Tonight local and national news organizations are spreading the news that left wing liberal Democrat Governor Jon Corzine lost his re-election bid in the state of New Jersey.  Relative new-comer Chris Christie unseated the Governor in a race that shouldn't even have been as close as it was.  That anybody would vote for Corzine after these last four years of abject failure is indicative of the greater problem we face as a whole - too many of us are too ignorant of the issues underlying the state of the State.  It's good Christie won, it's bad he didn't win by a whopping landslide.

Just as with Obama, Christie is a relative new-comer to the political scene.  It will take some time to see if he has the chops to pull off genuine reform in a state with such stunningly entrenched corruption, and deep fiscal problems brought on by long-term institutional failure, a meddling state Supreme Court,  and rampant Governmental hostility towards business.  As a resident of the Garden State, I pledge to do my part to hold Christies' feet to the flames of discontent. 

We are also delighted that Corzine lost in light of the effort Obama invested in trying to keep the NJ Governorship in Democratic hands.  All politics are local, and a wiser Presidential staff should have realized Corzine put himself in a practically hopeless situation.  Obama shouldn't have tied himself to Corzine so directly, and now the stink of failure hangs about him as well.  All the better.  It's sort of like the Olympics all over again.  Obama put his personal prestige on the line, and he came up empty.  The Golden Candidate who could do no wrong can't even carry a predominantly blue state in the very blue Northeast.

The dark days continue for the Republic, but hope is renewed when just enough of the electorate comes through to reject the failed policies a left wing liberal.