried a GOP victory will put the brakes on Obamunism. People might see Obama's "raise taxes and spend recklessly" plans as exactly what they are, a clone of the disastrous policies Jon Corzine used to destroy New Jersey.

A Democratic victory must be engineered at any cost. Note that I didn't say "a Corzine victory". Sure for now Joe Biden and maybe even Barack Obama will stump for him, but if Corzine's poll numbers keep looking bleak watch for Corzine to be eased out in a maneuver known as the "Jersey switcheroo".

When Sen. Bob Torricelli's fortunes faded and he was destined to lose his re-election bid the Democratic Party sprang into action. They sent Bob packing, pulled Frank Lautenberg out of mothballs, and ran a "Weekend at Bernies" style campaign to "re-elect" the former senator. Nevermind that state election law forbade swapping candidates at such a late date; they bamboozled the State Supreme Court into endorsing the switch.

Lautenberg cruised to victory and saved the senate seat for his party.

Don't think for one minute that Obama won't throw Corzine under a bus and enlist a fresh face to run against Christie. My money's on Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Obama's paying attention, not so much to ensure a Corzine victory, but to give his party enough time to get Booker on the ballot without having to delve back into the grayer areas of election law.

President Obama will pull out all the stops to ensure a Democratic victory in November. The name of the candidate matters far less than his party affiliation. Because in Barack Obama's eyes it's all about him. The people of New Jersey aren't really on his radar.

There's more at the Memeorandum thread.

Posted at 13:10 by Chris Wysocki   [/election]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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