First bury the poll. Then write a puff piece

What's with the Star Ledger's love affair with Jon Corzine? Yesterday they bury a story on a poll showing the Governor's budget was a disaster from a polling perspective and today they write a puff piece

After setting up a Web site to collect feedback on his March 21 budget speech, which called for $1.9 billion in higher taxes, Corzine received more than 230 e-mails. In true Jersey fashion, the senders were not shy in contributing to the, uh, frank discussion.

A review of the e-mails, with the names of the authors deleted, showed a wide range of responses, including die-hard Democrats calling for his head and Republicans sheepishly admitting admiration for the liberal Democrat.

Why doesn't the Ledger focus on how the courageous Governor has raised spending in the middle of a severe financial crisis? Why don't they admit that the Governor made no hard choices in this budget? Why don't they focus on how the Governor hid $6.5 billion in spending by borrowing for the transportation fund, costing future residents an addition $20 billion in interest 20 years from now? Ridiculous.