The Garden State which went 57 percent for Obama has a Republican governor as his supporters chant, “Yes, we can!” (Or was it, “Yes, we did!”)
UPDATE: I do hope the president is listening to this speech, especially where he said that he doesn’t want the government to fix every problem. His supporters cheered that line heartily. He promises to turn the state capital upside down.
He talk about cutting taxes, spending and onerous regulation.
A lot of good stuff in this speech, sounds like my kind of Republican. And I am delighted that he has focused on government reform and avoided social issues. Let’s hope more Republicans are paying attention. (Will try to get a copy of his acceptance speech so I can quote him more accurately.)
I like this guy.
Big Fat Winner!
Both of these new governors deserved their win. They need to be serious about cleaning up the excrement left behind by the Dhimmicrats
Preliminary gossip says Hoffman lost. Maine? Too close to call. Will have to wait till morning. Going to watch the first part of “V” and probably fall asleep.
PS. One review says the show is comment on the Obama phenomenon.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/03/chicago-tribune-abcs-v-takes-aim-at-obamamania/
Viat HotAir: Rasmussen called the result in NJ.
In other words: Yes, Rasmussen has the best polls.
Winner winner chicken dinner!
BOOSH!!!
As a conservative Independent I don’t see how “avoiding social issues” is the correct way to push for equality.
Congratulations to Christie and his supporters. A good win for them. Even though I voted for Corzine, I wish the best for Christie and our state, and hope he does a better job than Corzine.
However, I don’t think the election here, and perhaps elsewhere has much to do with Obama. Obama may like to think he has such influence, and frankly I don’t care what Obama has to say about that. I saw a little factoid that stated that the winner of the NJ governor election was the party of the loser of the president election the prior year since 1989. In Virginia, 1977. In fact, the turn around from Reagan to the Democratic victors in 1981 and 1985 in Virginia may have been more than Obama’s turn around in NJ.
Also, going back when Obama was more popular, Christie had a huge lead, while Corzine gained in the polls while Obama favorable ratings started to tank.
Despite the fact that NJ is weathering the recession slightly better than the national average, things were still bad. I think Christie won more out of hope and change than anything else, including fiscal restraint. Because while Christie won, the only ballot question, a bond issue for some environmental thing, also won (I voted against it). Further, the state assembly maintained Democratic control, and may have even gained a seat.
The thing that surprised me the most was that only about 2.4 million people voted in this election, while 3.2 million voted in last year’s president election. That may be more telling, given that this was a pretty close race.
Listening to Christi’s speech last night, I felt a thrill going up my leg. Well, no, not really, but I did feel pretty good. I liked all he had to say, but all I could think about when he said all those ambitious things is, I hope you mean it, and I hope you will do them! Don’t let politics get in the way!