Despite marshaling support from the Obama administration -- and photo opps -- Gov. Jon Corzine still faces an uphill battle in November's election.
Plainfield could deliver many thousands of votes to the Corzine column, and local Dems -- both 'old' and 'new' -- want to see that happen.
Corzine's strategists believe he can get a boost from President Obama's support (see today's story on just that here), but there are questions about whether and how much that will help in a state where all politics ends up being local.
Plainfielders, where half the registered voters are unaffiliated with either major political party, have a lot of questions that need answers before they will press the 'X' next to Corzine's name.
Will the Governor answer them? Will he come to Plainfield to do it?
Only time will tell.
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Why would anyone want to see Corzine re-elected? Just because he's a democrat doesn't cut it. That's exactly what is wrong with this State and your kind of thinking ... you are willing to re-elect Corzine solely on his party affiliation.
I agree with the previous post. The democrats have to earn the vote, not simply expect it. The reason that both major parties are having dificulties are because they are out of touch with the voters. However, I do hear some rumblings in Plainfield that some of my fellow Deomcrats will not be voting down the line and indeed will be voting for the republican mayoral candidate. I expect that after I vote for Corzine I too will vote for the Republican candidate for mayor of Plainfield.
I am a lifelong democrat and will not be voting for him. No way! He was hired to run this state like he did his business, and he is running it into the ground. He is afraid of the unions, concealed, what many would believe to be emails of great concern for potentially illegal doings. And he thinks nothing of it.
Me too. Democrats or Republicans, who will be better for Plainfield? What has the mayor done in the past 4 years? Nothing that I can see.
I am not voting to re=elect our mayor. but I will vote for Corzine. I think he is doing the best he can under the circumstances. His emails to his former girlfriend are irrelevant. Our mayor, however, is merely Jerry's rubber stamp.
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