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Even Jersey has a limit

By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer
11/03/09 10:44 PM EST

The Associated Press projects that, for the first time in a decade, a Republican has won statewide in New Jersey. It took a perfect storm of corruption, deficits, and a lack of true job creation to bring about such a change, but it has happened.

The Republican Governor's Association, which lustily promoted Christie's candidacy from early on, released a statement from its chairman, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour:

“Chris Christie secured a major victory for the Republican Party tonight. Defeating a deep-pocketed incumbent in a Democratic state like New Jersey is a tremendous accomplishment and signals the beginning of the GOP’s comeback.”

What else to watch: Upstate New York, of course, and also the Maine Marriage referendum -- a "Yes" is a vote to veto same-sex marriage.




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