Last night two Republicans won governors races widely seen as a referendum on the Obama administration. While Obama carried Virginia in 2008 by 7%, McDonnell won by 20%. More importantly, in New Jersey, a state Obama carried by 13%, the Republican, Christie, won by 5%. If the Republicans won only Virginia they could easily blame the candidate. In New Jersey, however, Corzine had previously won election in 2005 as governor and previously won a Senate race there.
So if a sitting governor in a dark "blue" state, New Jersey cannot win reelection because of discontent with Obama's idea of "change", what is a Senator from a red state thinking about his re-election change if he joins the Obama lemming train?
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