Quite stunning:
In his bid for re-election, New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon Corzine trails Republican challenger Chris Christie by nine percentage points. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Garden State voters shows Christie with 47% of the vote and Corzine with 38%.
The Governor does better when matched against Republican Steve Lonegan. In that case, it’s Lonegan with 42% and Corzine just a point behind at 41%.
Now, Corzine has actually climbed out of the polling cellar but its never good for a man seeking re-election to be sitting at 38% less than six months prior to the vote. Right now, things are looking up for the GOP in New Jersey and Virginia, States won by Obama just this past November. These States were harbingers in 1993 and 2005. Will they be again?