Forrester Gets Star Ledger Nod

Low and behold, the Star Ledger has endorsed Doug Forrester for Governor link . Their endorsement was well reasoned and to the point. I've excerpted some of the quotes that I think were pertinent.

"While we support most of the policies Democrat Jon Corzine has championed as a U.S. senator, he hasn't convinced us he can stand up to the entrenched bosses of his party or to the powerful public employee unions.

Put simply, Corzine appears to suffer from the same disease of wanting to please everyone that contributed to the downward spiral of James E. McGreevey's administration."

This is something that Enlighten has been saying for close to a year now. It's good to see that others have also noticed.

"We supported Jon Corzine for U.S. Senate and have few regrets. But neither his time at Goldman Sachs in Manhattan nor his tenure in Washington strikes us as solid preparation to be governor of New Jersey. In the Senate, he supported worthwhile causes such as ending the genocide in Darfur and pushing for securer ports. But he voted against the well-qualified John Roberts for chief justice, apparently out of party loyalty alone."

Again, we have seen over and over, through the Katz situation and his relationship with Torcelli and Norcross, that Corzine is either a novice that gets ensnared in party politics or part of the machine. Additionally, the Ledger notes as have many of us bloggers that Corzines record as a Senator is not very impressive.

And lastly,

"So our choice for governor is Doug Forrester. We believe that the time has come for a distinct difference in how government operates in Trenton and that he is the person to jump-start that process"

It's good to see that the recent focus that the Ledger has put on corruption and incompetence in the State House and politicians in general has translated to its editorial page as well.