Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey, has now launched this new TV ad, his first of the general election season:
Pay attention to Christie’s opening line: “As U.S. Attorney I put corrupt public officials in jail – Republicans and Democrats.” In the wake of yesterday’s big corruption raid in New Jersey, this is probably a good pitch for Christie to hold on to swing voters in this heavily Democratic state, and to maintain his big lead in the polls over Dem Gov. Jon Corzine.
